2017 Baseball Roster
Roster
Nick Slaughter
- Position:
- C
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Spring, Texas
- High School:
- Klein HS
| HONORS & AWARDS | |||
| 2018 | The American All-Academic Team | ||
| 2017 | The American All-Academic Team | ||
SOPHOMORE (2018)
Appeared in 29 games, making 11 starts in the outfield...Used primarily as a pinch hitter...Had eight hits and eight RBI with four runs scored on the year...Notched a game-winning, pinch-hit RBI single in win over USF (April 7)...Tallied two RBI at Tulane (April 15)...Helped Houston to a conference regular-season title and an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.
FRESHMAN (2017)
Made 24 appearances, while making nine starts at catcher and in the outfield...Hit .282 and slugged .436 with two home runs...Drove in 12 RBI -- second most by a non-starter...Tallied three games with three RBI (vs. Sam Houston State, vs. Rice, at Tulane)...Had first career hit in a pinch-hit role vs. HBU (Feb. 21)...Made first career start behind the plate at Rice (April 11)...Hit first career home run in a win at Memphis (April 15), driving in three RBI...Went 3-for-4 with a run and RBI, including ah home run at Tulane (May 16)...Drove in a run and had a hit vs. Texas A&M in the NCAA Houston Regional (June 5)...Helped Houston to a regular-season and conference tournament championship title as well as the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Houston Regional.
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned varsity letters from Klein High School…Earned All-District honors and a Second Team All-Houston selection as a catcher in 2015… … Hit .400 with five home runs during senior year… Led team to a 2015 District Championship title…Off the field, was a member of the National Honor Society and Bass Club.
PERSONAL
Full name is Nicholas Michael Slaughter…Goes by Nick…Born May 30, 1997…Son of Susan Slaughter and Mike Slaughter…Has one sister, Emma…Has two cousins, Kolby, who played football at Baylor, and Aaron, who played baseball at Lamar…Drafted in the 35th Round by the Houston Astros in the 2016 MLB First Year Player Draft, but chose to attend Houston…Intends on majoring in Business with plans to work in finance.
