2012: Saw action in 29 games as a junior, starting 22 … ranked third on the team with a .333 batting average, while leading the squad with four triples … finished with 29 hits, including four doubles … drove in 13 runs and scored 14 more … walked 15 times and struck out only nine times in 87 at bats … hit .381 with runners on base … had six multiple-hit games and four games with multiple runs batted in … recorded a season-high six-game hitting streak from April 7-18 … finished 3 for 3 with three runs scored and two doubles against Southeastern on Feb. 4 … was 3 for 4 with two runs batted in against Iowa Wesleyan on March 6 … scored three times, walked twice and hit a double at Brewton-Parker on April 7 … drove in two with a pinch-hit triple against Mobile in the Southern States Athletic Conference Tournament on April 27 … walked a season-best three times against Embry-Riddle in the NAIA Opening Round Tournament on May 11.
Prior to AUM: Lettered for two seasons at Calhoun Community College in Decatur, Ala. … finished his career with a .299 batting average, with two home runs, 54 runs batted in, 73 runs scored and 21 stolen bases … added 16 doubles and three triples in 90 career games … recorded 21 multiple-hit games, including 16 his final season … as a sophomore, hit .310, with 21 RBIs, 43 runs scored, 11 doubles and 13 stolen bases … also walked a team-high 47 times … finished his freshman campaign with a .289 batting average, with two home runs, 33 runs batted in, 30 runs scored and eight stolen bases.
Prep: Was a four-year letterwinner in baseball at Sparkman High School in Huntsville, Ala., for head coach Kellen Greer.
Personal: Born on Feb. 15, 1991 … full name is Wesley Allen Hughes … is the son of Kim and Kelli Hughes … has an older brother, Will, and a younger sister, Taylor … is majoring in aerospace engineering.
