2022 Baseball Roster
Nixon, Chase
Auburn Regional Preview: Elliott Avent on ACC PM
Thursday, May 29
Game Three Press Conference: Athens Super Regional
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 12
Chase Nixon
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 202
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Wilmington, N.C.
- B/T:
- L/R
- Major:
- Business Administration
- High School (Last School):
- New Hanover
Bio
2024 - Junior Season
2023 - Sophomore Season
2022 - Freshman Season
High School / Prep Career
- Logged 39 total appearances with 29 starts as a junior, making 24 starts in left field and five as the designated hitter
- Batted .255 with 11 runs scored, 26 hits, three doubles and 14 RBI
- Recorded five multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games
- Tied a career-high with three hits against Campbell on April 16
- Registered 10 more walks (24) than strikeouts (14), reaching base at a .402 clip
- Tied for fourth on the team with a 13-game reached-base streak
- Batted .250 with four runs scored and six RBI in 22 ACC games (15 starts)
- Sported a .978 fielding percentage with 44 putouts and an outfield assist
2023 - Sophomore Season
- Made 32 appearances with 18 starts as a sophomore – made 11 starts in left field and seven as the designated hitter
- Batted .319 with eight doubles, two homers, 37 total bases and 11 runs scored
- Logged six multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games
- Set a new career-high with six total bases in a win over No. 14 Virginia on March 18, going 2-for-4 with a double, homer and two runs scored
- Hit the first homer of the season off ACC Pitcher of Year Rhett Lowder on April 9 for his second homer of his college career
- Batted .316 with a .553 slugging percentage on 38 at-bats in 15 ACC games
2022 - Freshman Season
- Made 18 appearances, including two starts in left field, in his first season with the Pack
- Batted .273 on the year with six hits, including a double
- Went 3-for-4 in his first career start on Feb. 26 vs. Quinnipiac
- Also had hits on Feb. 22 vs. High Point, April 29 vs. Radford and May 10 at UNCW
- Scored seven runs and tallied one run batted in
High School / Prep Career
- Attended New Handover High School and Pro5 Baseball Academy
- Honorable Mention All-Conference and Second Team All-Area as a junior
- Named First Team All-Conference and Coastal Preps Offensive Player of the Year in football as a senior
- A/B Honor Roll student three of four years
- Mom, Kathryn Nixon, and grandparents, Gary and Kay Fisher all attended NC State
- Dad, Trot Nixon, played in the MLB from 1996-2008 and helped the Boston Red Sox win the 2004 World Series