Alex Hicks

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Position:
RHP
Ht./Wt.:
6-4 / 218
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Collierville, Tenn.
Prev School:
Collierville HS
NIL:
R/R

Academic Honors
Memphis Tiger 3.0 Club Fall 2015.

2018 - Junior
Consistent starting pitcher, making 12 starts and 15 total appearances … Logged 57 1/3 innings pitched and a 6.44 ERA … Struck out 51 batters to just 19 walks … Compiled four quality starts … Started the season with an efficient, six-inning performance allowing one run on three hits in the win over Western Kentucky (2/18) … Struck out a career-high nine batters in six innings pitched vs. UCF (3/30) … Recorded a season-long outing, pitching 7 2/3 innings at ECU.

2017 - Sophomore
Started in 11 games as a pitcher, appearing in 16 total … Faced 260 batters, only allowing a .281 batting average while finishing the season with a 5.26 ERA … Struck out a total of 53 batters in 65 innings of pitching … Fanned a season-high eight hitters in two separate outings, against Georgia Southern (3/3) and against Southern Illinois (3/10) … Tossed five scoreless innings with six strikeouts against Arkansas State … Threw for 7.2 innings, the longest outing of his season, and struck out four in the road win against Cincinnati (3/31).

2016 - Freshman
Made 17 pitching appearances with two starts as a true freshman in 2016 … Recorded a 4.50 ERA and a 1-2 record in 36 innings pitched … Struck out 27 batters and walked 19 … Compiled a .255 opponents batting average against … Made his season debut with four innings of relief in the season opener against Tennessee (2/19), allowing only one earned run and striking out two ... Pitched a perfect inning of relief against SIUE (2/27) with one strikeout ... Pitched 3.1 innings of relief with three strikeouts against Ole Miss (3/2) ... Pitched one scoreless inning against Eastern Illinois (3/20) ... Pitched a perfect 1.1 innings of relief against Murray State (3/22) striking out one batter ... Made his first career start against Belmont (4/25), pitching 3.2 innings with two strikeouts ... Pitched six innings of scoreless relief against Houston (5/8), striking out four ... Posted a career-high five strikeouts in his season-long outing of 6.1 relief innings against Cincinnati (5/19) … Recorded his first career win in three innings of relief against East Carolina (5/26) in the American Athletic Conference Tournament … Finished the season with 2/3 scoreless against UConn (5/28).

Prep
Won a state title with Collierville in 2013 and helped the Dragons post a 29-12 record in 2014 … Named to the Tennessee Baseball All-State team in both 2014 and 2015 and selected as the Region 8 player of the year in 2014 … Appeared in 13 games, posting a 10-2 record with a school record 0.51 ERA … Batted .393 with 28 RBI to help earn him all-state and all-region honors … In his career, Hicks has played in 22 games making 12 starts and carries a 12-3 record with a 1.34 ERA … Also played quarterback and punter for Collierville and earned football all-district honors in 2013.

Personal
Son of Chase and Kristin Hicks.