2021: ASUN Honor Roll ...
2020: Saw action in five games, four on the mound and one as the designated hitter … Made his Stetson debut with 2.1 perfect innings of relief against Air Force (2/16), recording a pair of strikeouts … Was tagged with three unearned runs over two innings against Hartford (2/21), recording three strikeouts … Worked scoreless innings against Ohio State (3/6) and Fairfield (3/11) … Was hitless in four at bats … Was named to the ASUN Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Stetson: Spent two seasons at the University of Florida and one at the State College of Florida in Bradenton.
2019: Made 13 appearances on the mound, with 12 starts, for the State College of Florida in Bradenton … Posted a 5-4 record with a 3.58 ERA … Had 75 strikeouts in 70.1 innings of work … Went 8.0 shutout innings, allowing just one hits with eight strikeouts in a JV game against the University of Tampa … Earned wins against Tallahassee CC, Polk State and South Florida State College (twice).
2018: Pitched in five games at the University of Florida with three earned runs allowed over 6.0 innings … Had a career-best three strikeouts in 1.0 inning at UCF … Had four scoreless outings, with a season high 2.1 innings against Bethune-Cookman … Received a redshirt.
Summer 2017: Played for the Kenosha Kingfish in the Northwoods League … Pitched in nine games and made four starts … Had a 4.68 ERA over 32.2 innings pitched … Totaled 41 strikeouts and 13 walks.
Freshman 2017: Saw limited action as a true freshman at Florida, pitching in five games with one start for the national champions … Pitched a season high 3.0 innings at Auburn … Made his first career start against Jacksonville, going 2.0 innings with two runs allowed … Made his UF debut against William & Mary on opening weekend.
High School: Ranked the No. 6 right-handed pitcher in Florida and 23rd best player overall by Perfect Game; rated as the 44th best right-handed pitcher in the country … Led Sarasota to a 20-7 record in 2016 and won the Class 8A-District 8 title … Team lost in the Class 8A-Region 2 quarterfinal despite a grand slam by Long in the game, the final high school game of his career … Batted .415 with 32 RBI and four home runs as a senior … Was used sparingly as a pitcher in 2016 while coming off an injury … Named to the 2016 Rawlings-Perfect Game Preseason Florida Region First Team … Helped lead Sarasota to the Class 7A state championship game in 2015 as a junior.
Personal: Full name is Nicolas Evert Long … Was born on April 15, 1998, in Sarasota … Is the son of Eric and Yulieth Long … Has one sister, Juliana (24) … Has a cousin, Harrison Long, who was on the baseball team at Jacksonville in 2020 … Chose Stetson over UCF, Florida State, Miami, FAU and Samford … Enjoys reading in his spare time … Is a Business major.
Year-By-Year Collegiate Stats
| Year |
ERA |
W |
L |
App |
GS |
CG |
SHO |
CBO |
SV |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
2B |
3B |
HR |
BF |
B/Avg |
WP |
HBP |
BK |
SFA |
SHA |
| 2017 |
11.25 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8.0 |
14 |
10 |
10 |
7 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
46 |
.368 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2018 |
4.50 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
6.0 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
27 |
.200 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2019 |
3.58 |
5 |
4 |
13 |
12 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
70.1 |
78 |
44 |
28 |
14 |
75 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
287 |
.272 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total |
4.37 |
6 |
4 |
20 |
13 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
84.1 |
96 |
57 |
41 |
26 |
89 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
360 |
.267 |
4 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Innings pitched: 3.0, at Auburn, Mar 17, 2017
Walks allowed: 4, Jacksonville, May 03, 2017
Strikeouts: 3, at UCF, Mar 06, 2018
Batters faced: 15, at UCF, Mar 01, 2017; at Auburn, Mar 17, 2017
Field chances: 2, Bethune-Cookman, Feb 21, 2018
Putouts: 1, Bethune-Cookman, Feb 21, 2018
Assists: 1, Bethune-Cookman, Feb 21, 2018; Rhode Island, Mar 09, 2018; Jacksonville, May 03, 2017
