Professional Baseball Player. Born Nicholas James Adenhart in Silver Spring, Maryland, the only son of Jim and Janet Adenhart. At the age of 14, Nick joined the Oriolelanders, a showcase team composed of Maryland amateur players and sponsored by the Baltimore Orioles, where he would stay for four years. In 2003, at the age of 16, he pitched for the Youse's Maryland Orioles, who went on to win the All American Amateur Baseball Association Tournament for that year. He pitched four years in the minor leagues and was considered the Angels' top prospect by Baseball America. He was selected by the Angels in the 14th round of the 2004 draft. At the time of his death, he was the youngest pitcher on a big league roster. His friends that also died in the accident were Henry Nigel Pearson of Manhattan Beach, a 25-year-old passenger in the car, and the driver, 20-year-old Courtney Frances Stewart of Diamond Bar, both were pronounced dead at the scene. Nick himself made it to the University of California, Irvine Medical Center where he succumb to his injuries and died after undergoing surgery. The death was caused by a drunk driver who was in a minivan that ran a red light and broadsided a gray Mitsubishi Eclipse in which Nick was a passenger, sending it crashing into a telephone pole. He was 22 years old.
Professional Baseball Player. Born Nicholas James Adenhart in Silver Spring, Maryland, the only son of Jim and Janet Adenhart. At the age of 14, Nick joined the Oriolelanders, a showcase team composed of Maryland amateur players and sponsored by the Baltimore Orioles, where he would stay for four years. In 2003, at the age of 16, he pitched for the Youse's Maryland Orioles, who went on to win the All American Amateur Baseball Association Tournament for that year. He pitched four years in the minor leagues and was considered the Angels' top prospect by Baseball America. He was selected by the Angels in the 14th round of the 2004 draft. At the time of his death, he was the youngest pitcher on a big league roster. His friends that also died in the accident were Henry Nigel Pearson of Manhattan Beach, a 25-year-old passenger in the car, and the driver, 20-year-old Courtney Frances Stewart of Diamond Bar, both were pronounced dead at the scene. Nick himself made it to the University of California, Irvine Medical Center where he succumb to his injuries and died after undergoing surgery. The death was caused by a drunk driver who was in a minivan that ran a red light and broadsided a gray Mitsubishi Eclipse in which Nick was a passenger, sending it crashing into a telephone pole. He was 22 years old.
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His life, a daring adventure. A free spirit in the presence of fate with unwavering perseverance and faith. Loving his dream inspired and determined. He is alive in our hearts forever until we meet again...
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