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Hill, Nate
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Jersey Number 37
Nate Hill
- Position:
- LHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-10 / 190
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Meridianville, Ala.
- High School:
- Hazel Green HS
- Prev School:
- Wallace State CC
Bio
2012 Sun Belt All-Tournament Team
2011 All-Sun Belt Second Team
2012 (Junior)
Named to the Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team after throwing 7.2 innings of scoreless ball to go along with nine strikeouts against just two walks and two hits … Against eventual tournament runner-up Arkansas State, Hill struck out eight and allowed two hits over 5.2 innings out of the bullpen for his seventh win of the season … Finished the year 7-2 with a 3.53 ERA; his seven wins were tied for the sixth most in the Sun Belt … Set a Troy single-season record with 35 appearances … Also had four saves and six holds … Struck out 75 batters in 79.0 innings of work … Combined with other Trojan pitchers for shutouts of Southern Miss, Alabama and Florida Atlantic … Finished the year ranked 126th in the NCAA by averaging 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings ... Did not allow an earned run in 20 of his 35 outings … Struck out multiple batters in 22 of his appearances and threw multiple innings in 24 of his 35 appearances … Struck out five in three innings of work against Samford and four against UAB (2.2 IP), Alabama (3.1 IP), Jacksonville State (3.0 IP), Arkansas State (2.1 IP) and Western Kentucky (3.0 IP) … Allowed just four home runs on the season or one every 19.8 innings … Did not allow a run in seven of his final eight outings of the season and in nine of his final 11 appearances … Opened the season with just one earned run against him over his first seven appearances and 14.2 innings of work … Got opponents to ground into eight double plays on the season
2011 (Sophomore)
Named second team All-Sun Belt after posting a 5-2 record with three saves and a 2.52 ERA ... Struck out 63 and walked just 16 in 53.2 innings pitched; 3.9 K/BB, 10.6 K/9, 2.7 BB/9 ... Held opponents to a .237 batting average ... Combined for a pair of shutouts against Arkansas State and FIU ... Dominated Sun Belt competition – 4-1, three saves, 0.91 ERA, 41 strikeouts, .204 opponent batting average in 29.2 innings of work over 16 appearances; only allowed three earned runs and posted a 3.7 K/BB, 12.4 K/9, 3.3 BB/9 ... Finished the year with a 1.23 WHIP and a .321 BABIP ... Didn’t allow an earned run over eight straight outings that spanned 13.1 innings of work (seven of those games were SBC contests) ... Struck out seven and didn’t allow a run over 3.2 innings of work against South Alabama ... Struck out four batters in seven different games that totaled 18.1 innings (13.8 K/9) ... Tossed a season-high 4.0 innings in the NCAA Regional at Vanderbilt ... Held Louisiana-Lafayette scoreless and to just one hit over 3.0 innings and Florida Atlantic scoreless and to just one hit over 3.2 innings
Wallace State CC
Played one season at Wallace CC-Hanceville … As a freshman had ERA of 2.73 with a 7-1 record and 47 strikeouts … Was named first team all-region and second team all-district
Prep
Played two seasons at Hazel Green High School … Had a 2.25 ERA with a 7-1 record and 75 strikeouts and was named Super All-Metro 5A/6A Pitcher of the Year as a junior … As a senior, had a 2.23 ERA with 40 strikeouts and a 4-1 record
Personal
Full name is Nathan Curtis Hill … Son of Curtis and Kaye Hill … Born on July 31, 1989 … Has two sisters, Allison Kizer and Ashley Crowe … Majoring in criminal justice
2011 All-Sun Belt Second Team
2012 (Junior)
Named to the Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team after throwing 7.2 innings of scoreless ball to go along with nine strikeouts against just two walks and two hits … Against eventual tournament runner-up Arkansas State, Hill struck out eight and allowed two hits over 5.2 innings out of the bullpen for his seventh win of the season … Finished the year 7-2 with a 3.53 ERA; his seven wins were tied for the sixth most in the Sun Belt … Set a Troy single-season record with 35 appearances … Also had four saves and six holds … Struck out 75 batters in 79.0 innings of work … Combined with other Trojan pitchers for shutouts of Southern Miss, Alabama and Florida Atlantic … Finished the year ranked 126th in the NCAA by averaging 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings ... Did not allow an earned run in 20 of his 35 outings … Struck out multiple batters in 22 of his appearances and threw multiple innings in 24 of his 35 appearances … Struck out five in three innings of work against Samford and four against UAB (2.2 IP), Alabama (3.1 IP), Jacksonville State (3.0 IP), Arkansas State (2.1 IP) and Western Kentucky (3.0 IP) … Allowed just four home runs on the season or one every 19.8 innings … Did not allow a run in seven of his final eight outings of the season and in nine of his final 11 appearances … Opened the season with just one earned run against him over his first seven appearances and 14.2 innings of work … Got opponents to ground into eight double plays on the season
2011 (Sophomore)
Named second team All-Sun Belt after posting a 5-2 record with three saves and a 2.52 ERA ... Struck out 63 and walked just 16 in 53.2 innings pitched; 3.9 K/BB, 10.6 K/9, 2.7 BB/9 ... Held opponents to a .237 batting average ... Combined for a pair of shutouts against Arkansas State and FIU ... Dominated Sun Belt competition – 4-1, three saves, 0.91 ERA, 41 strikeouts, .204 opponent batting average in 29.2 innings of work over 16 appearances; only allowed three earned runs and posted a 3.7 K/BB, 12.4 K/9, 3.3 BB/9 ... Finished the year with a 1.23 WHIP and a .321 BABIP ... Didn’t allow an earned run over eight straight outings that spanned 13.1 innings of work (seven of those games were SBC contests) ... Struck out seven and didn’t allow a run over 3.2 innings of work against South Alabama ... Struck out four batters in seven different games that totaled 18.1 innings (13.8 K/9) ... Tossed a season-high 4.0 innings in the NCAA Regional at Vanderbilt ... Held Louisiana-Lafayette scoreless and to just one hit over 3.0 innings and Florida Atlantic scoreless and to just one hit over 3.2 innings
Wallace State CC
Played one season at Wallace CC-Hanceville … As a freshman had ERA of 2.73 with a 7-1 record and 47 strikeouts … Was named first team all-region and second team all-district
Prep
Played two seasons at Hazel Green High School … Had a 2.25 ERA with a 7-1 record and 75 strikeouts and was named Super All-Metro 5A/6A Pitcher of the Year as a junior … As a senior, had a 2.23 ERA with 40 strikeouts and a 4-1 record
Personal
Full name is Nathan Curtis Hill … Son of Curtis and Kaye Hill … Born on July 31, 1989 … Has two sisters, Allison Kizer and Ashley Crowe … Majoring in criminal justice
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