Nick Barber

Photo by: Rob Goldberg

Height:
6-0
Weight:
188
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Apopka, Fla.
High School:
Apopka
Major:
Business Management

Career: Four-year lettermen that closed out his career starting 52 of 125 games … Part of Cliff Godwin’s first full recruiting class that stepped on campus in 2017 and garnered a pair of national recruiting awards … Played all but two positions with the Pirates (pitcher and catcher) … Helped ECU to 136 wins over his three-plus years … Won a pair of American Athletic Conference Championships (2018 tournament, 2019 regular season) … Part of a club that won an AAC-best 20 league games in 2019 … The Pirates hosted back-to-back NCAA Regionals in Greenville earning national seeds (No. 12 in 2018, No. 10 in 2019) … Member of the 2019 Regional Championship club that advanced to the Louisville Super Regional … Batted .228 (45-for-197) as a Pirate with 11 extra base hits (home run, 10 doubles) … Lone home run came against Tulane (April 16, 2019) … Registered a pair of game-winning RBI (at UConn/2017, Monmouth/2019) … Drove in 24 career runs while scoring 41 times … Drew 23 walks, tallied 15 sacrifices and stole nine of 10 bases … Fielded at a .963 clip with 131 putouts and 155 assists … Helped the Pirates finish first in the nation in total sacrifices (2018 and 2019) as well as leading the country in fielding percentage in 2020 before season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020: One of nine players to appear in 14-plus games … Member of a squad that posted a 13-4 record and finished ranked nationally in a pair of polls … Started three of 14 contests (1/1B, 2/SS) … Batted .235 (4-for-17) on the year with three RBI and five runs scored … Drew four walks while striking out twice … Tallied two sac hits and was 1-for-1 in stolen bases … Scored a pair of runs in the season opener against William & Mary going 1-for-3 at the plate that included a walk … Fielded at a .972 clip with 26 putouts, nine assists and one error … Helped turn one double play on the year.

2019: One of 11 players to appear in 50-plus games … Played in 52 games making 14 starts (3/1B, 11/3B) … Hit at a .235 clip (16-for-68) with a home run and seven RBI … Roped three doubles and scored 17 runs … Drew six walks and struck out 16 times … Was 2-for-2 on stolen base attempts, both coming against Elon (Feb. 27) … Tallied three sac hits and was hit by a pitch twice … Hit first career homerun against Tulane (April 26) – a solo shot … Tallied three multi-hit games … Drove in game-winning RBI against Monmouth (Feb. 23) with a double in the third inning … Started five of 19 games in league play where he batted .304 (7-for-23) with a homerun, three RBI and scored eight runs … Reached base in five-straight contests (April 6-20) … Pirates posted a 10-4 record in games which he started … As a starter batted .184 (7-for-38) with three RBI, three doubles and scored five runs … Hit at a .300 clip (9-for-30) with a homerun and four RBI coming off the bench … Seven of 16 hits came on first pitch offerings where he batted .467 … Appeared in nine postseason games where he batted .273 (3-for-11) with an RBI and two runs scored … Tallied at least one hit in a game 13 times … Plated at least one run in seven games, while scoring a run on 13 occasions (multiple four times) … Laced doubles against Elon, Monmouth and Radford … Set career-high with 13 putouts against Monmouth (Feb. 23) … Registered season-high six assists against Connecticut (April 20) … Hit primarily in the bottom half of the order … Reached base 33.3 percent of the time (4 of 12) when leading off an inning … Registered three two-out RBI … Fielded at a .960 clip committing four errors to go along with 35 assists and 61 putouts in 100 chances … Turned eight double plays.

2018: Appeared in 38 games making 27 starts (18/2B, 9/SS) … Batted .210 (17-for-81) with seven RBI and 16 runs scored … Laced a pair of doubles … Drew 11 walks while striking out 21 times … Hit four times to rank seventh on the team … Stole three of four bases … Tallied seven total sacrifices (six sac hits, one sac fly) … ECU posted a 19-8 record in games his started … Scored a career-best two runs on four occasions … Crossed home at least one in a game 12 times which included a string of four-straight games (March 24 to April 3) … Collected a pair of hits against Western Carolina (Feb. 17) and Charlotte (March 10) … Drove in a season-high two runs against Maryland (March 17) while plating at least one run in six games … Swiped bases against Houston (April 27), Norfolk State (May 8) and No. 6 North Carolina (Feb. 23) … Tallied a pair of two-out RBI … Batted primarily in the eighth and ninth spots in the order … In league play started 12 of 17 games where he batted .189 (7-for-37) with an RBI and six runs scored … Ranked fourth in the AAC in sac bunts … Appeared in one postseason game (Greenville Regional) against UNCW on June 1st as a defensive replacement at shortstop … Posted a .977 fielding percentage committing three errors to go along with 88 assists and 38 putouts in 129 chances … Turned 17 double plays … Registered a then career-high four putouts on two occasions.

2017: Made 21 appearances with eight starts (2/2B, 5/SS, 1/DH) … Batted .258 (8-for-31) with seven RBI and three runs scored … Laced three extra-base hits (all doubles) … Walked twice while striking out three times … Was a perfect 3-for-3 in stolen bases (Campbell/1, Towson/2) … Made first collegiate start at No. 8 Ole Miss (Feb. 19) going 0-for-1 with an RBI … Registered first hit and scored first run at Campbell (Feb. 22) … Collected career-best three hits at Connecticut (May 20) going 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and one RBI … Scored at least one run in three games (Campbell, Towson, Connecticut) … Tallied three sacrifices (two sac hits, one sac fly) … Committed three errors in 32 chances for a .906 fielding percentage … Recorded six putouts, 23 assists and turned three double plays … Registered two putouts in a game twice – both against Connecticut … Appeared in two postseason games … Batted .357 (5-for-14) with a pair of doubles, one RBI and one run scored in conference action … Started three of 12 games in The American … Tallied two multi-hit games … Batted ninth in the order in five of eight starts … 2017 Summer: Played for the New Market Rebels of the Valley League … Teammate of Jake Washer … Appeared in 41 games where he batted .290 (47-for-162) with a pair of home runs and 21 RBI … Laced four doubles and three triples, while walking 25 times … Stole 17 of 20 bases … Named to North All-Star squad … Tallied 14 multi-hit and four multi-RBI games.

Apopka High School: Three-year letterwinner for coach Eric Lassiter … Helped the Blue Darters to a 66-23-1 three-year record which included a district title in 2015 and the Spring Break Slam crown in 2016 … Two-time All-Metro Conference selection (2015-16) … As a sophomore batted .240 with a home run, 10 RBI and 13 runs scored … Followed that batting .305 with a home run, 15 RBI an 16 runs scored on his way to all-conference honors … Winning pitcher against Olympia (Orlando) in the Florida 8A-3A district title game where he recorded five strikeouts – Olympia was ranked No. 1 nationally by USA Today at the time … As a senior captain, he sported a .402 batting average with seven extra base hits (home run, two triples and four doubles), while driving in a career-high 19 runs and scoring 23 … Named Florida Athletics Coaches Association (FACA) Player-of-the-Year … Also named Brighthouse Networks (Central Florida) Player-of-the-Year, Orlando Sentinel First-Team All-Area and the Spring Break Slam MVP … Four-year honor roll selection that sported 4.5 cumulative GPA … Stood in the top five percent of his class … Played travel ball for the Orlando Scorpions and coach Brian Dempsey … Rated as the 29th-best shortstop and No. 203 overall prospect in the state of Florida by Perfect Game … Also tabbed as the 226th-best shortstop nationally by Perfect Game … 2016 Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American and Florida Regional Honorable Mention … Participated in several showcase events including 2012 WWBA 16U Labor Day Classic in Fort Myers, Fla. (all-tournament team), 2013 PG Super25 2015 Grads or 17U North Florida Qualifier in Winter Haven, Fla., 2013 WWBA 16U Labor Day Classic in Fort Myers, Fla. (all-tournament team), 2013 16U WWBA East Memorial Day Classic in Fort Myers, Fla. (all-tournament team), 2014 WWBA Underclass World Championship in Fort Myers, Fla., 2014 16U Super25 in Fort Myers, Fla., 2014 PG 16U Florida State Championship in Fort Myers, Fla., 2014 WWBA 2016 Gras or 16U National Championships in Cartersville, Ga., 2014 PG Super25 16U All-Florida Regional in Fort Myers, Fla., 2015 WWBA 2016 Grads or 17U National Championship in Cartersville, Ga. (all-tournament team), 2015 17U WWBA Elite Round Robin in Cartersville, Ga. (all-tournament team) and 2015 17U National Invitational in Fort Myers, Fla. (all-tournament team).

Personal: Full name is Nicholas Michael Barber, but prefers to go by Nick … Born in Rochester, N.Y. … Son of Cassie and Mike Barber … Has one sibling (Henry) … Earned undergraduate degree in business management … Expected to receive MBA in December of 2020 … Six-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll selection (Fall 2016 to Spring 2019) … Four-time American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team member (2017-20) ... Member of three consecutive AAC Team and American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Team Excellence Awards.