Was named the MVP of the 2000 Atlantic 10 Baseball Championship ... Blasted a grand slam home run in the bottom of the eighth innng to give Tech a 9-6 victory over Massachusetts in the title game ... Has been a major force in the Hokies' success over the past three seasons ... One of Tech's most consistent and productive offensive players with a .343 career batting average ... A competitor who stays focused at the plate ... Combines good hand-eye coordination with a quick bat ... Opened the 2000 season at third base ... Struggled briefly at the plate, hitting just .244 after 11 games ... Started a nine-game hitting streak with a 3-for-3 game at High Point and never saw his average drop below .300 the rest of the year ... Moved to left field for Tech's game at Virginia on Mar. 29 and remained there the rest of the season ... Earned second-team All-Atlantic 10 honors at his new position ... Saw extensive playing time at shortstop and third base during his first two seasons ... Has 50 career doubles and needs just 11 more to set a new Tech career record ... One of Tech's co-captains for the upcoming season ... Ranks as a key player in the Hokies' fortunes for 2001 ...
1999-00: Started 34 games in left field, 23 games at third base and three games as the designated hitter ... Batted .332 with a team-leading 78 hits ... Also topped the Hokies' in home runs (10), runs batted in (49), runs scored (49) and multiple-hit games (28) ... Hit .379 with runners in scoring position ... Tied for the team lead in doubles with 14 and was second in stolen bases with 10 ... During one four-game stretch, he went 11-for-20 with 11 RBIs, six runs scored, four home runs and a triple ... Went 4-for-5 with a triple and three runs batted in during a win at Richmond ... Hit four home runs during Tech's three-game series at UMass ... Contributed a game-winning sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning in a 5-4 win over Radford ... Had three hits, three RBIs, two runs scored and two stolen bases during a 6-2 win at Dayton ... Put together five straight multiple-RBI games in early April and six straight multiple-hit games during late April ... Posted 14-multiple-hit games during one 20-game stretch ... Drove in eight runs in the A-10 tournament with three doubles and a grand slam ...
1998-99: Started 55 games at shortstop after splitting time at shortstop and third base as a freshman ... Finished third on the team in hitting with a .352 average ... Drove in 36 runs and scored 50 ... Topped the Tech squad in doubles with 18 ... Also contributed eight home runs ... Hit .377 in A-10 Conference action ... Opened the season with nine hits in his first 14 at bats ... Contributed at least one hit in 45 of the 55 games in which he played ... Tallied four hits, including a home run, in the Hokies' win at High Point ... Went 3-for-3 with two doubles in a win over Old Dominion in Blacksburg ... Went 6-for-10 at the plate during Tech's three-game sweep of Dayton ... Posted three hits in a win at Virginia ... Stole two bases in A-10 games against St. Joseph's and La Salle ... Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Tournament team after collecting nine hits and six RBIs ... Batted .429 (6-for-14) during Tech's three NCAA games with three doubles and four RBIs ...
1997-98: Was the only freshman named to the Atlantic 10 All-Conference team ... Handled the shortstop duties the first half of the season, then moved to third base ... The only player on the Tech squad to start all 52 games ... Ranked third on the team in batting (.346) and runs batted in (39) ... Was second in multiple-hit games with 21 ... Did not go hitless in back-to-back games the entire season ... Tech's top hitter in Atlantic 10 games with a .433 average ... Went 0-for-5 in his first collegiate game, then put together a 12-game hitting streak ... That stood as the team's longest hitting streak of the year until he put together a 16-game streak that ended against Fordham in Tech's final game ... Led the team with 71 hits ... Tied for the team lead in doubles with 18 and was third in home runs with seven ... Knocked in four runs with three hits in a win over Bowling Green ... Posted nine multiple-RBI games ... Had a total of eight three-hit games ... Won A-10 Rookie of the Week honors after hitting .538 in the La Salle series and driving in five runs ... Earned league player of the week recognition when he hit .444 over a seven-game stretch late in the season ... Made 27 starts at shortstop and 25 at third base ... Batted in six different spots in the batting order during the season ... Was a second-team A-10 pick at third ... Named honorable mention on the 1998 Louisville Slugger Freshman A-A team selected by Collegiate Baseball ...
High School: Played shortstop for Coach Tim Clary at Turner Ashby High ... Won three letters and helped the team to a 57-13 record and a pair of district championships ... Garnered first-team all-district and all-region honors and second-team all-state recognition as a senior ... Hit .400, drove in 20 runs and stole 11 bases ... Was named team MVP as a junior when he hit .435 and contributed four home runs and 21 RBIs ... Posted a .408 batting average as a sophomore ... Played in the Virginia High School League All-Star game in 1997 and was a member of the Baltimore Orioles showcase team in 1996 ... A member of the National Honor Society ...
Personal: Addison Charles Bowman ... Born 8/31/79 in Harrisonburg, VA ... Son of Eddie and Jill Bowman ... His father played baseball at Tech in the mid-1970s ... Enrolled in agriculture and applied economics.
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Was named the MVP of the 2000 Atlantic 10 Baseball Championship ... Blasted a grand slam home run in the bottom of the eighth innng to give Tech a 9-6 victory over Massachusetts in the title game ... Has been a major force in the Hokies' success over the past three seasons ... One of Tech's most consistent and productive offensive players with a .343 career batting average ... A competitor who stays focused at the plate ... Combines good hand-eye coordination with a quick bat ... Opened the 2000 season at third base ... Struggled briefly at the plate, hitting just .244 after 11 games ... Started a nine-game hitting streak with a 3-for-3 game at High Point and never saw his average drop below .300 the rest of the year ... Moved to left field for Tech's game at Virginia on Mar. 29 and remained there the rest of the season ... Earned second-team All-Atlantic 10 honors at his new position ... Saw extensive playing time at shortstop and third base during his first two seasons ... Has 50 career doubles and needs just 11 more to set a new Tech career record ... One of Tech's co-captains for the upcoming season ... Ranks as a key player in the Hokies' fortunes for 2001 ...
1999-00: Started 34 games in left field, 23 games at third base and three games as the designated hitter ... Batted .332 with a team-leading 78 hits ... Also topped the Hokies' in home runs (10), runs batted in (49), runs scored (49) and multiple-hit games (28) ... Hit .379 with runners in scoring position ... Tied for the team lead in doubles with 14 and was second in stolen bases with 10 ... During one four-game stretch, he went 11-for-20 with 11 RBIs, six runs scored, four home runs and a triple ... Went 4-for-5 with a triple and three runs batted in during a win at Richmond ... Hit four home runs during Tech's three-game series at UMass ... Contributed a game-winning sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning in a 5-4 win over Radford ... Had three hits, three RBIs, two runs scored and two stolen bases during a 6-2 win at Dayton ... Put together five straight multiple-RBI games in early April and six straight multiple-hit games during late April ... Posted 14-multiple-hit games during one 20-game stretch ... Drove in eight runs in the A-10 tournament with three doubles and a grand slam ...
1998-99: Started 55 games at shortstop after splitting time at shortstop and third base as a freshman ... Finished third on the team in hitting with a .352 average ... Drove in 36 runs and scored 50 ... Topped the Tech squad in doubles with 18 ... Also contributed eight home runs ... Hit .377 in A-10 Conference action ... Opened the season with nine hits in his first 14 at bats ... Contributed at least one hit in 45 of the 55 games in which he played ... Tallied four hits, including a home run, in the Hokies' win at High Point ... Went 3-for-3 with two doubles in a win over Old Dominion in Blacksburg ... Went 6-for-10 at the plate during Tech's three-game sweep of Dayton ... Posted three hits in a win at Virginia ... Stole two bases in A-10 games against St. Joseph's and La Salle ... Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Tournament team after collecting nine hits and six RBIs ... Batted .429 (6-for-14) during Tech's three NCAA games with three doubles and four RBIs ...
1997-98: Was the only freshman named to the Atlantic 10 All-Conference team ... Handled the shortstop duties the first half of the season, then moved to third base ... The only player on the Tech squad to start all 52 games ... Ranked third on the team in batting (.346) and runs batted in (39) ... Was second in multiple-hit games with 21 ... Did not go hitless in back-to-back games the entire season ... Tech's top hitter in Atlantic 10 games with a .433 average ... Went 0-for-5 in his first collegiate game, then put together a 12-game hitting streak ... That stood as the team's longest hitting streak of the year until he put together a 16-game streak that ended against Fordham in Tech's final game ... Led the team with 71 hits ... Tied for the team lead in doubles with 18 and was third in home runs with seven ... Knocked in four runs with three hits in a win over Bowling Green ... Posted nine multiple-RBI games ... Had a total of eight three-hit games ... Won A-10 Rookie of the Week honors after hitting .538 in the La Salle series and driving in five runs ... Earned league player of the week recognition when he hit .444 over a seven-game stretch late in the season ... Made 27 starts at shortstop and 25 at third base ... Batted in six different spots in the batting order during the season ... Was a second-team A-10 pick at third ... Named honorable mention on the 1998 Louisville Slugger Freshman A-A team selected by Collegiate Baseball ...
High School: Played shortstop for Coach Tim Clary at Turner Ashby High ... Won three letters and helped the team to a 57-13 record and a pair of district championships ... Garnered first-team all-district and all-region honors and second-team all-state recognition as a senior ... Hit .400, drove in 20 runs and stole 11 bases ... Was named team MVP as a junior when he hit .435 and contributed four home runs and 21 RBIs ... Posted a .408 batting average as a sophomore ... Played in the Virginia High School League All-Star game in 1997 and was a member of the Baltimore Orioles showcase team in 1996 ... A member of the National Honor Society ...
Personal: Addison Charles Bowman ... Born 8/31/79 in Harrisonburg, VA ... Son of Eddie and Jill Bowman ... His father played baseball at Tech in the mid-1970s ... Enrolled in agriculture and applied economics.
