Troy University Athletics
2018 Baseball Roster
Roster
Rush Hixon
- Position:
- RHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-9 / 170
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Banks, Ala.
- High School:
- Pike Liberal Arts School
- Prev School:
- Central Alabama CC
2018 (Junior)
Appeared 19 times on the mound with eight starts … Fanned a team-best and career-high 10 batters in a six-inning outing against Georgia State … Started the opening-weekend finale against UT Martin and earned his first career win after allowing just three hits and an unearned run in five innings of work … Ranked sixth on the team with 45 strikeouts … Struck out seven in just five innings on the mound against Jacksonville State … Earned his lone save of the season after two innings of one-hit, shutout work against Little Rock
Prior to Troy (LBW & Central Alabama CC)
Posted a 5-1 record his freshman year at LBW in 34.1 innings of work … Appeared 13 times with 12 starts on the mound for CACC his sophomore season … Finished 8-1 with 68 strikeouts in 84 innings of work … Ranked second in the Alabama Community College Conference with a 1.50 ERA, while finishing in the top 10 in wins, complete games, shutouts and innings pitched … Named a 2017 ABCA NJCAA Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner
High School
Led Pike Liberal Arts School to four consecutive playoff appearances, including a state championship season in 2012 and state runner-up year in 2014 … Hit .414 with 25 RBIs his senior year and was 4-1 with a 1.27 ERA and 48 strikeouts on the mound … Was named to the AISA All-Star Baseball Team his junior and senior seasons … Also was an AISA all-star in football and basketball his senior year
Personal
Full name is Jonathan Rush Hixon … Born Aug. 6, 1998 … Son of Laura and Billy Hixon … Has one sister, Hanna, and a brother, Ross, who played baseball at Southern Union CC … Grandad Bill Hixon played football at Troy in 1951
