Florida Gators

2016 & 2017 SEC Academic Honor Roll
 
AS A JUNIOR (2017): Played in 64 games and made 57 starts on the year, finishing second on the team with a .282 average…Had 11 doubles, four home runs and 27 RBIs…Started at all four infield positions for the Gators: first base (18 times), second base (once), shortstop (14 times) and third base (19 times)…Hit a team-high .298 (28-for-94) against ranked opponents…Second on the team with 18 multi-hit games on the year…Had six games with two-plus RBIs…Went 2-for-3 with a RBI against TCU in the College World Series elimination game that sent the Gators to the CWS Finals…Hit two home runs against Jacksonville on May 3…Had a career-high four RBIs at Florida State with a 3-for-5 night at the plate.
 
AS A SOPHOMORE (2016): Appeared in 27 games for the Gators. Registering 4 starts.Three of his starts came at 3^rd with one start at 1^st base…Hit .118 (2-17) with 1 double and 3 runs scored…Recorded more walks (8) than strikeouts (5) on the season…Went 1 for 1 in stolen base attempts, one of two Gators to be perfect in that category… Committed 2 errors for a fielding percentage of .964…Reached base three times in the game against Dartmouth on March 5, and scored the game tying run in the fifth inning.
 
AS A FRESHMAN (2015): Saw action in 46 games and made 12 starts (six at first base, six at third base) during his first season with the Gators…Hit .140 with 14 runs, 10 RBI, 10 walks, three doubles and a pair of homers…Registered a .992 fielding percentage, with one error in 127 chances…Played in 19 SEC games, with three starts…Batted .125 with five runs, a homer and a double…Appeared in both victories over Miami (FL) at the NCAA College World Series…Started at third base in the SEC Tournament Championship Game against Vanderbilt and was 1-for-3 with a walk…Led off the fifth inning of the series opener versus No. 21 South Carolina with a homer to right field…Earned a free pass with the bases loaded in the home win against Stetson…Scored twice and doubled in the finale at Ole Miss…Was 2-for-4 with a double and scored in the first meeting with Fairfield…Drove in two runs as Florida knocked off No. 9 UCF…Had an RBI grounder in the second inning that scored Josh Tobias and also brought home Tobias with a single in the fourth inning…Delivered a two-run, pinch-hit double for his first collegiate hit and RBI in the win over Rhode Island on Valentine’s Day.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Infielder/right-handed pitcher from The Bolles School who played for head coach Mike Boswell…Batted .386 with a .544 slugging percentage and a .494 on-base percentage last season and led the district in home runs…Was 6-2 with a 2.40 earned run average, with 36 strikeouts and seven walks…Was the District 4 Player of the Year and earned second-team All-First Coast recognition…Chosen to the Florida Athletic Coaches Association (FACA) Academic All-District Team in 2014…Hicks was named to Rawlings/Perfect Game Preseason Florida Region Second Team prior to his senior year…Ranked No. 12 in the state of Florida at shortstop in the Class of 2014 Final Rankings from Perfect Game…Was an Honor Roll Student, a member of the National Honor Society and was part of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes at Bolles.