2018 Baseball Roster
Nic Ready
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Dallas, TX
- High School:
- Jesuit Prep of Dallas
- Position:
- IF
Senior (2019):
- Named to the Collegiate Baseball News Pre-Season All-American Second Team (1B)
- Selected to the Mountain West Preseason All-Conference team at first base
Summer (2018):
- Played summer ball for Eau Claire Express in the Northwoods League during his three weeks of allowed leave from cadet duties.
- Won the College Baseball Home Run Derby at TD Ameritrade Park of Omaha with a derby record 55 home runs. Won the finals 21-20 over Clemson's Logan Davidson to claim the title.
- 2018 Collegiate Baseball News All-American (Third Team 1B)
- 2018 Perfect Game/Rawlings All-America (Honorable Mention 1B)
- 2018 ABCA/Rawlings All-Midwest Team (Second Team 1B)
- 2018 NCBWA Region 8 Player of the Year
- 2018 All-Mountain West (First Team 1B)
- Started all 54 games at first base
- Third on team with .341 batting average
- Totaled 78 hits, including 18 doubles, two triples and 20 home runs
- Tallied 74 RBIs while scoring 56 runs and drawing 22 walks
- RBIs and home runs both second most in single-season in program history
- Finished with a .699 slugging percentage and .400 OBP, including 160 total bases
- Ranked in the top 10 nationally in home runs (7th), RBIs (8th), slugging (10th) and total bases (10th)
- Finished top 10 in the MW in eight offensive categories, including leading the conference in slugging, RBIs, home runs, and total bases
- Had team-best 23 multi-hit games and 16 multi-RBI games
- Also had team’s longest hitting streak (30) and longest reached base streak (37)
- Collected team single game season-best with five runs scored vs. San Jose State, March 31, eight RBIs vs. New Mexico, May 13, and two home runs and 12 total bases vs. UNLV, March 17
- Earned Academic All-Mountain West honors for the second straight season
- 2018 Collegiate Baseball News Preseason All-American (Second Team 1B)
Sophomore (2017):
- 2017 All-Mountain West (Second Team 1B)
- Started all 53 games.
- School record 235 at bats.
- Batted .340 with 11 homers and 53 RBIs.
- Had 80 hits in 235 at bats.
- Scored 47 runs and hit 22 doubles.
- Posted .591 slugging.
- MW Top 10 in eight offensive categories:
Slugging (10th)
Hits (7th)
RBIs (9th)
Doubles (4th)
Homers (6th)
Total bases (4th - 139)
At bats (10th)
Sac Flies (6th - 4)
- Batted .380 in conference play with eight homers and 35 RBIs.
- Had 24 multiple hit games.
- Lead team with 11 multi-RBI games.
- Had back-to-back two homer games in series with San Diego State.
- Had four hits in a game vs. UNLV.
- Did not strike out until his 70th at bat of the season in his 16th game of the season vs. Portland.
- Academic All-Mountain West.
Summer (2017):
- Played summer ball for Eau Claire Express in Northwoods League during his three weeks of allowed leave from cadet duties.
Freshman (2016):
- 2016 NCBWA Freshman All-American (First Team DH)
- 2016 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American 3B/DH
- 2016 Mountain West Baseball co-Freshman of the Year 3B/DH
- 2016 All-Mountain West Second Team 3B/DH
- Air Force freshman record 77 hits.
- Batted .329 with six home runs and 53 RBIs.
- School record 234 at bats.
- Scored 44 runs, hit 17 doubles and slugged .496.
- Hit a grand slam in 15-7 win over UNLV at MW Championship.
- Fourth on the team in batting average and third in RBIs.
- Started all 57 games.
- Started 29 games at third base, 27 as designated hitter and one at first.
- Six RBIs vs. UNLV.
- Had 21 multi-hit and 14 multi-RBI games.
- Had five-RBI games against Omaha and Nevada.
- Also homered against Adams State, hit three in series vs. Nevada and one against SIUE.
Summer (2016):
Played summer ball for the Fayetteville Swampdogs of the Coastal Plain League in Fayetteville, Ark., during his three weeks of allowed leave from cadet duties.
HIGH SCHOOL (Jesuit Prep): Lettered three years in baseball…first team all-district selection in 2015…named team’s offensive MVP as a senior…second team all-state selection as a senior…selected as North Texas and Texas Coaches Association All-Star his senior season…first team all-district choice as a junior…chosen as Jesuit Prep’s defensive MVP in 2013 and 2014…first team all-district as a sophomore…high school coach was Brian Jones…played summer baseball for Dallas Mustangs, coached by Barry Hoffpauir…member of the National Honor Society…All-State Academic selection.
PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 34…parents are Randy and Tracy Ready…father played Major League Baseball for 13 seasons…has five brothers…favorite food is steak and shrimp chimichurri…favorite book is The Hatchet…favorite television show is Family Guy…favorite movie is American Sniper…would most like to meet Robert E. Lee and ask him why he made his famous charge at Gettysburg…credits his brothers Max and Mark for having influenced his baseball career the most…one aspect of his life that many don’t know is he won his school’s poetry contest in fifth grade.
Why I came to the Academy: “I came to win an NCAA championship in baseball, to serve my country and to be the best man I can possibly be.”
