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2022 Baseball Roster

16 Nik Sanders

  • Position Infielder
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • B/T R/R
  • Hometown Coral Springs, Fla.
  • High School J.P. Taravella HS

Biography

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2020)*
Made three appearances, twice as a pitcher and once as a pinch hitter, before the season was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic...Finished the year with a 0.00 ERA after tossing two innings, one each against NAIA No. 1 St. Thomas (2/2) and No. 2 Colorado Mesa (2/8), allowing no hits and collecting a strikeout against CMU...Against Concordia (NY) (3/7), made the most of his first career at bat, hitting his first career hit through the right side in the eighth inning.

AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2019)
Returned to action on the bump for the Sharks in early March, tossing 15.2 innings with five starts on the year and one relief appearance at Lynn (4/14)…Held a 1-1 record and 6.32 ERA, while limiting opposing batters to a .213 average against - the third-lowest among Sharks pitchers with more than five innings pitched…Sported the sixth-best WHIP among the pitching staff at 1.38…His best game came against Lander; a start in which he pitched 4.0 innings, allowed only one hit, had one walk and recorded two strikeouts (3/9).

AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2018)
Pitched to an impressive 2.53 ERA, appearing in nine games out of the bullpen for the Sharks…Had a season high 6.1 shutout innings in an outing vs Florida Tech, racking up a career high 10 strikeouts and only issuing two hits (3/17)…Racked up three wins on the season, picking up the victory against Tampa (3/3), Florida Tech (3/17) and Rollins (3/30)…For the season, averaged over a strikeout an inning compiling 28 strikeouts in 21.1 innings pitched…Held opponents to a minuscule .176 batting average for the 2018 season.

AS A FRESHMAN (2017)
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HIGH SCHOOL
Played four years under Head Coach Alan Clark at J.P. Taravella HS, where he was teammates with fellow incoming freshman Andrew Labosky... Hit .365 with a .474 on-base percentage, .619 slugging percentage and three home runs as a senior... Also maintained a 1.45 ERA with 11 strikeouts on the mound.

PERSONAL
Majoring in Marketing...Son of Michael and Alicia Sanders... Has one brother, Anthony... Has the same stretching and throwing routine before every game... Chose NSU because of the baseball team and how cool they all are...Cites the most influential people as his parents, who taught him everything he knows and the correct morals.

Favorites
Food: Chicken parm
Movie: Step Brothers
TV show: SportsCenter
Actor/actress: Bradley Cooper/Jessica Biel
Pro athlete: Marcus Stroman
Historical person: Jackie Robinson
Vacation spot: Myrtle Beach
Sports team: Miami Marlins
Hobbies: Watching MLB
Subject: Math

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 38

    2017Freshman

    RHP
    5'10" 170 lbs
    38
  • 16

    2018Sophomore

    RHP
    5'10" 170 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2019Redshirt Sophomore

    RHP
    5'10" 180 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2020Redshirt Junior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    5'10" 180 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2021Redshirt Junior

    INFIELDER
    5'10" 180 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2022Redshirt Senior

    Infielder
    5'10" 180 lbs
    16