November 21, 2009
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Russell Wilson
# 3
Infielder
Height: 5-11  Weight: 200
Sophomore
Bats:  Throws:  R
Previous Affiliations
   Collegiate HS
Previous Experience
  
Hometown
   Richmond, Va.
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Courtesy: NC State
Release: 09/12/2007

As a sophomore (2009)
• Limited to 27 games and 23 starts because of the knee injury he suffered in the Papajohns.com Bowl at the end of football season
• Started 19 games at second base
• Missed the first 22 games of the season due to the knee injury
• Saw his first action March 24 vs. UNC Greensboro but did not see regular action until mid-April
• Started at second base the last 11 games of the season and 16 of the last 19
• Was cleared to play medically on March 23
• Had his first hit and first RBIs of the season March 28 vs. Virginia Tech
• Started in right field in the finale of the BC series and went 2-for-5, drove in two runs and made two excellent, run-saving catches in the outfield
• Went 2-for-4 with a double, a triple and two RBIs on May 2 at Campbell
• Went 2-for-4 and drove in two runs May 3 in the second game of a doubleheader vs. N.C. Central
• Started and went 1-for-2 with two walks and three runs scored in the first game of the Clemson series

As a freshman (2008)
• Played 32 games and started half of them, nine at second base, two at third base and five at designated hitter
• Had multiple hits in three of four games in early March, going 2-for-5 with an RBI on March 1 vs. North Carolina A&T, 3-for-4 on March 4 vs. Valparaiso, and 2-for-3 on March 8 vs. Virginia
• Hit his first collegiate home run March 21 at Clemson, then belted his second April 23 at UNC Greensboro
• Went 2-for-4 and drove in two runs June 7 in NC State’s victory over Georgia in the NCAA Athens Super Regional

With the NC State football team
• Completed 150 passes in 275 attempts for 1955 yards, 17 touchdowns and just one interception in 2008 to earn first-team All-ACC honors as a redshirt freshman

Summer league
• Played 25 games for the Gastonia Grizzlies of the Coastal Plain League in 2009 and batted .205

High school
• Played for Coach Tommy Nuckols
• Earned all-metro and all-state honors as a senior in 2007 after batting .536 with seven home runs and 29 RBIs
• Also pitched and went 6-2 with 52 strikeouts and a 1.83 ERA
• Was all-state in baseball all four years, and was all-state in football as a sophomore, junior and senior
• Batted .467 as a junior in 2006
• Is on a football scholarship as a quarterback, but plans to play both football and baseball at NC State

MLB Draft
• Taken in the 41st round, 2007, Baltimore Orioles

Personal
• Born November 29, 1988
• The son of Harrison Wilson III and Tammy Wilson
• Majoring in communication

Cameron Conner
#20
Outfielder
Fr.
Touchstone
Winter 2009
Which NC State baseball player will lead the team in home runs i n 2009?
Pratt Maynard
Cameron Conner
Pat Ferguson
Drew Poulk
Harold Riggins