2011 Baseball Roster
Nick Rice
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Kenosha, Wisc.
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 216
- Prev School:
- Madison (Wisc.) Tech College
As a junior (2010)
• Allowed three runs on nine hits in 8 1/3 innings over his last six appearances
• Longest outing of the year was 3 2/3 innings June 4 vs. College of Charleston in the first round of the NCAA Myrtle Beach Regional
• Worked two scoreless innings of relief March 17 at UNC Wilmington
• Needed just one pitch to retire the only man he faced March 21 in the final game of the Wake Forest series
• Worked a scoreless ninth inning April 7 vs. Coppin State
• Pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings April 28 vs. Elon, striking out one
• Worked a scoreless inning May 7 in the opener of the Towson series
At Madison Area Tech (2009)
• Pitched at Madison Area Technical College for head coach Mike Davenport
• Went 5-1 with a 1.79 ERA as a sophomore
• Allowed 39 hits in 55 1/3 innings
• Walked 16 and struck out 61
• Allowed just four runs, three of them unearned, on 12 hits with five walks and 28 strikeouts in 27 innings over his last four starts
• Tossed a complete-game three-hit shutout in his final start of the season
At Southern Illinois (2008)
• Posted a 2-1 record with a 6.68 ERA in 10 appearances, five of them starts, as a freshman in 2008
• Allowed 39 hits and struck out 16 in 31 innings
Summer league
• Was 1-2 with a 2.79 ERA in 13 appearances for the Madison Mallards of the Northwoods League in 2010
High school
• Pitched at Tremper High School for head coach John Matera
• Two-time first-team all-Southeast Conference performer
• Was named first-team All-Kenosha County and second-team all-state as a senior in 2007 when he fashioned a 6-2 record with a 1.33 ERA
• Made nine appearances, all starts, and worked 48 innings, allowing 30 hits, walking 16 and striking out 59
• Named No. 61 on Perfect Game USA's list of the top 100 high school pitchers in 2007, and was the No. 1 pitcher in the state of Wisconsin
• Was named Gatorade Player of the Year in Wisconsin
• Finished at 7-3 with a 1.80 ERA, 53 strikeouts and 15 walks in 58 1/3 innings as a junior in 2006
Personal
• Named to the honor roll all four years in high school
• Majoring in communication with a media communication concentration