Demon Baseball Draftees

2016 Nick Heath

2016 Nick Heath

  • Position:
    Center Fielder
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Class:
    Freshman
  • Hometown:
    Junction City, KS
  • High School:
    Junction City HS
  • Years at NSU:
    2014-16
  • Pick, Round:
    493, 16
  • MLB Team:
    Kansas City Royals

Summary

Biography


No. 162 Collegiate Draft Prospect (D1Baseball.com)
2015 Hamptions Colleigate League No. 5 Prospect (Baseball America)
2014 Southland Conference All-Tournament Team DH
Perfect Game 2013 College Baseball All-American team
2013 Hamptons Collegiate League No. 1 Prospect (Baseball America)

Summer 2015:
• Joined the North Fork Ospreys of the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League and was named the No. 5 prospect in the league by Baseball America.
• set the Hamptons League career stolen base record with 43 steals.

2015 Season:
• Started all 54 games, beginning the season in right field before shifting to center after Bret Underwood was lost to injury 11 games into the season.
• led the Southland Conference and ranked 44th nationally with 23 stolen bases and needs four steals to move into the top 10 in school history.
• collected 10 multi-hit games, tying a career high with three hits against McNeese State (March 29) and New Orleans (April 11).
• smacked his first career home run at Louisiana Tech (May 12) as part of a career-high 4-RBI performance.
• walked off New Orleans in Game 1 of an April 10 doubleheader with a two-run single, capping a three-run ninth inning.
• posted his second career three-steal game in a March 7 win at Lamar and had three multi-steal games. 

2014 Season:
• Appeared in 44 games, drawing 34 starts.
• finished his redshirt freshman season on a five-game hitting streak, recording three hits in three of those games.
• swiped a career-high 3 bases against Incarnate Word (May 2), one of four multi-steal games, all of which came after April 25. Was successful on 17 of 21 steal attempts during the season.
• had a pair of two-RBI games -- vs. McNeese State (March 8) and at Sam Houston State (March 28).
 
2013 Season:  
• Redshirted.
 
High School:  
• Senior year was named All-State.
• hit .400+ his sophomore, junior and senior seasons.
• four home runs senior seaosn and two junior season.
• named first-team Centennial League as a junior.
• was 4-of-5 in the Kansas All-State Senior Game.
• coached by Heath Gerstner, Derek Scott, and Dave Martinez.
 
Personal:  
• Born Nov. 27, 1993.
• son of Michael and Kimberly Milleson.
• mother ran track at Kansas State and participated in the 1988 Olympic Trials.
• one sister, Jordan (17).
• majoring in psychology and hopes to continue playing baseball or to work toward becoming an athletic administrator.

 
YR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG BB HP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO E FLD%
2014 .261 44-34 111 25 29 1 2 0 11 34 .306 16 8 23 0 .390 1 2 17-21 43 3 .936
2015 .240 54-54 179 32 43 5 1 1 20 53 .296 28 10 34 0 .372 1 8 23-27 133 5 .965
2016 .260 57-57 219 43 57 11 1 2 27 76 .347 23 7 35 1 .345 3 7 35-42 151 3 .982
TOT .253 155-145 509 100 129 17 4 3 58 163 .316 67 25 92 1 .369 5 17 75-90 327 11 .961
 
Game Highs:
At-Bats: 6, 2X (last at Abilene Christian, May 8, 2015)
Hits: 3, 5X (last vs. New Orleans, April 11, 2015)
Runs Scored: 3, 2X (last vs. Sam Houston State, March 14, 2015)
RBI: 4, at Louisiana Tech, May 12, 2015
Home Runs: 1, at Louisiana Tech, May 12, 2015
Stolen Bases: 3, 2X (last at Lamar, March 7, 2015)
Walks: 2, 7X  (last vs. Central Arkansas, May 22, 2015)

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