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2015 Baseball Roster

13 Nick Smith

  • Position Right-Handed Pitcher
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Greenfield, Ind.
  • Highschool New Palestine

Biography

Awards and Recognition: 
2015 Summit League Spring Academic Honor Roll, Distinguished Scholar
Summit League Pitcher of the Week (March 5, 2012)

Junior (2014): 11 appearances during his junior campaign, all in relief... first appearance of the season came on 2/20 vs. Louisiana-Monroe, 2.1 innings with two k's... threw 2.1 innings on 3/10 at Indiana State with two more strikeouts... 2.1 innings pitched on 5/4 vs. Illinois State with a pair of strikeouts... 1.0 inning pitched on both 5/11 and 5/16 at South Dakota State and vs. Omaha... 2.1 innings pitched with one strikeout and one hit allowed in The Summit League Championship game vs. North Dakota State on 5/24... nine strikeouts in 14.1 innings of work.

Sophomore (2013): Made 15 appearances on the season with four starts… started on 2/15 at Arkansas... threw 3.0 innings while facing 21 batters... first win of the year came at Arkansas State... threw 5.2 innings while striking out five and allowing one run on 2/23... started against Wichita State on 3/1... threw 2.0 innings of relief on 3/10 at Minnesota with one strikeout... 2.1 innings of work on 3/13 at Saint Louis in his fourth start of the year… 2.0 innings on the mound on 4/21 at Blackburn with four strikeouts… 3.0 innings vs. South Dakota State on 5/4 with two strikeouts… recorded his first career save on 5/12 vs. North Dakota State after throwing 1.0 inning with one strikeout… ended the year with 22 K’s in 26.2 innings on the mound.

Freshman (2012): Appeared in 14 games and made 12 starts... no decision in his first start during game three of the Georgia State series... gave up two early runs but blanked the Panthers in 2nd-5th inning... five strikeouts... earned start against Maryland Eastern Shore working 5.0 IP... gave up two runs on three hits with no walks and two strikeouts... Summit League Co-Pitcher of the Week following his performance against Georgia... picked up his first collegiate win allowing four runs (two earned) on six hits in 7.2 innings of work, striking out seven... picked up his second straight win at Western Kentucky on Sunday with seven scoreless innings... made first relief appearance vs. Air Force... went seven innings with six strikeouts to pick up his third win of his season... took a no-hitter into the sixth on 4/1 against Bradley while striking out six over 6.2 innings but was saddled with the loss... struck out 13 over seven innings on 4/7 vs. Southern Utah, which is tied for third in program history... struck out six over five innings vs. North Dakota State on 4/15... shortest start of the season at Oral Roberts on 4/20, lasted just four innings and allowed two runs (one earned)... went 5.2 innings at Oakland on 4/29 and allowed three earned runs while walking three and striking out three while getting the loss... lasted 4.2 against IPFW on May 6 and allowed five (four earned) while striking out four and was given the loss... appeared in relief in game three at Illinois State and threw a scoreless inning with a strikeout... went 1.2 innings at South Dakota State and allowed three earned runs while striking out three.

High School: Two-time letterwinner... selected to Team Indiana Crossroads Baseball Series... 2011 Preseason Honorable Mention Rawlings All-American... ranked #19 prospect and selected as having one of the top 10 fastballs in Indiana by Indiana Prep Baseball Report... All-Conference and All-County selection... selected to Indiana Elite Senior All-Star Team... 12-2 in his two seasons as a varsity starter... struck out 61 hitters in 55.2 innings with a 3.10 ERA... pitched for Anderson-Hockett Indiana American Legion Post 127, went 5-0 and recorded 45 strikeouts in 35 innings... member of 2010 Conference Championship, Sectional and Regional Championship Teams... 2011 Conference Champions... tossed a seven-inning complete game shutout with 11 K’s in the sectional semifinal.

Personal: Son of Don and Diane Smith… born Oct. 23, 1992... major is undecided.

Statistics

Season:
2015

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2012Redshirt

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'3" 175 lbs
    15
  • 13

    2013Sophomore

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'3" 195 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2014Junior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'3" 200 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2015Senior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'3" 200 lbs
    13