Reese Wade Class: Sophomore Hometown: Dallas, Texas High School: Episcopal School Height / Weight: 5-11 / 185 Position: OF/DH B/T: L/L

Furman: Outstanding hitter and All-Southern Conference performer who will look to make the transition into the outfield this year, most likely as the starting left fielder...may also see action at designated hitter and possibly first base...hits well to all fields...possesses a strong command of the strike zone...named to the 2009 first team Coaches Preseason All-SoCon Team. 2008 -- Fashioned an impressive inaugural season, earning consensus second team All-SoCon honors as a designated hitter in addition to SoCon Freshman of the Year accolades in voting by league head coaches...also named to Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America Team... played a key role in Furman posting a school record 33 wins (33-24), third place (17-10) SoCon regular season finish, and school record 13 straight SoCon victories...hit .401 to become the first Paladin .400 hitter since Eddy Halleman (.430) in 1986...average ranked third in the SoCon and 43rd nationally...earned action in 49 games and registered 42 starts, including 41 at designated hitter....461 on base percentage led team...tallied 15 multi-hit games...struck out only 18 times in 142 at bats...started the season going 16-for-31 (.516)...went 3-for-4 and scored a pair of runs in 9-5 victory over High Point...banged out a season high four hits (4x5) in a 4-2 win over 10th-ranked South Carolina...fashioned a 3-for-4 performance in 9-5 triumph over College of Charleston, helping Furman to three-game series sweep over the Cougars...reeled off a season long 10-game hitting streak from April 11-26, raising his average from .439 to .482...cracked his only home run of the season and drove in three runs in a 6-5 series finale victory over Georgia Southern...named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll.

High School: 2007 graduate of Episcopal School...coach was David Tollison...pitched and played outfield...batted .493 for his career (136x276) with 42 doubles, eight triples, and 11 home runs...three-time All-Southwest Preparatory Conference...two-time team MVP.

Personal: Full name is Reese Emerson Wade...son of Bart and Mary Sue Wade...born June 18, 1988, in Dallas, Texas...has a brother, Roby...father played basketball at Stanford...carries a 3.17 GPA...undeclared major.