Coach Corbin Quote: Nick will be a major factor this year. He'll be in the pitching rotation and we are counting on him heavily. He's a very good athlete. He can do a lot of different things on the field and has improved his secondary pitches a great deal.

2007: 5-3 with 4.11 ERA and 57 strikeouts in 70.0 innings ... 36 walks given up, most on team ... Pitched in the weekend rotation to start the year and ended it as a top reliever ... Started against Michigan (6/3) and gave up five runs on seven hits in four innings of work with four strikeouts and two walks in 10-7 VU win ... Allowed two runs on six hits in four innings of relief work against Tennessee (5/23) in the SEC tourney. Struck out five and walked one ... Tagged with the loss after giving up one run on two hits in three innings of work against Auburn (5/13) ... Gave up one run on two hits in 1.1 innings with two strikeouts and a walk against Florida (4/29) ... Allowed just one run on two hits in five innings of relief against Tennessee (4/22) with four strikeouts and two walks ... Recorded an out and gave up a hit in relief appearance against Middle Tennessee (4/18) ... Pitched 1.1 innings of one-hit scoreless relief against Lipscomb (4/17) with two strikeouts and a walk ... Lasted just an inning in start against Kentucky (4/15), allowing two runs on two hits with three walks and a strikeout ... Gave up one run on five hits in 6.1 innings against Alabama (4/8). Left the game with the lead after striking out six and walking five ... Took the loss against South Carolina (4/1) after giving up five runs on four hits with two walks in 2.1 innings (shortest start of the year) ... Picked up win with 7.1 innings of work against Arkansas (3/25). Gave up two runs on five hits with three strikeouts and five walks ... Gave up five runs and a career-high seven hits in 3.1 innings in loss to Ole Miss (3/17) ... Pitched 7.1 innings of shutout baseball in win over Illinois-Chicago (3/10). Struck out eight with one walk and gave up six hits in picking up fourth win ... Picked up third win after giving up three runs on six hits in 5.2 innings against Xavier. Struck out five and walked two ... Threw six innings of four-hit shutout ball in win over Ball State (2/24). Struck out a career-best nine batters with four walks against the Cardinals ... Gave up an unearned run in a career-high eight innings in win over Ohio (2/18). Struck out six with a walk while allowing six hits against the Bobcats ... Gave up four runs on five hits in 3.2 innings with four walks in no-decision against Arizona State (2/10) ... Had an outstanding summer with Orleans in the Cape Cod League, going 3-3 with a 1.88 ERA in 19 relief appearances. Picked up four saves while striking out 22 batters in 28.2 innings of work.

2006: Had the most appearances on the team with 25, including three midweek starts .... went 3-4 with a 4.79 ERA overall and 0-1 with a 5.06 ERA in 10 SEC games ... Picked up the win against Michigan (6/4) in the NCAA Atlanta Regional. Held the Wolverines scoreless in 1.2 innings of work with two strikeouts ... Took the loss in the first game against Georgia (5/27) at the SEC tourney ... Allowed a run on two hits to end the game ... Gave up one run on three hits in two innings of relief against South Carolina (5/20) in the regular season finale ... Pitched 3.2 scoreless innings against LSU (5/12-5/14), struck out three and ceded one hit ... Gave up two runs on three hits in two innings of relief against Lipscomb (5/10) ... Allowed three runs on a career high four walks in two innings against Kentucky (4/30) ... Threw 4.1 innings in a start against Austin Peay (4/25). Scattered five hits and gave up two runs and tied a career high with four strikeouts ... Charged with the loss after giving up a season high six runs on five hits in 1.1 innings in a starting effort at Middle Tennessee (4/18) ... Picked up the loss after giving up four runs in 0.2 innings of work against Georgia (4/14) ... Set a then career high with 4.1 innings of two hit scoreless relief against Arkansas (4/9) ... Pitched a scoreless inning against Arkansas (4/8) ... Threw a shutout inning against Austin Peay (4/5) ... Pitched a scoreless inning against Florida (3/31) ... Allowed one unearned run in two innings of relief against Western Kentucky (3/28) and struck out a career best four ... Picked up first career save against Ole Miss (3/17). Gave up two runs, one earned, on three hits in an inning. ... Threw one inning of scoreless relief against Butler (3/15), Creighton (3/7) and Ball State (3/3) ... Threw two innings of scoreless ball in win against Brown (3/12) and in his first career start against Tennessee Tech (2/22), where he picked up his first career win ... First career loss came against Kent State (2/25) when he allowed two runs in 3.2 innings ... Went 2-0 with a 2.29 ERA in 11 appearances, four starts, for the Manchester Silk Worms of the New England Collegiate Baseball League in the summer. Struck out 39 with 16 walks in 35.1 innings with two saves.

High School: Was the Gatorade New Jersey High School Player of the Year as a senior at Seton Hall Prep ... Was the 128th ranked pro prospect in the country by Baseball America ... Two-time all-state, all-county and all-conference selection in 2004 and 2005 ... Helped lead school to No. 1 state ranking and state championship in 2005 ... Were ranked No. 22 nationally by USA Today ... Team was also the state champions in 2003 and went 60-3 in the two trophy winning years ... Lettered in baseball for three years...Captained the baseball teams for two seasons and was a three-year starter...Played with the Bayside Yankees club team in 2003-04 and with the Bergen Saints in 2005.

Personal: Nicholas John Christiani... Born 7/17/87 in Linden, N.J.... Son of Roger and Lorraine Christiani ... Has two sisters, Andrea and Elizabeth ... Nickname is "Nasty" ... An economics major ... Favorites include the movies The Rock, There Will Be Blood; Derek Jeter, Daniel Day Lewis ... One thing he would change about his sport is to make metal bats illegal at all levels.