Tracy named assistant baseball coach

Georgia Southwestern head baseball coach Bryan McLain announced the hiring of Nick Tracy as an assistant baseball coach Monday morning.

"We are extremely excited about the addition of Nick to our staff," McLain said. "I was very impressed with him as a person, as well as his plan to improve our pitching program. The mixture of his baseball experience and desire to succeed will be beneficial to GSW baseball."

Tracy comes to GSW from NCAA Division II member Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tenn. where he served as an assistant coach since August 2008. He worked with Eagles pitchers under head coach Tom Griffin. Carson-Newman finished last season 24-21 overall and 7-14 in the South Atlantic Conference.

Tracy played professionally in the summer of 2007 with the Slippery Rock Sliders of the Frontier League. He led the team with 19 starts and was second on the club in innings pitched and strikeouts.

A 2008 graduate of Mars Hill (N.C.) College, Tracy earned his Sports Management degree after serving as a three-year starter on the Lions pitching staff from 2005-2007. He finished his career with several school records including: career wins (16), wins in a season (7), innings pitched in a career (217.2) and strikeouts in a career (136).

A native of Herndon, Va., Tracy graduated from Herndon High School. 

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