2008 Baseball Roster
Roster
Nick Hardy
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Flora, MS.
- High School/Previous School:
- Madison Central HS
CAREER:
Veteran senior outfielder with 93 games played, career 25 starts and a .248 career batting average over two seasons played ? Among 10 Bulldogs seniors in 2009 ? Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll each of the last three years.
2008:
Appeared in 49 of MSU’s 56 games, drawing 19 starts (five in left field and 14 in right field) ? Hit .263 with 20 hits, 14 RBI and hits in 17 of 49 games played ? Capped four-game hitting streak and registered first career multi-hit game with 2-for-2, 2-RBI game against Mississippi Valley State (Mar. 11) ? Set a career-high for hits with a 3-for-4, 2-RBI plate performance at Louisiana State (May 9) ? Delivered eight extra-base hits, including home runs against Middle Tennessee State and (May 6) and LSU (May 9) ? Notched an RBI in nine games, with 2-RBI showings against MVSU (Mar. 11), Vanderbilt (Apr. 11), LSU (May 9) and Arkansas (May 16) ? Hit .250 in 26 SEC games played (12 starts) and .330 in a reserve role ? Past Madison Central High School teammate of current MSU catcher Scott DeLoach and one of three former Meridian Community College players on the club ? Named to the 2008 SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll.
2007:
Played in 44 games and drew starts in the outfield in six games ? four in center field and two in right ? Bulldogs’ top defensive replacement in the outfield ? Hit .216 with two extra-base hits and five RBI ? Made his MSU debut against Winthrop (Mar. 9) in the Baylor Tournament ? Credited with a sacrifice bunt in his first career plate appearance ? Registered a stolen base against host Baylor and registered his first career hit with a single against San Francisco in the tourney in Waco ? Drew his first start (in center field) and made his SEC debut in series-opener at Florida (Mar. 16) ? Also started against Memphis (Mar. 27), Kentucky (Mar. 30-31), at Austin Peay (May 9) and at Georgia (May 13) ? Launched his first extra-base hit and set a season-high for RBI with a three-run, eighth-inning blast in MSU’s 11-9 win over Memphis (Mar. 28) ? Plated two insurance run with a clutch 17th-inning single in MSU’s series-closing 4-1 win at Mississippi (Apr. 29) ? Lashed a ninth-inning triple and then scored a key insurance run in MSU’s 8-5 title-clinching win over Clemson in the NCAA Starkville Super Regional ? Played in 23 SEC games, drawing four starts ? Earned a berth on the 2007 SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll.
2006:
One of nine newcomers to redshirt in 2006 ? Named to the 2006 SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll.
JUNIOR COLLEGE:
Posted a .312 batting average as a freshman outfielder at Meridian Community College in 2005 ? Compiled a .455 slugging percentage with 13 extra-base hits and 30 runs batted in to help lead coach Chad Caillet’s MCC Eagles to a 41-12 record and the 2005 state junior college championship.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Three-year starter and two-time all-district outfielder at Madison Central High School ? Hit .398 with 45 hits and 20 RBI as a senior, helping guide coach Gregg Perry’s MCHS Jaguars to a 24-9 mark in 2004 ? Second-team all-state selection and first-team Jackson Clarion-Ledger All-Metro Team pick ? Chosen to play in the 2004 4A-5A All-Star Game ? Earned 2003 all-district honors as a junior and competed on Madison Central’s 2002 Class 5A state championship team ? Member of the student government association and class officer.
PERSONAL:
Born Nicholas O’Neal Hardy on December 21, 1985 in
