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2017 Baseball Roster

1 Nick Salisbury

  • Height 5-5
  • Weight 170
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Charlotte, N.C.
  • High School Independence HS

Biography

AS A JUNIOR (2016): Played in all 49 games, including 41 starts (all at 2b) … Posted a .352 batting average in 162 at-bats with 40 runs scored on 57 hits, including 16 extra-base hits (4 HR), and 25 RBI … Also drew 19 walks, was hit by pitch seven times and was a perfect 4-for-4 on stolen base attempts … Turned in one sacrifice fly and six sacrifice bunts … Tacked up a team-best 22 multiple-hit games and six multiple-RBI outings … Tallied a .945 fielding percentage with 13 errors in 225 total defensive chances … Registered first hit at UNCP on a RBI triple in the second game of the series with Montevallo … Tallied a .444 (4-for-9) series with a RBI and three runs scored against Shippensburg … Recorded two hits and a run scored in each of the first two games of the Flagler series … Hit .600 (6-for-10) in two games with Coker, including a 4-for-5 hitting line on the road … Hit a 2-run homer against Catawba to spark one of two seven-game hitting streaks … Registered a 5-for-9 (.556) series against Georgia Southwestern with a triple, four RBI and six runs scored … Tripled, drove in three runs and scored twice in the series finale with the Hurricanes … Tripled, drove in three runs and scored three times on a 3-for-6 night at the plate against Wingate on the road … Walked twice and scored once on a 2-for-4 showing in the series finale with Young Harris that sparked his other seven-game hitting streak … Registered at least two hits over this hitting streak, and tallied a .469 (15-for-32) batting average with seven RBI and 10 runs scored over the two-week span … Closed out the season with a .538 (7-for-13) series against Columbus State, and scored twice in the bookends of the weekend set with the Cougars.

AS A SOPHOMORE AT LIBERTY (2015): Played in 46 games, including 41 starts … Posted a .218 batting average in 133 at-bats with 20 runs scored on 29 hits, including five extra-base hits, and 15 RBI … Also drew 18 walks and was a perfect 2-for-2 on stolen base attempts … Also maintained a .972 fielding percentage with just five errors in 181 total defensive chances … Tallied five multiple-hit and three multiple-RBI games … Doubled twice, tripled and scored three times on a 4-for-5 day against Virginia Tech … Walked three times and scored twice in a 7-6 home win over Penn State.

AS A FRESHMAN AT LIBERTY (2014): Played in 17 games, including four starts … Posted a .190 batting average with three runs scored on four hits, including one extra-base hit, and two RBI … Also drew one walk and tacked up a sacrifice bunt … Logged first collegiate hit via a RBI single in a 2-1 loss to South Florida … Doubled in a run in a 5-4 loss to Ohio.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Independence High School for coach Daniel Cooke … Earned all-conference honors for the third-straight year as a senior after hitting .363 with 11 RBI and 15 runs scored … Hit .407 with 11 RBI and 23 runs scored as a junior … Earned an invite to the 2012 Powerade State Games, and earned all-tournament honors at the Perfect Game National Underclassmen Tournament.

PERSONAL: The son of Mary Linda and Scott Salisbury … Has a younger sister, Rachel … Maintained a 3.7 cumulative grade point average at Independence High School … A criminal justice major at UNCP.

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Historical Player Information

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    2016Junior

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    2017Senior

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    5'5" 170 lbs
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