ARKANSAS BASEBALL
Andy Wilkins
# 17
1B/3B
Height: 6-2  Weight: 225
Sophomore
Bats:  Throws:  L
Previous Affiliations
   Broken Arrow
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Courtesy: Phil Pierce, Athletic Media Relations
Release: 01/29/2009

2009 Outlook
Andy Wilkins possesses one of the sweetest swings on the Razorback roster ... Can hit for power and average and will likely see time at either first base or designated hitter, but can also play the hot corner when asked ... Great strike zone awareness ... Could be a force in the middle of the Arkansas lineup.

2008 (Freshman)
SEC Freshman of the Week on Feb. 25 after Arkansas’ opening weekend with Wright State, where he went 5 for 11 with a home run, six RBI and three runs scored ... Batted .331 for the season with 45 hits, 38 RBI, 11 doubles and eight home runs despite missing more than a month to a rib cage injury ... Second on the Razorback roster with a .558 slugging percentage and his 16 walks gave him a .391 on-base percentage ... Started 35 of 40 games, mostly at first base but did start six games at third and five as the designated hitter ... Opened his career with a six-game hitting streak, a streak he matched later in the year ... Drove in five runs against Siena on March 8, going 3 for 5 with a double and a home run ... Upon returning from his injury, went 4 for 5 against South Carolina and for the series banged out six hits in 12 at bats with three runs scored and two RBI ... Was 3 for 9 at the NCAA Stanford Regional with a run scored.

Summer Baseball
Played for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod League in the summer of 2008 ... Led the squad with five home runs and 26 RBI ... Batted .271 in his stint with a .450 slugging and .356 on-base percentage ... hit 10 doubles and walked 19 times in 21 games at first base.

Broken Arrow High School
Two-time all-state ... Two-time Louisville Slugger High School All-American ... Baseball America ranked him the No. 11 prospect out of Oklahoma ... Hit 36 home runs in his final three seasons ... As a senior batted .538 (63 for 117) with 18 doubles, a triple and 12 home runs ... Scored 52 runs and drove in 53 his final year with a .635 on-base percentage and slugged 1.017 ... Hit .496 as a junior with a school record 17 home runs and 16 doubles ... Scored 30 runs and drove in 60 ... 1.109 slugging and .519 on-base percentage ... Batted .366 as a sophomore with seven home runs.

In the Draft
2007 – Texas Rangers, 25th round (770)

Personal
Wilkins is the son of Joe and Sue Wilkins ... Has a brother, Brian Scott ... Majoring in kinesiology

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