Nicholas James Adenhart (August 24, 1986 – April 9, 2009) was a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Nicholas James Adenhart was born in Silver Spring, Maryland, the only son of Janet and Jim Adenhart, a former United States Secret Service officer. Nick's parents divorced and Janet later remarried Duane Gigeous, with whom she had a son named Henry.
Adenhart attended Springfield Middle School in Williamspor...
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Nicholas James Adenhart (August 24, 1986 – April 9, 2009) was a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Nicholas James Adenhart was born in Silver Spring, Maryland, the only son of Janet and Jim Adenhart, a former United States Secret Service officer. Nick's parents divorced and Janet later remarried Duane Gigeous, with whom she had a son named Henry.
Adenhart attended Springfield Middle School in Williamsport, Maryland, and Saint Maria Goretti High School, in Hagerstown, Maryland. He played shortstop and outfield, and pitched as well. At the age of 11, Adenhart pitched the Little League all-star team to the state tournament.
While attending Saint Maria Goretti, Adenhart was a guard on the basketball team that won the Baltimore Catholic League championship. In 2003, at the age of 16, Adenhart pitched for the Youse's Maryland Orioles, who went on to win the All American Amateur Baseball Association Tournament for that year.
Adenhart transferred to...
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