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Doug Nikhazy

  • Class:
    Junior
  • Position:
    LHP/OF
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-0 / 205
  • Experience:
    2L
  • Hometown:
    Windermere, Fla.
  • High School:
    West Orange
  • Major:
    Political Science
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
 • 2021 MLB Draft Pick (Round 2 - Cleveland Indians)
 • 2021 Unanimous First Team All-American (
ABCA/Rawlings, Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, NCBWA and D1Baseball)
 • 2021 ABCA/Rawlings All-South Region First Team
 • 2021 First Team All-SEC
 • 2021 C Spire Ferriss Trophy Finalist
 • 2021 Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist
 • 2021 Second in Program History with 142 strikeouts
 • 2021 Set Program Record with 12 wins
 • 2021 10-win, 100-strikeout club
 • 2021 Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week (Week 9)
 • 2021 SEC Pitcher of the Week (Week 9)
 • 2021 Preseason All-American (Perfect Game, Collegiate Baseball)
 • 2020 Third Team All-American (Collegiate Baseball)
 • 2020 SEC Pitcher of the Week (Week 2)
 • 2020 Preseason All-American (Collegiate Baseball, NCBWA)
 • Set Ole Miss freshman record with 86 strikeouts
 • 2019 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Member
 • 2019 Freshman All-American (Perfect Game, Collegiate Baseball)

 • 2019 Freshman All-SEC
 • 2019 SEC Freshman of the Week (Week 8, Week 11)

2021 (Junior): Made 16 appearances, including 15 starts ... MLB Draft Pick (Round 2 - Cleveland Indians) ... Unanimous First Team All-American (ABCA/Rawlings, Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, NCBWA, D1Baseball) ... ABCA/Rawlings All-South Region ... First Team All-SEC ... C Spire Ferriss Trophy Finalist ... Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist ... Became fourth two-time All-American in program history ... Became third unanimous All-American in program history ... Became fourth Rebel to join 10-win, 100-strikeout club ... Set program record, finished third nationally with 12 wins ... Finished second in program history and fifth nationally with 142 strikeouts ... Notched 12-2 record and 2.45 ERA with 142 strikeouts and 31 walks over 92.0 innings pitched ... Struck out 10 over 5.0 innings with one run allowed to earn win over Belmont (3/5) ... Tossed 5.0 scoreless innings with one hit allowed in shutout win at Alabama (3/26) ... Struck out 11, allowed one unearned run on two hits and three walks in win at Florida (4/2) ... Threw one-hit, complete-game shutout, striking out 12 at eventual national champion Mississippi State (4/17) ... Fanned 11, allowed two runs, one earned, over 6.0 innings in loss vs. LSU (4/23) ... Threw 7.0 innings with three runs and no walks allowed in win over South Carolina (5/1) ... Allowed one run over 7.0 innings vs. Vanderbilt, striking out 10 to outduel eventual first round draft pick Kumar Rocker (5/14) ... Threw 7.0 shutout innings with four hits and two walks allowed, striking out 13 at Georgia (5/20) ... Allowed two runs over 6.0 innings with one walk and seven strikeouts in SEC Tournament win over Auburn (5/25) ... Struck out career-high 16 over 7.0 innings in NCAA Oxford Regional win over Florida State (6/5) ... Made lone relief appearance of the season, going 1.1 innings in NCAA Oxford Regional championship win over Southern Miss (6/7) ... Struck out 10 and allowed two runs over 5.1 innings in NCAA Tucson Super Regional win at Arizona (6/12).

2020 (Sophomore): Season cut short due to the spread of novel coronavirus COVID-19 … Rebel Friday night starter in all four weekend series … Named 2020 Preseason All-American (Collegiate Baseball, NCBWA) … Worked to a 3-1 record, 2.35 ERA with 31 strikeouts and nine walks over 23.0 IP … Recorded a .120 WHIP, lowest among all starters … Went at least 5.0 IP in every single start … Named SEC Pitcher of the Week after going 6.0 no-hit innings with nine strikeouts in combined no-hitter of Xavier (2/21) … Went 5.1 IP with four runs allowed in Rebels’ only loss of the year in the season opener vs. No. 1 Louisville working against the Cardinals’ ace Reid Detmers (2/14) … Picked up second win of the year vs. High Point (2/28) … Did not allow a hit or run in 6.0 IP in rout over Princeton (3/6).

2019 (Freshman): Made 20 appearances and 14 starts ... Finished with 9-3 record and 3.31 ERA, the best among Rebel starters, over 89.2 innings of work ... Set Ole Miss freshman record with 86 strikeouts, breaking the mark of 81 set by Jeff Calhoun in 1977 and matched by Drew Pomeranz in 2008 ... Made Rebel debut against Arkansas State, going 1.0 innings with no runs allowed on two hits (2/20) ... Earned first career save at Tulane, throwing one perfect inning and striking out two to seal series victory (2/24) ... Earned first career win against Long Beach State, working 1.2 innings with one run allowed on three hits (3/2) ... Made first career start against ECU, going 5.0 innings with three runs allowed on four his, walking one and striking out seven (3/6) ... Took a no-hitter into the seventh inning of first career SEC and first weekend start at Missouri, finishing with no runs allowed on two hits and two walks over 7.2 innings (3/23) ... Went 6.0 innings with one run allowed on seven hits and one walk, striking out six against Florida (4/6) ... Allowed three runs on five hits over 5.0 innings of work to earn win at Auburn (4/19) ... Struck out a career-high 10 and walked none, giving up two runs (one earned) over 7.0 innings against Texas A&M (4/26) ... Went 6.1 innings with one run allowed on five hits at LSU (5/4) ... Went a career-high 8.0 scoreless innings, allowing just three hits in SEC Tournament against Texas A&M (5/23) ... Struck out nine and allowed just one run on four hits in NCAA Oxford Regional against Clemson (6/1) ... Earned ninth win of the season, allowing five runs over 5.0 innings with eight strikeouts and just one walk in Fayetteville Super Regional at Arkansas (6/9).

High School: Lettered all four years at West Orange High in Windermere, Fla., under head coach Jessie Marlo … Played right field and pitched … Was a two-time district champion in 2016 and 2017 that included a trip to the state final four in 2017 … Was a member of the USA Baseball team in 2015.
 
Personal: Full name is Douglas Samuel Nikhazy … Son of Jill Bare and Brad Nikhazy … Born August 11, 1999 … Has one brother, TJ, and one sister, Amanda … Was Student Body President of West Orange High … Was 12th man President and a national debater in high school … Was a coordinator of West Orange dance marathon that raised $80,000 for a children’s miracle network ... Majoring in political science.