NC State Wolfpack

22  David Hicks
	Class: Senior Hometown: Raleigh, N.C. High School: Broughton Height / Weight: 6-5 / 216 Position: 1B Birthdate: 11/22/1981

As a junior (2003): Led the ACC with 21 doubles, the 12th most two-baggers in a single season in NC State history ... Ranks seventh in school history with 55 career doubles heading into his senior season ... Went 2-for-4 with a double, a game-winning home run and three RBIs on February 19 at East Carolina ... Went 3-for-5 with two doubles and three RBIs on March 5 at UNC Wilmington ... Had the series of his life April 4-6 at Duke, going 10-for-15 with five doubles and five RBIs ... Had a career-high five hits in six at-bats with two doubles and four RBIs in the middle game of the series ... Went 3-for-5 with two doubles and an RBI on April 13 in the final game of the Wake Forest series ... Went 2-for-3 with a double and a home run April 16 at Old Dominion ... Went 4-for-5 with a double and an RBI on May 17 in the finale of the Georgia Tech series ... Made five pitching appearances, three of them starts ... Started and went seven innings March 12 vs. VMI to get the win, allowing two runs on five hits with a walk and seven strikeouts. As a sophomore (2002): Was a mainstay in the NC State lineup all season ... Batted no lower than .376 ... Began the season with a doubles binge, hitting 10 doubles in a span of six games from February 16-24 ... Hit safely in his first 14 games, batting .508 with 14 doubles, one home run and 20 RBIs ... Had four hits in five at-bats February 17 at The Citadel, rapping out two doubles and a homer, and driving in three runs ... Had three RBIs in a game six times during the course of the season ... Had five hits in 11 at-bats during a March 16 doubleheader vs. St. Joseph's, and followed that up with three hits and two RBIs in five at-bats March 19 vs. Davidson, and two hits in five at-bats March 22 vs. Wake Forest, giving him 10 hits in 21 at-bats over a four-game span ... Finished the season with a rush, batting .444 (8-for-18) with two doubles, a home run and four RBIs in the final five games of the regular season ... Played during the summer for West Warwick of the New England College Baseball League, and was on the same team with Wolfpack teammates Phil Davidson, Tim Coffield and Vern Sterry. As a freshman (2001): A solid offensive player who also doubled on the mound for the Wolfpack ... Batted .260 with 10 doubles, one triple, one home run and 23 RBIs in 53 games ... Hit the ground running at the start of the season, batting .371 with nine RBIs through his first 10 games ... Saw six innings in middle relief for the Wolfpack, and allowed just one earned run in five regular-season innings. High school and personal: A three-time all-conference honoree and a first-team all-state selection as a senior ... Batted .500 with eight home runs and 28 RBIs as a senior for Broughton, and went 6-3 with a 1.98 ERA ... Was named first-team all-conference in the Cap-8 4-A Conference as a junior in 1999 after hitting .418 with 12 home runs and 36 RBIs ... Set school records for both home runs and RBIs ... Went 5-3 with a 3.15 ERA on the mound ... Batted .481 with 22 home runs for the Garner American Legion state champions in the summer of 1999 ... Majoring in parks, recreation and tourism ... Born November 22, 1981.