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2016 Baseball Roster

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7 Steven Linkous

  • Position OF/IF
  • Class Senior
  • Ht./Wt. 6-0 / 171
  • Hometown Leland, N.C.
  • High School North Brunswick

Biography

2016 Awards/Honors
  • First-Team All-CAA
  • ABCA First-Team All-East Region
  • First-Team NCCSIA All-State
  • Two-time CAA Player-of-the-Week (2/23 & 4/11)
2016 (Senior): Started all 60 games in leadoff spot for Seahawks ... Led nation with school-record 78 runs scored ... Also paced nation averaging 1.3 runs per game ... Finished second in CAA with .374 batting average ... Stole 29 bases to lead UNCW ... Set UNCW career record with 12 triples ... Tied single-season record of seven triples ... Tied for team-lead with 31 multi-hit games ... Drove in career-high 43 runs ... Scored two-or-more runs in 26 games, including season-high four on two occasions ... Strung together career-best 17-game hitting streak in which he hit .466 (34-73) ... Also fashioned a 12-game hitting streak ... Never went hitless in consecutive games

2015 (Junior): First-team All-CAA outfielder ... Started all 59 games for UNCW ... Finished with career-high .315 batting average while leading team in runs (62), triples (4) and stolen bases (30) ... Set UNCW junior record in stolen bases ... Also led team and CAA in stolen bases ... Swiped career-high four bases against North Carolina (4/23) ... Collected at least two steals in seven games ... Had four hits in a game twice (Northeastern (3/20) and at Hofstra (4/17)) ... Hit .349 in CAA play with 30 runs scored and 11 stolen bases ... Four four hitting streaks of at least five games on four occasions ... Fashioned season-high seven-game hitting streak from Mar. 20 against Northeastern through Mar. 29 at Towson ... Hit .394 (13-33) over that span.

2014 (Sophomore): Played in 41 games, making 22 starts … Earned CAA Player-of-the-Week honors (4/21) after hitting .778 (7-9) over three games, including a pair of wins over Towson (4/18-20) … Tied career-high with four hits against Towson (4/20) … Finished with then career-high eight stolen bases.

2013 (Freshman): Played in 26 games, including 14 in the starting lineup … Scored 14 runs and swiped four bases in five attempts … Was CAA Rookie-of-the-Week (2/26) after hitting .455 with four runs scored and two stolen bases … Collected four hits in first career start against Lehigh (2/22).

At North Brunswick: Four-year starter for Scorpions and coach Randy Fennell ... 2A All-State selection in 2010, 2011 and 2012 ... MVP his senior season … Earned All-Waccamaw Conference honors in 2009-12 ... 2010 North Brunswick Player-of-the-Year ... Wilmington Star News All-Area selection in 2011, 12 ... Stole 30 bases while hitting .458 his senior season … Helped Scorpions to 2011 Sectional title ... NBHS was ranked in state top-10 in 2010 ... Hit .430 in 2011  with 23 runs scored and 15 stolen bases ... As a sophomore in 2010, batted .485, scored 26 runs and knocked in 20.

Summer Baseball: Played for coaches Daniel Rabon and Fletcher Bates with Post 68 and Rock Solid, respectively ... Participated in 2011 Powerade Underclassmen State Games … Helped Wilmington Post 10 to North Carolina State Legion title in 2012.

Personal: Full name: Steven Andrew Linkous ... Born in Wilmington, N.C. ... Son of Meg and Andy Linkous … Sister, Kate, played softball at UNC Pembroke.

Statistics

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2016

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Historical Player Information

  • 7

    2013Freshman

    IF/OF
    6'0" 165 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2014Sophomore

    IF/OF
    6'0" 171 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2015Junior

    Outfield/Infield
    6'0" 171 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2016Senior

    Outfield/Infield
    6'0" 171 lbs
    7