TTHEHE PPLAYERSLAYERS #48 #36 LUKE JOHNNY ADKINS ALLEN OF • 5-8 • 176 • L-L • Jr. • RS C • 6-2 • 222 • R-R • Sr. • 1L Nettleton, Mississippi Grenada, Mississippi Nettleton HS/Southern Miss Grenada HS/Pearl River CC CAREER: Among fi ve returning catchers that saw playing time last season Fourth-year junior outfi elder set to make his MSU debut • CAREER: and one of four with starting experience behind the dish • Former teammate of Coached two seasons at USM by current MSU assistant coach Lane Bur- fellow Bulldog senior Grant Hogue at Pearl River Community College. roughs • Career .293 hitter with 76 starts in 108 games played at USM • Hit 2008: Played in 22 games with 11 starts, six as the catcher and fi ve as DH .316 and earned league all-star honors as an outfi elder playing for Bethesda as a junior • Made his collegiate debut with a late-game appearance behind the (Md.) in the Cal Ripken, Sr. League last summer • Hails from the same Net- dish in MSU’s season-opener at North Florida (Feb. 22) • Turned in a season- tleton High School baseball program that produced MSU career hits leader best 3-for-3 performance at the plate a day later in his fi rst career start against Jeffrey Rea. UNF (Feb. 23) • Lashed a pair of doubles and drove in two runs • Matched that Sat out the 2008 season as a redshirt after transferring from USM. 2008: RBI total in a 2-for-4 showing and a start in game two of a Dudy Noble Field Hit .303 while drawing 34 starts in 55 games played as 2007 (USM): twinbill against Air Force (Mar. 1) • Finished with a .255 batting average, fi ve a sophomore • Made 22 starts as the designated hitter and 12 in the USM RBI and four doubles • Hit .188 (3-for-18) in eight SEC games (four starts) • outfi eld (11 in left fi eld/1 in center fi eld) • Legged out eight doubles, belted Finished the year with a fl urry, recording a pair of three-game hitting streaks three home runs and drove in 30 runs • Delivered one of his roundtrippers over his fi nal eight games • Charged with one error in 47 defensive chances against Mississippi State (Apr. 25) at Dudy Noble Field • Set a season-high (.979) • Earned a berth on the MSU team as a walk-on during 2007 fall drills. for hits with a 4-for-5, two-double outing against Sam Houston State in the NCAA Oxford Regional • Also doubled twice in a season-best four-RBI outing JOHNNY ALLEN’S SEASON / CAREER HIGHS against Rice (Mar. 3) • Finished the season with 11 multiple-hit game and eight Hits: 3 at North Florida (2-23-08) 3 at North Florida (2-23-08) At-bats: 4 4x-Last: at Kentucky (4-5-08) 4 4x-Last: at Kentucky (4-5-08) multiple-RBI games. Runs scored: 2 at UAB (3-18-08) 2 at UAB (3-18-08) 2006 (USM): Played in 52 games and drew 42 starts (28 in left fi eld/14 as Total bases: 5 at North Florida (2-23-08) 5 at North Florida (2-23-08) the DH) as a freshman at USM • Hit .286 with nine doubles, a triple, eight home RBI: 2 2x-Last: vs. Air Force (3-1-08) 2 2x-Last: vs. Air Force (3-1-08) runs and 43 RBI en route to Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American Hitting streak: 3 games 2x-Last: 4-11-08 to 5-6-08 3 games 2x-Last: 4-11-08 to 5-6-08 team honors • Hit .343 against C-USA opponents, second-best on the club • Finished with 12 multi-hit and 14 multi-RBI games • Drove in a career-high fi ve JUNIOR COLLEGE: Two-year standout for coach Jamie McMahon at runs and matched a career-best with three hits against Dallas Baptist (Apr. 7) Pearl River Community College • Earned MJCAA All-State and All-Region • Also registered three-hit games against Nicholls State (Feb. 15) and against honors as a sophomore, leading the Wildcats with a .363 batting average • Houston (April 16) • Named to the 2006 Athletic Director’s Honor Roll. Also paced PRCC with 11 home runs and 43 RBI • Hit .313 as a freshman with HIGH SCHOOL: Six-time letter-winner and two-time all-state outfi elder fi ve home runs and a team-leading 32 RBI. at Nettleton High School where he was coached by Brian Sutton • Hit .465 HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year starter in the outfi eld and behind the dish at with eight doubles, three triples, three home runs and 42 RBI as a senior • Grenada High School • Coached by Raleigh Wood • Hit a team-best .415 Helped 20-14 NHS reach the quarterfi nals of the 2005 state tournament • Hit with 40 RBI, 15 doubles, three triples and six home runs en route to Team .578 as a junior with 15 doubles, three triples, eight home runs, 51 RBI and 18 MVP honors as a senior • Hit .391 with a team-leading fi ve home runs as a stolen bases • Clarion-Ledger “Dandy Dozen” honoree, Division 2-3A MVP junior in 2004 and named GHS’s Best Defensive Player • Four-year performer and Team MVP as a senior • Four-time all-area selection • Offensive MVP at in football, earning all-area, team MVP and team offensive leader honors as a 2005 Northeast Mississippi Coaches for Better Baseball Game and defensive junior and senior • All-state selection in soccer as a junior • Member of the Fel- MVP at Mississippi Crossroads Game • Also lettered in basketball and football, lowship of Christian Athletes and the Grenada High School Student Council. where he was a three-time All-Division quarterback and punter • Member of PERSONAL: Born Johnny Samuel Allen on March 2, 1987 in Grenada, the NHS Beta and Music clubs. Miss. • Son Andrea Curry of Holcomb, Miss., Johnny Allen of Grenada, Miss. PERSONAL: Born Daniel Luke Adkins on April 1, 1987 in Tupelo, Miss. • Majoring in management of construction and land development. • Son of DeAnna and Billy Adkins of Nettleton, Miss. • Majoring in physical education (fi tness management). JOHNNY ALLEN’S CAREER STATISTICS YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF S SB-SA PO A E FLD 2008 .255 22-11 47 6 12 4 0 0 5 4 0 16 0 0 0-1 40 6 1 .979 LUKE ADKINS’ CAREER STATISTICS (USM) Career .255 22-11 47 6 12 4 0 0 5 4 0 16 0 0 0-1 40 6 1 .979 YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF S SB-SA PO A E FLD 2006 .286 53-42 175 34 50 9 1 8 43 22 0 28 4 6 4-6 35 1 2 .947 CAREER SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE STATISTICS 2007 .303 55-34 142 17 43 8 0 3 30 19 2 22 1 0 2-3 22 1 2 .920 YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HB SO SF S SB-SA PO A E FLD Career .293 108-76 317 51 93 17 1 11 73 41 2 50 5 6 6-9 57 2 4 .937 2008 .188 8-4 16 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 0-0 20 4 1 .960 Career .188 8-4 16 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 0-0 20 4 1 .960 2222 TTHEHE PPLAYERSLAYERS 10 of MSU’s SEC opponents • One of 12 Bulldog pitchers to take the hill as a starter • Earned a berth on the 2008 SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll. 2007: Named by Collegiate Baseball newspaper to the 2007 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American team after compiling a staff-leading 3.00 #31 earned run average with fi ve saves and a 5-2 record in his fi rst collegiate sea- RICKY son • Limited opponents to 13 runs (12 earned) in 27 relief appearances • Did not allow a run in his fi rst fi ve outings and in nine of his last 10 appearances, including four in NCAA postseason play • Recorded 37 strikeouts in 36.0 in- BOWEN nings of pitching • Earned wins in relief against Murray State (Feb. 25), South RHP • 6-3 • 194 • R-R • Jr. • 2L Carolina (Mar. 24), Memphis (Mar. 27), Southern Miss (Apr. 25) and Auburn Jasper, Alabama (May 6) • Notched the fi rst of his fi ve saves against Jacksonville State (Mar. Sumiton Christian School 7) • Also picked up saves with successful game-closing stints against San Francisco (Mar. 11), Memphis (Mar. 27), Kentucky (Mar. 30) and, in the NCAA Tallahassee Regional, against Stetson (June 1) • Blanked North Carolina and CAREER: Fourth-year junior with eight wins and fi ve saves to his credit in 42 career appearances, 13 as a starter • Has registered 101 strikeouts in 109- struck out three over 2-1/3 innings in the 2007 NCAA College World Series 1/3 innings of mound duty • Posted a 3-3 record and 3.53 ERA pitching for the • Pitched a season-longest 3.0 innings and fanned a career-best four batters Bourne (Mass.) Braves last summer in the Cape Cod League • Three-time in MSU’s 7-4 win against Southern Miss (Apr. 25) • Made his MSU debut with SEC Academic Honor Roll selection. a scoreless inning of relief against Murray State (Feb.