2020 Baseball Roster
Swiney, Nick
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Thursday, May 29
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Tuesday, June 11
Game Two Press Conference: Athens Super Regional
Sunday, June 09
Game One Press Conference - Athens Super Regional
Saturday, June 08
Jersey Number 46
Nick Swiney
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Huntersville, N.C.
- High School:
- William A. Hough
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 187
Bio
2020 Collegiate Baseball Second Team All-American
2020 - Junior Season
2019 - Sophomore Season
High School / Prep Career
2020 - Junior Season
- Collected Collegiate Baseball Second Team All-America honors to close out his career
- Went 4-0 on the season in as many starts, leading all ACC pitchers in wins
- Allowed just four earned runs in 28.0 innings for a 1.29 ERA
- Contributed to the 4-0 shutout win over James Madison on Feb. 14 and the 6-0 shutout win vs. Purdue on Feb. 29
- Tallied a team-high 42 strikeouts, which ranked 10th in the NCAA
- Fanned a career-high 15 strikeouts on Feb. 29 vs. Purdue at the CambriaCollegeClassic, which were the most in a single game by an NC State pitcher since Carlos Rodon on April 25, 2014
- Also went a career-long eight innings pitched vs. Purdue
- Named ACC Pitcher of the Week and Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week on March 2 after his dominant performance against Purdue
- Tallied 11 strikeouts apiece on Feb. 14 vs. James Madison and on Feb. 22 vs. Tennessee Tech
- Held opponents to a .144 batting average, and allowed just five extra-base hits all season
2019 - Sophomore Season
- Made 26 appearances, including three starts on the mound
- Finished with a 7-1 record and a 4.61 ERA
- His 26 appearances out of the bullpen were the second-most on the team
- Led the team with 95 strikeouts in 56.2 innings pitched
- His longest outing of the season was when he went 4.1 innings vs. Clemson on May 10, allowing one earned run on one hit with six K’s
- Tallied a career-high eight strikeouts on April 23 vs. Tennessee Tech and on May 23 vs. Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament
- Had nine outings with at least five strikeouts
- Held an 11-inning stretch from April 13-27 where he did not allow a run to score
- Appeared in 20 games in his first season with the Pack, earning the start in game three of the series at second-ranked Clemson
- Posted a perfect 4-0 record to go along with a 3.52 ERA
- Threw 30.2 innings and struck out 37 batters, while walking on 18
- Held opponents to a .223 batting average
- Pitched two-thirds of an inning to help NC State earn a 4-0 shutout win in game one of the series at Clemson
- Turned in his best outing of the season against George Mason, pitching a career-long 3.2 innings with four strikeouts while allowing just one hit
- Yielded just 12 earned runs during the season and did not allow more than three in any appearance
- Made 13 appearances out of the bullpen where he did not allow a run
High School / Prep Career
- Named MECKA Conference pitcher of the year as a senior in 2017
- Went 7-1 with a 0.80 ERA to earn all-state honors from the North Carolina Baseball Coaches Association
- Struck out 74 in 52 1/3 innings
- Set Hough HS career records for wins (24), strikeouts (235) and ERA (1.03)
- Was 10-1 with a 0.76 ERA as a junior in 2016 to earn MECKA Conference pitcher of the year honors
- He worked 55 1/3 innings, striking out 85
- Named all-state by the NCBCA