Players
James Adkins
Baseball
High School: Wilson Central
Committed: University of Tennessee
Class: 2004
Position: Pitcher (LH)
Sex: Male
Height: 6-7
Weight: 190 pounds

  • (2003 TBCA Showcase Team) (TeamOne 5/4 - Lefty has a very good pitcher's body and the potential to throw in the low-90s with consistency one day. Curveball also has major league ambitions.)
  • (Team One Top-20: 2003 ECPBS - #5 Adkins' delivery, height, and arm-action are remarkably similar to James Houser, the Devil Ray's 2003 2nd-rounder who was at the ECPBS last year. Adkins is easy with his long levers and has big league arm-action. He showed 88-90 MPH consistently on his fastball with an occasional hard tilt on his curve. There's a lot of upside and a lot to grow into. Adkins has to rate among the nation's best lefties.)
  • At Wilson Central last year Adkins struck out 123 batters in 60-1/3 innings of work. The senior, whose fastball has been clocked in the high 80s, posted a 3.40 earned run average last season.