UC Santa Barbara
2017: Made 23 appearances and 11 starts in his redshirt junior campaign, all at DH ... Slashed .255/.269/.314 for the year with three doubles, nine RBIs, seven runs scored, and one walk over 51 at-bats ... Went 3-3 with a double and four RBIs against Stony Brook on Mar. 18 ... Went 4-9 with two doubles, four runs scored, and four RBIs in the New Mexico St. series, Mar. 24-26 ... Had a six-game hit streak from Mar. 25 to Apr. 2 ... Batted .409 in the month of March ... Had one hit in a team-high 13 pinch-hit at-bats.
2016: Part of UCSB's corner outfield/DH rotation, Adams made 49 appearances in his redshirt sophomore season including 42 starts ... Earned 26 starts in left field, six in right field, and 10 at DH ... Slashed .229/.325/.368 in 144 at-bats with 12 extra-base hits (eight doubles, four home runs), 27 RBIs, 18 walks, and 36 strikeouts ... Had two stolen bases out of four attempts ... Batted .077 (1-13) in the postseason ... Was a combined 0-3 in the College World Series and Louisville Super Regional ... Had one hit in 10 at-bats at the Nashville Regional and one RBI ... Had seven multi-RBI games over the course of the season, second-most on the team ... Named Big West Field Player of the Week on Mar. 28 after a 3-1 week for UCSB against CSU Bakersfield and USC ... He batted .417 that week and had an RBI in all four games ... Batted .264 against right-handed pitchers ... Had 10 two-out RBIs, one of two Gauchos to do so ... Went hitless in four pinch-hit ABs ... Best month was in March, as he slashed .333/.457/.778 with three home runs and 10 RBIs ... Went 3-3 and scored four runs at CSU Bakersfield on Mar. 22 ... Went 3-5 and drove in three runs against CSUN on Apr. 15 ... Had four RBIs, including a two-run homer, against USF on Feb. 21 ... Spent the summer with the Gresham GreyWolves of the West Coast League ... Batted .219 and launched a pair of homers in 105 at-bats over 30 games with the GreyWolves.
2015: Made six appearances as a redshirt freshman, all off the bench ... Had two hits, both singles, in three at-bats ... Gauchos were 5-1 in games in which he appeared ... Over summer, played 25 games for the Redding Colt 45's of the HASS League, batting .218 over 87 at-bats.
2014: As a freshman, appeared in two games while totaling one at-bat ... Was granted a redshirt year, as he didn't appear after Feb. 28 ... Made his NCAA debut against San Jose State on Feb. 23 as a pinch-runner ... Was hit by a pitch later in that same game to reach base for the first time in his NCAA career ... Struck out on his one at-bat, against Princeton on Feb. 28.
High School: Earned three varsity letters at Pleasant Grove High under coach Rob Rinaldi ... Pitched and played center field for the Eagles ... Was a three-time All-League recipient ... Was an All-American and All-State honoree his senior season ... Holds school record for most games played ... Went 4-4 against Jesuit with two home runs and two doubles to win the league title in 2013 ... Won a pair of league championships over his career ... Also competed in football, earning All-League honors.
Personal: Joshua David Adams was born on Dec. 30, 1994 in Orange County, Calif. ... Parents are Marvin and Sherri Adams ... Has two siblings, Jayden and Carrie ... Plans on majoring at sociology at UCSB ... Aspires to become a lawyer ... Roots for the Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, and San Francisco 49ers ... Lists playing a game televised by ESPN his junior year in high school as his favorite sporting moment ... Calls Jay Beuce, Barry Bonds, and Bo Jackson his favorite athletes.
