27 Patrick Oates   Class: Sophomore Height/Weight: 6-7/ 250 Hometown: Clinton , N.C. Position: OF Date Of Birth 11/30/85 B/T R/R

N.C. A&T Highlights
Is a tremendous athlete with an impressive build…Stands a 6-foot-7 and weights 250 pounds…Brings tremendous power to the Aggies lineup…Like most power hitters, strikes out a lot, but the run production he provides far outweighs his strikeouts… Earned a spot on Collegiate Baseball’s weekly accolades list for a performance against Charlotte…Is a career .306 hitter with 32 doubles, 74 RBI and 15 home runs…Also has a career slugging percentage of .527…Has played in 103 games as an Aggie with 102 starts…Also doubles as a pitcher for the Aggies with impressive numbers…In 12 starts, he is 5-5 with a career 4.19 ERA… Earned a reputation of hitting his home runs far beyond the War Memorial wall…Committed just 14 errors in his career after playing first base and the outfield for N.C. A&T for a career .974 fielding percentage.

2006 Season
Played in and started all 58 games for the Aggies…Also made 10 appearances on the mound with 10 starts…Ranked third in the league in hits (74), sixth in the league in RBI (40), first in strikeouts (56) and third in doubles (20)…Also ranked in the top 10 in the league in home runs (4^th) with nine and slugging percentage (7^th) with a .528 average…Ranked second in the MEAC in at-bats (229), Ranked fourth in total plate appearances (254) and total bases (121)…Batted .276 with runners scoring position and .571 with a runner on third and less than two outs…Batted better against right-handers than lefties with a .338 average against right-handed pitching… Had 23 multiple hit games, including three games in which he had three hits or more…Blasted a game-winning home run in the ninth against Charlotte on March 9 which earned him a spot on Collegiate Baseball’s weekly accolades list…Put together a season-high nine-game hitting streak to close out the season…Went 13-for33 during the streak with six RBI and two home runs…Had a seven-game hitting streak from April 1-8 in which he went 12-for-29 with 12 RBI and three home runs…On April 5 went 3-for5 with five RBI, three runs scored and a home run against Wofford…On May 16 went 2-for-4 with three RBI, a double and a home run against Appalachian State…Earned a 4.57 ERA on the mound as he struck out 34 and walked 34…Made his first start of the season on Feb. 19 against Cincinnati…Pitched his first career complete-game against High Point University in which he gave up six hits and struck out four in an 8-2 win…Pitched six innings against Delaware State on April 29…Struck out seven and gave up just three hits and no runs in a 1-0 Aggies win.

2005 Season
Played in 45 of the Aggies 54 games, making 44 starts…Batted .289 with six home runs and 34 RBI after getting off to a slow start…Ranked fifth  in slugging percentage in the MEAC…Ranked fifth in the MEAC in RBI…Recorded his first career hit on Feb. 6 when he went 2-for-4 against Duke…Started the season hitting just .242 over the first nine games…Over the next 10 games improved his batting average by 42 points…By the end of April had a batting average of .310…Had 11 multiple-hit games…Hit his first career home run on against Gardner-Webb on Feb. 26 as he went 2-for-4 on the day with one RBI and one run scored…Went 2-for-4 with two RBI against UNC-Greensboro on Feb. 22…Went a combined 6-for-14 with six RBI and home run in a three-game series with Maryland-Eastern Shore April 2-3…On March 26, hit a tremendous shot over the left-center field that almost found itself on E. Lindsay Street…Had six RBI and two home runs in a three-game series against Savannah State April 10-11…Went 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored in the MEAC Championship game…Pitched a total of six innings in two appearances, giving up no earned runs, walking five and striking out three for an ERA of 0.00…Made his first start on Arpil 2 against Wofford, pitching just two innings…Made his second start on April 20 against Wofford and gave up just three hits and three walks in a shutout win.

High School Accomplishments
Earned team MVP and conference player of the year honors two years in a row at Clinton High School…Named all-state two years in a row…Made the Career and Technical Honor Society.

Personal
Full name is Patrick Michael Oates…Is the son of Connell and Katrina Hemingway…Favorite sports team is the St. Louis Cardinals…Favorite athlete is Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols…Favorite book to read is Where the Red Fern Grows…His message to the youth would be: “Make good grades in high school and make a plan for the future.”