TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State outfielder Adam Pottinger has signed a free agent deal with the Joliet Slammers in the Frontier League and is expected to join the team on Tuesday as another Sycamore baseball player from the 2024 roster signed a professional contract.
 
Pottinger becomes the fourth player from the 2024 Sycamore roster to sign a professional contract joining Randal Diaz (Washington Nationals), Luke Hayden (Cincinnati Reds), and Grant Magill (Chicago White Sox).
 
It marks the second consecutive season four Sycamores signed professional contracts after Matt Jachec (Cleveland Guardians), Connor Fenlong (Kansas City Royals), Lane Miller (MLB Draft League Trenton Thunder) and Seth Gergely (USPBL Utica Unicorns) following the conclusion of the 2023 season.
 
Pottinger was a 2024 Missouri Valley Baseball All-Defensive selection and 2023 MVC All-Conference Second Team pick over his two seasons with the Sycamores. He added 2023 MVC All-Tournament Team honors in his first season at Indiana State and was a standout both on the field and at the plate during the Sycamores' 2023 run to the NCAA Fort Worth Super Regionals.
 
Pottinger lined up and started all 59 games in centerfield for the Sycamores in the 2024 season and finished among the team leaders with 64 hits, including 12 doubles and 10 home runs. He scored 47 runs and drove in 43 RBIs, while finishing third on the team with 19 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI contests.
 
The Deerfield, Ill. native highlighted his 2024 season with his first collegiate multi-home run game on April 14 against Bradley including a ninth-inning grand slam, while adding a trio of three-hit contests in Missouri Valley play. He added a home run in the postseason going deep in Indiana State's elimination-game win over Western Michigan in the Lexington Regional.
 
Pottinger wrapped up his Indiana State career posting a .301 batting average over 113 games played with 109 starts around the outfield. He posted 118 hits, including 21 doubles and 21 home runs, while scoring 97 runs and driving in 78 RBIs. Pottinger was adept at getting on base drawing 61 walks and was hit by 30 pitches over his career.
 
Pottinger was known for his glovework over his time with the Sycamores with a trio of appearances on ESPN's SportCenter Top 10 Plays list, he posted a career .992 fielding percentage over 263 chances in the outfield.
 
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