Honors & Awards
2018 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2019 Game By Game Summary
2018 — Served as the Paladins’ Friday night starting pitcher for most of the season, including the entire SoCon campaign...in all made 15 appearances and 12 starts...posted a 5-5 record with a 4.50 ERA, the lowest among starting pitchers...in seven starts versus SoCon regular season foes, went 2-2 with 3.50 ERA...68.0 IP ranked second on the staff to Grant Schuermann’s 81.1 IP...earned his first victory in relief (3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K) versus Marist (5-4 win)...collected his second victory (5.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K) in his first start of the season versus Central Connecticut State (12-8 win)...one of his top outings of the season (7.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, season high 6 K) came in a 4-1 triumph over Penn...out-dueled Wofford (6.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K) in series opening, 4-3 triumph over the Terriers and also beat Western Carolina (6.0 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K) in series opener...named to SoCon Academic Honor Roll.
2018 Game By Game Summary
2017 — Saw limited duty in his first season as a Paladin, making five appearances, including two starts, before injury ended his campaign...went 0-2 with a 3.12 ERA...displayed quality stuff (8.2 IP, 5 H, 9 K), reflected in the fact that opponents hit just .161 against him...first appearance came in relief (1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 K) in 11-3 win over Tennessee-Martin...worked 1 1/3 innings (0 H, 3 K) versus Butler (10-7 loss)...first start (and loss) came against Georgia State (2.0 IP, 0 H, 2 R, 3 BB)...registered his other start (3.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K) againt Clemson (8-0 loss).
2017 Game By Game Summary
Junior College/High School: 2016 graduate of Spartanburg Methodist College, where he played alongside fellow-Furman signees Hunter Baker and Tyler Kimbrell...coach at SMC was Tim Wallace...posted a 6-2 record and 3.70 ERA in 2016 on an SMC squad that notched a 42-20 record...made 13 appearances and 11 starts...recorded 50 strikeouts in 58 1/3 innings of work...began his collegiate career at Chattahoochee Valley Community College, making 16 appearances (0-0, 2 saves, 5.02 ERA) on a team that went 43-17 and captured Alabama Community College Conference Tournament Championship and advanced to the NJCAA World Series...2014 graduate of Forsyth Central (5A) High School...baseball coach was Kevin McCollum...two-time first team all-county choice.
Personal: Full name is Nikolas Mark Verbeke...born May 10, 1995, in Cumming, Georgia...son of Mark and Marina Verbeke...communications major.
