Austin Peay State University Athletics

Awards and Honors

• 2020 Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year
• 2020 First-Team All-OVC
• 2020 OVC All-Newcomer Team
• 2020 NABC All-District
• 2020-21 Preseason All-OVC
• OVC Freshman of the Week: Nov. 18, Nov. 25, Dec. 23, Jan. 6, Jan. 20, Jan. 27, Feb. 3, Feb. 17, Feb. 24, March 1 (2019-20)
• Athletic Director's Honor Roll: F19, S20
• Dean's List: S20
• Commissioner's Honor Roll: 2019-20

As a sophomore in 2020-21: Tallied 18 points in his season debut against Omaha, with a career-high four steals... hit 11 straight free-throws to start the season.... missed five contests due to injury... after missing a month, returned with a 19-minute outing at Eastern Illinois yielded seven points... made first start in over a month and responded by gutting out a 39-minute outing against Tennessee Tech, finishing with 12 points and a season-best four assists while starting and ending the Austin Peay scoring output with a three-pointer... handed out a career-best eight assists at Eastern Kentucky... season-best 20-point showing at Morehead State... poured in points at a 12.2 ppg clip in his first 10 games back from injury... missed the Southeast Missouri and SIU Edwardsville rematches due to injury... returned with a 19-minute appearance in the home finale against Eastern Illinois.

As a freshman in 2019-20: 2020 Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year and first-team All-OVC… third freshman in Austin Peay history with 500 points in his debut season… scored 20 off the bench in his Austin Peay debut, the first 20-point effort by a true freshman in his Austin Peay debut since at least the turn of the century… made first start at Tulsa, scoring 12 of his 15 points in the first half… dominated the proceedings at Vanderbilt with a career-best 25 points, knocking down four three-pointers… earned OVC Freshman of the Week honors after averaging 20.5 ppg and 4.5 rpg on 56.5 percent shooting against Vanderbilt and Southeastern Louisiana… went off for game-high 23 points against Duquesne… scored 30 points against Alabama State, his first 30-point effort as a Gov; also and went 10-for-10 at the free-throw line, the first Gov to post a perfect night from the charity stripe with at least 10 attempts since 2015… OVC Freshman of the Week after trio of contests against McKendree, Duquesne and Alabama State led to a 20.0 points on 48.8 percent (20-of-41) weekly statline, hitting 16-of-16 attempts from the free-throw line and adding 4.3 rebounds and 1.0 steal each contest… metted 22 points, including 17 in the first half, in his OVC debut against Southeast Missouri, leading to yet another OVC Freshman of the Week honor… averaged 20.5 points on 55.6 percent (45-for-81) shooting over six games from Dec. 17-Jan. 4, with 4.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists… 31-point outburst against UT Martin netted his fifth OVC Freshman of the Week honor… went for career-high 37 against Tennessee State, hitting 11-for-20 from the floor, including 5-for-10 from deep and 10-for-11 at the charity stripe… averaged 30.5 points, 3.5 assists against TSU and Belmont to earn OVC Freshman of the Week yet again… averaged 27.3 points on 50.7 percent (36-for-69) shooting from Jan. 18-30… seventh OVC Freshman of the Week honor following SIUE-EIU home weekend… 31 points, including 26 in the second half thanks to five threes at Eastern Illinois; OVC Freshman of the Week for program record-tying ninth time… career-best eight boards against Morehead State… set program record with 10th OVC Freshman of the Week honor following Morehead-Murray weekend… career-best seven assists to open OVC Tournament stay against EIU.

Prior to Austin Peay: Prepped at Silsbee High School alongside teammate Devon McCain for Joe Sigler… three-star prospect who rated as the No. 22 player in the state of Texas in the class of 2019 and No. 36 on the Texas100.com list… 2019 Super Gold Boys Basketball Player of the Year after averaging 22 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals as a senior… scored 57 points in a Feb. 1 contest against Hamshire-Fannett… averaged 23 points and 6 rebounds as a junior helping lead the Tigers to back-to-back Texas Class 4A state titles… excelled on the Nike EYBL Circuit for Pro Skills out of Texas in addition to his exploits as a talented prep baller… former Baylor commit, his skills brought him not only acclaim but the interest of upper-tier Division I programs such as Oklahoma State, Southern Miss, Stephen F. Austin and more.

Personal: Son of Robert and Marla Adams… two siblings, Rhilyn and Jalyn… majoring in sociology… born June 9.