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Talented righty that has spent two years with the Georgia Tech pitching staff ... Began his career at Tech as a key member of the bullpen, but started four of his last five games in 2006 as well as four games in 2007 ... Will push for the role of closer in his junior season after spending a successful summer in the Cape Cod League as the closer for the Wareham Gatemen ... A hard thrower with a good mix of off-speed pitches.
A 35th-round selection by the Texas Rangers in the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft, but elected to enroll at Georgia Tech instead.
Named to the ACC Honor Roll in 2006 and 2007.
2007: Started four games and made 11 relief appearances on the season ... Held Illinois-Chicago (2/18) to just one run on one hit while striking out three in his second appearance of the year ... Picked up his first win in his next appearance, limiting Duquesne (2/25) to two runs, only one of which was earned, on three hits in five innings of work ... Tossed a scoreless ninth inning in Tech's 9-2 win at Miami (4/6) ... Pitched 1.2 scoreless innings against Georgia (4/18) ... Held NC State scoreless on two hits while striking out three in the series finale (4/22) ... Made his fourth scoreless appearance of the season against USF (5/7) ... Tossed three strong innings in relief at Georgia (5/9) ... Earned his third win of the season by holding North Carolina (5/12) to five hits while striking out two in five innings in relief.
2006: Posted a 4-1 record with 25 K in 39 innings pitched ... Held opponents scoreless in his first six appearances of the season ... Earned a win in his third game of the season, tossing a scoreless inning out of the bullpen against East Tennessee State (2/21) ... Improved to 2-0 in his next appearance, allowing no runs on just one hit in 0.2 IP vs. Virginia Commonwealth (2/25) ... Moved to 3-0 in his next game, holding Northeastern (3/7) hitless in an inning in relief ... Made his first start at Georgia State (4/19) but did not figure in the decision (1 ER, 4.2 IP) ... Earned the win in a start vs. Wofford (5/16), holding the Terriers to one earned run while striking out a season-best seven batters in six innings of work ... Made one postseason appearance, starting against Clemson (5/27) in the ACC Tournament ... Did not figure in the decision after allowing just three unearned runs while striking out three in 6.1 IP.
High School: Spent his senior season at Milton High School after three years at Lafayette High School in St. Louis ... Went 4-4 and recorded two saves as a senior at Milton, and pitched two one-hitters ... Named to the all-area team ... Went 5-1 with a 1.48 ERA as a junior at Lafayette ... Rated as the No. 398 prospect in the nation ... Posted an 8-1 record for the 2005 East Cobb Yankees and helped his team win the Connie Mack World Series ... Participated in baseball, basketball and soccer at Lafayette.
Personal: Full name is Christopher Lee Hicks. ... Born February 17, 1987 ... Son of David and Carol Hicks ... Father, David, pitched at the University of Kansas ... Dean's List student majoring in Management.
Career Statistics
Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD%
2006 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1.000
TOTAL .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 7 11 0 1.000
Year ERA W-L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA
2006 5.31 4-1 18 4 0 0 1 0 39.0 48 28 23 9 25 10 1 3 175 .306 2 3 1 5
2007 7.29 3-0 15 4 0 0 0 0 33.1 44 29 27 20 22 9 1 1 168 .317 4 6 2 1
TOTAL 6.22 7-1 33 8 0 0 1 0 72.1 92 57 50 29 47 19 2 4 343 .311 6 9 3 6
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