ULM Warhawks

2009 (Junior): Set career-highs with a .342 batting average, 12 doubles, 36 RBIs and nine home runs...started 53 games for the Warhawks and appeared in 54 games...hit safely in 42 games and finished the season with a hit in 31 of the final 36 games...hit four home runs over the final five nine-inning games of the regular season...one of the top defensive third basemen in the league - committed just seven errors in 142 total chances at the hot corner...recorded a hit in five of ULM's six games in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament...had a career-high four hits in four at-bats against Florida International...drove in three runs against both South Alabama and New Orleans...led the Warhawks with five sacrifice flies and was second with four sacrifice bunts...was hit by 11 pitches on the season...jump started ULM's 7-1 victory over Mississippi State with a solo home run in the fifth inning which was ULM's first hit of the game

2008 (Sophomore): Ended the season on a hot streak raising his average nearly 70 points going 18-for-48 (.375) with 17 RBIs, three doubles and four home runs over a 16-game period...went 5-for-12 with seven RBIs and a pair of home runs at South Alabama -- broke up a perfect game by USA’s Eric Gonzalez in the sixth inning of game one with the first of his two homers...was the hero in the series finale against Troy hitting a two-out grand slam in the sixth inning giving the Warhawks a 5-2 advantage...committed just three errors all season and ended the season without an error in his final 93 chances at third base...hit .349 with 11 runs scored, two doubles, four home runs and 19 RBIs against Sun Belt pitching in just 16 games and 11 starts...had four RBIs in three different games (Lamar, South Alabama, Troy)...led the team with six sacrifice bunts

2007 (Freshman): Played in 33 games making 19 starts...hit .253 on the ­season with four doubles, a triple and three home runs...homers came against Stephen F. Austin (first career game), Louisiana College and Grambling State...had a pair of multi-hit games (Nicholls State and Northwestern State)...drove in two runs against Nicholls, three against Louisiana College and four against Grambling State...recorded at least one hit in 17 of 33 games played...doubled in back-to-back games against McNeese State and Middle Tennessee

Prep: Was a three-time letterwinner for the Rebels in baseball...helped West Monroe HS to a 2004 District Championship and a win over nationally ranked Destrehan in the state tournament quarterfinals...named to the all-district, all-Northeast Louisiana and all-state teams as a junior and a senior...posted a .395 batting average with eight home runs and 43 RBIs as a junior...followed it up with a .397 batting average, seven home runs and 30 RBIs as a senior

Personal: The son of David Wade and Sandra Manley, he was born on Dec. 25, 1987...full name is Nicholas Ryan Wade...stepfather is Mike Manley...has one younger brother, Jacob...majoring in general studies