2024 Baseball Roster

Jersey Number 30
Avery Neaves
- Position:
 - OF
 
- Class:
 - Graduate Student
 
- Weight:
 - 225
 
- Height:
 - 6-2
 
- Hometown:
 - Reston, Va.
 
- High School:
 - South Lakes
 
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)
 
- 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
 
- 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
 
- 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
 
- Full name is William Avery Neaves III
 - Celebrates his birthday May 24
 - Getting his Master's in Communications at the College of Charleston
 
College of Charleston Men's Basketball Post Game Press Conference vs. Tusculum 11/03/2025
Tuesday, November 04
College of Charleston Women's Basketball Post Game Press Conference vs. Covenant 11/03/2025
Tuesday, November 04
Cougars Uncaged Episode 1: Chris Davis Jr
Wednesday, October 29
College of Charleston Women's Basketball Visits the Avery Institute
Friday, September 05













