Avery Neaves

Photo by: © Maxwell Vittorio

CAREER HONORS/AWARDS

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