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Sonny Meade
# 22
Pitcher/Infielder/Outfielder - P/INF/OF
Height: 6-5  Weight: 230
Senior
Bats:  Throws:  R
Previous Affiliations
   Stratford HS
Previous Experience
  3L
Hometown
   Summerville, S.C.
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Courtesy: CitadelSports.com
Release: 01/30/2009

2008: Earned All-Southern Conference honors for the third consecutive year... played in the Coastal Plains League over the summer, winning the league championship with the Thomasville HiToms... finished the 2008 season fifth in the SoCon in batting average, hitting .393 while leading the team... was tied for fourth in the conference and led the team with 90 hits... led the team with 26 multiple-hit games... tied for third on the team with nine multiple RBI games... had the third-longest hitting streak on the team with a nine-game stretch as he recorded multiple hits in the last six... during that six-game stretch, went 17-for-29 with 13 RBI and nine runs scored, hit .586 with an .862 slugging percentage, a .613 on-base percentage and did not commit an error in the field... notched a career-best five hits in a game on three separate occasions, inlcuding against Daivdson (4/11) in a 5-for-5 performance with three runs scored and at Winthrop (5/7) in a 5-for-6 outing with five RBI and three runs scored... possibly his best outing came at Georgia Southern (5/2) where he went 5-for-6 with a career-best six RBI and tied a career-best four runs scored... posted a 3-for-5 performance at Elon (3/15)... went 2-for-5 with two runs scored against Furman (3/22)... drove in two runs in a 5-2 win in the rubber game against Furman (3/23)... against Appalachian State (3/30), hit 2-for-2 with an RBI and two runs scored... went 3-for-5 at Charleston Southern (4/8) with two RBI... hit two doubles in a 3-for-4 performance against UNC Greensboro (4/20) as he scored twice and drove in a run.

2007: Named to the Southern Conference All-Tournament Team... started in 56 of the 57 games he played in... has never gone more than two consecutive games without a hit in his entire career... led the team with a .379 batting average and 86 hits despite missing four games due to a forearm injury... posted a multi-hit performance in 28 of 57 games this season and hit safely in 46 of 57 games... ended hitting streak at 16 as he did not register a hit against Liberty (2/17)... that mark is tied for seventh longest streak in The Citadel history... blasted first home run of 2007 against No. 1 South Carolina (2/18), a solo, one-out shot... blasted his second home run of the year with a three-run shot in the fifth against Savannah State (3/13)... knocked in the game-winner vs. Eastern Illinois (3/18) with sacrifice fly to right, clinching the 5-4 victory and series sweep... went a perfect 4-for-4 against Elon (3/25) with four RBI... helped The Citadel avoid a shutout, being responsible for the Bulldogs’ three runs with a three-run home run at Western Carolina (4/1)... scored on four separate occasions at Appalachian State (4/13)... garnered a career-best five RBI in a 25-14 victory at Davidson (4/21)... also registered two doubles and a pair of sacrifice flies in that game... batted .545 and was 6-for-11, including a home run and two RBI in three-game series against the College of Charleston... posted multi-hit outings in all three games at UNC Greensboro (5/4-5/6), batted .538 and drove in three runs despite suffering a forearm injury... missed the first start of his career on May 12 with a forearm injury... prior to that missed start, had made 110 consecutive starts.

2006: Only freshman to start all 61 games, 57 as designated hitter and four at first base... batted 2-for-4 and scored once in collegiate debut against Virginia (2/10)... notched career-high three hits on three separate occasions: Le Moyne (2/24), Elon (4/16) and Western Carolina (4/21)... batted .538 (7-for-13) in series versus Western Carolina (4/21-23), including a career-high four RBI, a double and a home run... scored personal-best three runs vs. Charleston Southern (4/4)... drove in game-winning run against No. 17 College of Charleston (4/25)  to help himself to his first collegiate win on the hill as he tossed 2.0 innings, holding the Cougars hitless and scoreless... tied for sixth place in single-season doubles with 19 and finished fourth in the SoCon... paced the Bulldogs with 50 RBI and was second in runs (44), hits (75), total bases (107) and slugging percentage (.437)... pushed across the game-winning run in two games during the SoCon Tournament, Georgia Southern (5/24) and Western Carolina (5/26)... ended season on a 12-game hitting streak, the longest of any Bulldog all season... enjoyed a team-high 12 multi-RBI games and second with 22 multi-hit performances... used in mid-relief on nine occasions for a total of 16.2 innings of work... recorded a personal-best four strikeouts in the longest outing of career (5.1 IP) versus Appalachian State (5/7)... tabbed to All-Southern Conference and All-SoCon Tournament teams... played alongside Zach Brown and Chris Swauger for the Thomasville Hi-Toms of the Coastal Plain League over the summer.

High School:  Graduate of Stratford High where he finished his career with a batting average of .440 as well as going 19-1 on the mound with a career ERA of 1.21... member of the 2005 4A State Championship baseball team... played summer ball for the Diamond Devils out of Charleston, S.C. where he was a member of three National Championship teams.

Personal: Samuel Stilley Meade... born April 11, 1987... son of Sam Meade and Chris and Holly Fesler... mother and father are former All-American basketball players at the College of Charleston... majoring in business administration.