2016 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 34
Riley Nix
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Tuscaloosa, AL
- High School:
- Hillcrest
- Position:
- OF
Notable: Was a member of Air Force football team freshman and sophomore season as a reserve quarterback.
Sophomore (2016):
- Played in four games.
- Made debut against Adams State.
- Scored a run against Omaha.
- Had first-career at bat against SIUE.
HIGH SCHOOL (Hillcrest): Lettered four years in football and three in baseball…team captain as a senior…Hillcrest Golden Glove award recipient…two-year team captain in football…6A Alabama All-State quarterback in 2013…West Alabama Football Class 6A All-Star…The Tuscaloosa and USA Today/American Family Insurance All-USA Top Performer (Dec. 24, 2013) in football…Senior class president…Hillcrest High School Ambassador…HHS Top Senior, Academic All-Star, National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta and Beta Club member...high school baseball coach was Mark Garner…played summer ball for Tuscaloosa Baseball, coached by Mickey Hollyhand.
PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 26…son of David and Lisa Nix…has an older brother…uncle, Bubba Satcher, is an Air Force Academy graduate.
Why I came to the Academy: “I came to the Academy to get a top-notch education, to push myself as a leader and a person, and to compete athletically at the Div. I level.”
Sophomore (2016):
- Played in four games.
- Made debut against Adams State.
- Scored a run against Omaha.
- Had first-career at bat against SIUE.
HIGH SCHOOL (Hillcrest): Lettered four years in football and three in baseball…team captain as a senior…Hillcrest Golden Glove award recipient…two-year team captain in football…6A Alabama All-State quarterback in 2013…West Alabama Football Class 6A All-Star…The Tuscaloosa and USA Today/American Family Insurance All-USA Top Performer (Dec. 24, 2013) in football…Senior class president…Hillcrest High School Ambassador…HHS Top Senior, Academic All-Star, National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta and Beta Club member...high school baseball coach was Mark Garner…played summer ball for Tuscaloosa Baseball, coached by Mickey Hollyhand.
PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 26…son of David and Lisa Nix…has an older brother…uncle, Bubba Satcher, is an Air Force Academy graduate.
Why I came to the Academy: “I came to the Academy to get a top-notch education, to push myself as a leader and a person, and to compete athletically at the Div. I level.”
Nix Career Hitting Stats
| Year | avg | gp-gs | ab | r | h | 2b | 3b | hr | rbi | tb | slg% | bb | hbp | so | gdp | ob% | sf | sh | sb-att | po | a | e | fld% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 (So.) | .000 | 4-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
Falcons walk past St. Thomas 20-12
Monday, March 16
Falcons Sweep UNLV with pair of wins on Saturday
Saturday, March 14
Falcons ten run UNLV to start series on Friday
Friday, March 13
Falcons win on senior day over New Mexico
Sunday, May 11
