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2019 Baseball Roster

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13 Adam Saks

  • Position RHP
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 160
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Delray Beach, Fla.
  • Highschool Pine Crest School

Biography

As a senior (2019)

• Transitioned to a full-time field player, starting the team's final 26 games and reaching base safely in each contest.
• Post team highs in batting average (.337), slugging percentage (.515), on base percentage (.414) and walk-to-strikeout ratio (1.27).
• Manned center field with a pair of outfield assists against just one error for a fielding percentage of .986.
• Batted leadoff in all but one game, ended collegiate career with an eight-game hitting streak.
• One of two players to record a four-hit game, going 4-for-5 with an RBI and a pair of runs in a April 2 win over St. Bonaventure.
• Led team with triples — all hit in a five-game span late in the season.
• First triple came in the ninth inning to drive in two runs and cap a walk-off victory over Penn on April 27. 
• Had 14 hits over last eight collegiate games.
 

As a junior (2018)

• Posted 1-0 record with 4.80 ERA across 13 appearances, including three starts.
• After struggling in debut, had 2.57 ERA in balance of season.
• Yielded just one run over six innings in trio of two-inning starts during mid-week games against Canisius and Binghamton.
 

As a sophomore (2017)

• Made three appearances, recording seven outs without surrendering a run before starting to make the transition to becoming a side-armer.
 

As a freshman (2016)

• Made 11 relief appearances, which was tied for second-most on the team.
• Debuted in team's season opener by tossing two innings against Northeastern on March 5.
• Struck out four batters in 4.1 innings of work against Penn on April 24 in longest outing of the year.
 

Prior to Cornell

• Holds the second-lowest earned run average in Pine Crest School history with a mark of 1.52 during senior season, when serving as team captain.
• A Perfect Game USA Top 1,000 national recruit.
• Earned Perfect Game Underclass All-America honorable mention twice.
• Garnered Florida region honorable mention and 2014 Under Armour Preseason All-America honorable mention.
• A four-year member of the National Spanish Honors Society.
• 2014 AP Scholar with Distinction and 2015 AP Scholar with Honor.
 

Personal

• Adam Louis Saks is the son of David and MaryLou Saks, and he has an older brother. • Enrolled in the School of Hotel Administration.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2016Freshman

    RHP
    5'10" 160 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2017Sophomore

    RHP
    5'10" 160 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2018Junior

    RHP
    5'10" 160 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2019Senior

    RHP
    5'10" 160 lbs
    13