Hampden-Sydney College

One of the top scorers in Hampden-Sydney basketball history, Jerry Adams scored 1,207 points for the Tigers and ranked as H-SC's second leading all-time scorer at the time of his graduation.  He still ranks 13th all-time on the Tigers' career scoring list.

As a senior, Adams served as team co-captain and won the Mason-Dixon Conference individual scoring title. He wrapped up the scoring championship in dramatic fashion with a 35-point performance against American University in the final game of the regular season.  In 12 conference games that season, Adams scored 281 points (23.4 ppg) and was named to the Little Six All-State and Mason-Dixon All-Conference teams.  Adams set a Mason-Dixon Conference scoring record with 39 points against Mount St. Mary's in the first round of the 1953 conference tournament.

An honor-roll student at H-SC, he was the winner of the Adamson Scholarship.  After graduation, he coached basketball at Varina High School for five years and achieved a record of 57-22.  He graduated from T.C. Williams School of Law in 1962 and is a member of the law firm of Adams, Myers and Baczkowski in McKeesport, Pennsylvania.