Sam McLain Class: Senior Hometown: Inverness, Fla. High School: Santa Fe Community Height / Weight: 6-1 / 185 Position: OF B/T: L/L

General: Veteran outfielder who will be counted on for run production and leadership this year...appears slated to make the move to left field this year after playing right field the last two years...helps form a contingent of six returning position starters...has also registered notable action at designated hitter during his Furman career...excellent defensive player. 2004 -- Overcame a slow early season start to put together a solid campaign as the Paladins' starting right fielder, batting .323 with five home runs and 28 RBI...played in 36 games and earned 33 starts...missed virtually an entire month of action (March 7-April 4, 16 games) due to injury...hit a lowly .071 (2x28, 0 RBI) thru Furman's first 10 games before catching fire and hitting .394 (39x99, 28 RBI) in his final 26 contests...went 13-for-26 (.500) over his last six games of the season, including a 4-for-6 performance in an 18-7 win at East Tennessee State that also featured a pair of home runs, four runs scored, and five RBI...went 3-for-5 with three RBI and a pair of doubles in a 13-9 win at Appalachian State...fashioned a 13-game hitting streak from Apr. 9-May 1...later hit in nine straight games from May 8-22...batted .366 (34x93) versus right-handers and .371 (26x70) with runners on base...hit a solid .373 (20x91) versus SoCon competition. 2003 -- Hit .324 with 32 RBI and three home runs...helped Furman to 32-24 record for most wins in school history...batted .333 with two home runs and 15 RBI versus the SoCon..batted .556 (5x9) against left-handers and .309 (43x139) against right-handers...drove in three runs against Southern Conference rival ETSU in a 9-4 win...blasted a grand slam against Georgia State in a 10-6 victory. Junior College -- Played one year under Harry Tholen at Santa Fe Community College...started in centerfield and helped lead his team to 24-22 record.

High School/Personal: 2001 graduate of Citrus High School...played baseball under coach Mike Taylor...named all-Conference and all-District three years in a row...also starred in football, earning all-conference two years and all-district three times...full name Samuel Andrew McLain...son of Randy and Vickey McLain...born May 28, 1982 in Columbus, Ga...health and exercise science major.