2024
Made 20 appearances with two starts...Pitched 63.1 innings, accumulating a team high of 64 strikeouts on the season...Posted a 3.69 ERA which ranked sixth in the GSC while holding opposing batters to a .230 batting average which ranked third in the GSC...Racked up a season high seven strikeouts in 3.1 innings against Augusta on February 27...Was named second team All-GSC at the season's end
2023
Played both ways for the Wolves in 2023... as a pitcher, he appeared in 16 games making just one start... Pitched an even 40.0 innings on the season giving up just 31 hits, 15 earned runs, and struck out 32 for an ERA of 3.38... Threw a season high 3.2 innings twice on the season including against Delta State in the GSC Tournament... struck out five in three innings against Union on March 4... Appeared 23 times as a hitter and made 10 starts in the field... posted a batting average of .259 on the season... tallied seven hits with two doubles and seven RBI's... had two multi hit games and had a three RBI performance in the season opener against Augusta.
2022
Hickman pitched in 13 and started 11 games on the mound for the Wolves in 2022, posting a 6.87 ERA on the season... Finished with a record of 3-5 with two complete games, 57.2 innings, 51 strikeouts, and only 22 walks... Pitched 5.1 innings of relief against Shorter on March 13th, giving up just one run and one hit while striking out eight... Pitched a complete game shutout in his last home start of the season against Mississippi College on April 23, giving up just three hits, two walks, and nine strikeouts.
2020 (Sophomore – Cleveland State CC): Hickman played in 18 games as a hitter and pitched in five games before the remainder of the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic… led his team with a .358 batting average while racking up a .514 on-base percentage and .472 slugging percentage… totaled 19 hits, 13 runs scored, three doubles, a home run, 12 RBI and 17 walks with just nine strikeouts… on the hill, compiled a 7.20 ERA over 20.0 innings in four starts and one relief appearance… finished 2-2 with one complete game, 16 earned runs, and 32 strikeouts to just six walks… drew a career-high three walks against Roane State CC (Mar. 7)… drove in a season-high three runs in the opener against Southwest Virginia (Feb. 1)… tallied multiple hits six times and drove in multiple runs three times… gathered multiple walks in four games… tossed a season-high 6.0 innings two times… punched out a career-high 10 batters at Jackson State CC (Feb. 29)… struck out eight batters against Southwest Virginia (Feb. 2) and again against St. Charles CC (Feb. 22).
2019 (Freshman – Cleveland State CC): Hickman made 47 appearances as a hitter and pitched in 15 games… slashed .381/.471/.565 on his way to 56 hits, 31 runs scored, 10 doubles, five home runs, 39 RBI and 19 walks… on the mound, made seven starts while earning a 4-1 record with one save and two complete games… completed 49.2 innings, allowing 19 earned runs and 19 walks while striking out 48… compiled a 3.44 ERA on the year… tallied season-high marks of four hits, five RBI, three runs scored, and two home runs at Bryan College (Mar. 18)… also scored three times against Piedmont (Apr. 1) and had five RBI a second time at Columbia State CC (Mar. 30)… tossed a season-best 6.0 innings against Motlow State twice (Mar. 15 and May 7)… also struck out a season-high eight batters against Motlow State (Mar. 15)… completed at least five innings in every start during the season… fanned five or more batters in six games… tallied multiple hits 18 times and multiple RBI in 10 games.
High School: Hickman was a two-sport athlete at Heritage High School in Ringgold, Ga., racking up eight varsity letters between football and baseball… was a utility player for head coach Eric Beagles for four years, pitching and playing right field on his way to All-State honors as a senior… led his team to two Region titles in baseball… played linebacker, running back and strong safety for football head coach E.K. Slaughter.
Personal: Son of Dawn Hardin and Steve Hickman Jr…. born Dec. 4, 1999… full name is Jonathan Robert Hickman… brother, Seth Hickman, played baseball at Carson-Newman from 2015-16.
Academic: Majoring in interdisciplinary studies… named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll once.
Honors & Awards:
- 2019 TCCAA Pitcher of the Week (Apr. 17)
Coach Niedbalski on Jonathan HIckman
“Jon is a guy we expect to come in and throw on the weekends for our club. His track record shows that he gets big outs and can log a lot of innings. We also know he can swing the bat very well from his junior college days. Coming from Tennessee Tech he got limited at bats last year but we see him being able to help us on the weekends both with his arm in the rotation and his bat.”
