Many of you may have heard of the Jim Adams Scholarship offered at Trinity. It’s a scholarship given to the junior who submits the most well-written and effective short story. The scholarship is the largest given at Trinity. Over the years many students have sought this prestigious scholarship, but few know who exactly Mr. Jim Adams was.
Adams was a student at Trinity in the Class of 1967.
According to Mr. Tom Klausing--also in the class of 1967 and a friend of Jim and the Adams family--Adams was a “great student and athlete.”
Adams was Mr. Baseball at Trinity and went on to play college baseball as a pitcher for Vanderbilt University. He majored in English in college and eventually became an English teacher after he moved to Georgia.
Klausing said, “Jim was intelligent and a great leader. He enjoyed life and was always fun to be around. He was also very humorous and quick-witted.” In 1980, Adams was tragically killed in a car accident.
Adams was survived by his wife and two sons. His family wanted to do something to remember and honor him, so they approached Trinity with the idea of starting a scholarship.
Trinity decided to start a scholarship in Adams’ memory in the English department, specifically in the area of creative writing due to his love of English. An English teacher and a writer on the side, Jim Adams, according to those who knew him, serves as an inspiration to Trinity students to do what they love. “Writers don’t make a lot of money, but Jim followed his dreams anyway,” Klausing said.