Nick Neville

Class:
Senior
Height:
6-0
Weight:
195
Hometown:
Atlanta, Ga.
High School:
IMG Academy
Prev School:
South Carolina

2021 (SENIOR)

Second-team All-MVC ... Named to MVC Scholar-Athlete Team honorable mention ... Set the SIU record for home runs in a season with 17 ... Named to the watch list for the Brooks Wallace Award, which is given to the nation's top shortstop ... Played in 59 games and started 58 at shortstop ... Slashed .299/.373/.581 ... Hit 11 doubles, two triples and 17 homers ... Drove in 47 and scored 64 runs ... Went 9-for-9 stealing ... Helped SIU lead the MVC in double plays ... 19 multi-hit games and 15 multi-RBI games ... Had a 29-game reached base streak, the second-longest reached base streak at SIU since 2004 ... 64 runs scored led the MVC and were third-most in SIU history ... Seventh in SIU history in single-season total bases (136) ... Fifth in the MVC in slugging percentage, seventh in hits, sixth in RBIs, second in home runs, and third in total bases ... Three multi-homer games ... Reached base six times in a game at Southeast Missouri (4-for-5, one walk, one HBP) and had a double, a homer, four RBIs and three runs scored ... Hit the go-ahead two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning of a 5-4 win over Murray State (April 27) ... Team-leading four four-hit games ... Earned the MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.

2020 (SENIOR)

Started all 18 games at shortstop ... Slashed .361/.443/.542 ... Went 26-for-72 with five doubles, a triple, two home runs and 16 RBIs ... Went 4-for-4 stealing bases ... Had three three-hit games and seven multi-hit games ... Recorded at least one hit in 15 of 18 games ... Went 3-for-6 with five RBIs in a win at Morehead State (March 1) ... Scored a team-leading 18 runs ... SIU led the MVC and ranked ninth nationally in double plays, turning 18 in 18 games.

PRIOR TO SIU

Played at South Carolina (2018-19), San Jacinto College (2017-18) and Notre Dame (2016-17) before transferring to SIU ... Appeared in 32 games with 19 starts for the Gamecocks ... Hit .127 with two doubles, a triple and three RBIs ... Hit .349 with 10 doubles, a triple, eight home runs and 36 RBIs at San Jacinto ... Played in 25 games with 13 starts as a freshman at Notre Dame ... Four-year letterman at Lake Braddock High School (VA) and Cactus Shadows High School (AZ) ... Completed postgraduate year at IMG Academy ... Rated as the No. 13 prospect in Virginia out of high school.

PERSONAL

Born June 13, 1997 in Arlington, Virginia ... Son of Kirsten McLagan and Frank Neville ... Has two sisters, Hannah and Maya ... Graduated in university studies.