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30 Avery Neaves

  • Position OF
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Weight 225
  • Height 6-2
  • Hometown Reston, Va.
  • Highschool South Lakes

Biography

CAREER HONORS/AWARDS
  • 2022 ODAC Player of the Year
  • Two-time Division III All-American at Lynchburg
  • CAA Player of the Week (May 6, 2024)
  • 2024 All-CAA First Team
  • 2024 CAA All-Tournament Team
  • 2025 Preseason All-CAA Team
  • 2025 PG Preseason All-Conference Team
  • D1 Baseball 37th-Ranked CAA Prospect, 2025 MLB Draft
  • 2025 D1 Baseball 52nd-Ranked OF in Top 100
  • CAA Player of the Week (Feb. 17, 2025)
GRADUATE (2025)
  • Started in all 59 games, posting a .258 batting average with 16 doubles, seven home runs, 48 walks and 46 RBI
  • Collected 13 multi-hit games and tied for team lead with 15 multi-RBI performances
  • Began the season with three runs in each of the first three games
  • Named CAA Player of the Week Feb. 17 after going 6-for-11 with nine runs, four doubles, three RBI and four walks the first weekend
  • Went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBI Feb. 28 against Creighton
  • Drew four walks Feb. 18 at Coastal Carolina and April 1 vs Charleston Southern
  • Reached base in 23 consecutive ballgames
  • Slugged a pair of doubles and scored twice in the win April 22 over No. 21 Coastal Carolina
GRADUATE (2024)
  • Named to the All-CAA First Team and a member of the all-tournament team
  • Started all 55 games and led the team with a .338 average, 25 doubles, four triples, a .715 slugging percentage, .475 on-base percentage and 1.190 OPS
  • Tied for the team lead with 70 hits and 63 runs scored, hit 15 home runs and stole eight bases in 10 attempts
  • Ranked second in the CAA and in the top 10 in the nation in doubles
  • Tied for the conference lead in triples and was third in slugging and OPS, fifth in on-base percentage and tied for fifth in runs
  • Had 20 multi-hit games including a team-high three games with four hits
  • Went 8-for-8 with all eight going for extra bases (three doubles, two triples, three home runs) in two games at Towson
  • Named CAA Player of the Week following the series vs. the Tigers
  • Added a third four-hit game at Elon in the regular season finale when he became just the second Cougar to hit for the cycle
  • Inserted into the leadoff role in the middle game of the series at Campbell and went 28-for-66 (.424) with 29 runs the rest of the season
  • Earned spot on the all-tournament team after going 7-for-16 with five runs scored and six RBI
PRIOR TO COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON
  • Played at Lynchburg from 2021-23 and was member of Division III national championship team in 2023
  • National championship was the first for an ODAC baseball team and team set a conference record for single season wins
  • Named the ODAC Player of the Year in 2022 and was a two-time member of the all-conference first team
  • Twice named a first team All-American and finished with a slash line of .360/.513/.673
  • Set program records for career home runs (34), RBI (194) and walks (149) while stealing 70 bases
  • Walks total is an ODAC career record
  • Spent a redshirt season at St. John’s River State College in 2019
  • Hit .310 with four doubles at Chesapeake College over nine games in the COVID-shortened 2020 season
PERSONAL
  • Full name is William Avery Neaves III
  • Celebrates his birthday May 24
  • Getting his Master's in Communications at the College of Charleston

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 30

    2024Graduate Student

    OF
    6'2" 225 lbs
    30
  • 30

    2025Graduate Student

    OF
    6'2" 225 lbs
    30