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Jersey Number 26
Richie Nizza
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Fort Myers, Fla.
- Prev School:
- Florida State College at Jacksonville
- High School:
- Bishop Verot
- Major:
- Criminal Justice
- Birthday:
- 1/2/97
Bio
2019 (Redshirt Junior)
- In his final year with the squad, was the team's top pinch-hitter in 2019
- Went 5-for-16 in the role, .313, and hit .296 in reserve (8-for-27)
- Had back-to-back two-hit games on the road against C-USAÂ foe WKU
- Reached base in all three games of that league set
- Overall, batted .245 with a double, triple and seven RBI
2018 (Redshirt Sophomore)
- Wrapped the year by starting the final 17 games at second base, including the entirety of the postseason
- All told, playing in 45 games with 35 starts, batting .242 with three home runs and 14 RBI
- Had a stretch of 11 straight games reaching base, and finished the season at a clip of 15 of 16
- Had three hits against Conference USA foe UAB, and six other games with two hits
- Three times, knocked in two runs; Four times, scored twice
- Batted .313 in the Gainesville Regional, including back-to-back two-hit showings, against Columbia and Jacksonville
- In the latter, knocked in two runs as well
- The team went 25-9 in his 34 starts at 2B
Prior to FAU
- Played for Florida State College at Jacksonville under coach Brad Frick
- Named Second Team All-Conference
- Hit .314 with a team-high five home runs and a .513 slugging percentage, and was second in hits (49), runs (34), doubles (10)Â and steals (13)
- Also had the team's best with three triples
High School
- Played for Bishop Verot under coach Davis Nelson
- Two time runners-up in states
- Concluded his senior year hitting .315 and leading the team in stolen bases
- Played for coach Neil Anderoli and the Pompano Beach Clippers
- Won the championships and was named all star game MVP
Personal
- Son of Annemarie and Richard Nizza
- Born in Fort Myers, Florida
- Favorite professional athletes are Manny Machado and Odell Beckham
- Favorite movie is The Bronx Tale
- Favorite TV show is Grey's Anatomy
- Favorite genre of music is hip hop
- Something most people don't know about him? He has only been out of the country once
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