Austin Peay State University Athletics

Awards & Honors

• APSU Dean's List: F22
• APSU Athletics Director's Honor Roll: S23

2023 | Austin Peay

• Started four games before suffering an injury that ended his Austin Peay career.
• He won his Governors’ debut against Illinois State (Feb. 18), allowing one run while striking out six batters over four innings.
• He was the Govs’ No. 2 starter at Dallas Baptist before moving into the No. 1 role at No. 12 Oklahoma State, but suffered losses in both starts.
• Made second straight start as Govs No. 1 against Purdue Fort Wayne (March 10), completing two innings and striking out three before leaving the game.

2022 | North Carolina

• Did not make an appearance during third season at North Carolina.

2021 | North Carolina

• Made 10 relief appearances in second season at Chapel Hill, finishing with a 1-0 record and 2.89 ERA while striking out 10 batters over 9.1 innings.
• Notched first collegiate win at Virginia Tech (March 7) with 2.1 innings of scoreless relief, striking out four batters and allowing no hits.
• Struck out two batters in 2.0 innings of relief at Notre Dame (May 2).
• Provided two innings of scoreless relief at Georgia Tech (May 22).
• Made two relief appearances in NCAA Tournament’s Lubbock Regional (June 5-6), tossing one inning against host Texas Tech and one-third of an inning against UCLA.

2020 | North Carolina

• Made three relief appearances in COVID-19 shortened season at North Carolina, striking our four batters in 2.1 innings.
• Made collegiate debut against North Carolina A&T (Feb. 25) and struck out two of the three batters he faced as part of a Tar Heels’ combined shutout.
• Struck out only batter he faced against Notre Dame (March 6).

Prep Career

• Was a pitcher and outfielder for head coach Brian Hetland, a former Austin Peay assistant coach.
• Named 2019 TSSAA Class AAA Mr. Baseball.
• Named the 2019 Leaf-Chronicle All Area Baseball Player of the Year.
• Finished senior season with an 8-2 record and 123 strikeouts and a 0.90 ERA in 62.0 innings.
• Struck out 17 batters in District 10-AAA win against Henry County.

Personal

• Nicholas Taylor James is the son of Richie James.
• Birthday is Dec. 29.
• Has a sister, Lauren.