Drury University Athletics

PERSONAL...
Son of Todd and Amy Thimesch.

AT DRURY...
CAREER
Had a sensational career, and was the first ever All-American at Drury, earning Daktronics First Team All-American honors . . . Was named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Year and also became the fourth Drury student-athlete to claim the Paragon Award since the Panthers joined the league in 2005-06 . . . Finished as the All-Time leader at Drury five categories . . . Has the highest career batting average (.377), is the all-time hit leader (314), scored the most runs (198), is the all-time stolen base leader (77) and has the most career at bats at Drury 832 . . . Ranks third all-time at DU with a .425 on base percentage and 44 doubles . . . Sits fourth all-time with 375 total bases and is tied for fourth all-time with seven triples . . . Ranks fifth all-time for RBIs (129), is sixth all-time for bit by pitch (18), tied for sixth with 58 walks and is tied for eighth all-time with a .451 slugging percentage.

SENIOR
Became Drury's first ever All-American, named Daktronics First Team and was named ABCA Midwest Region Player of the Year and the Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Year . . . Earned the Richard F. Scharf Paragon Award awarded to one male athlete that displays academic excellence, athletic ability and achievement, character and leadership . . . Was an ABCA Second Team All-American and an ABCA Midwest Region Golden Glove team member . . . ABCA Midwest Region First Team honoree, Daktronics First Team All-Midwest Region, First Team All-GLVC and earned GLVC Player of the Week . . . Was the GLVC leader and second in the nation with a .464 batting average and led the GLVC and was second in the nation with 104 hits . . . Led the GLVC with 1.82 hits per game and was GLVC leader and 21st nationally for both on base percentage (502) and total bases (125) . . . Was the GLVC's toughest player to strikeout (0.16) and ranked 16th toughest in the nation . . . Second in the GLVC and 18th nationally for runs (59), second in the GLVC and 14th in the nation with 33 stolen bases . . . Ranked 30th in the nation for stolen bases per game (0.58) . . . Was second in the GLVC and 48th in the nation for runs per game (1.04) . . . Ranked third in the GLVC and 41st in the nation for RBIs (53) and was fourth in the GLVC and 86th in the nation for RBIs per game (0.93) . . . Tied for fifth in the GLVC and was 112th in the nation with 15 doubles and sixth in the GLVC and 113th in the nation with a .558 slugging percentage. . . Broke single season Drury records for hits (104), total bases (125) and stolen bases (33) . . . His 22 game hitting streak and 224 at bats were second most ever by a Panther . . . His .502 on base percentage was third most for a season and his 59 runs were fourth most for a season  . . . Tied for fourth most RBIs in a season (53), tied for fifth with 15 doubles on the year and his .558 was seventh most in a season . . . His three stolen bases at Truman State (April 6) matched the Drury single game record . . .Matched his career high with four RBIs at Rockhurst (April 18, 2014) . . . Also matched career highs with three steals at Truman State (April 6, 2014) and two doubles vs. Quincy (March 29, 2014).

JUNIOR
Earned First Team All-ABCA /Rawlings Midwest Region honors and Third Team All-American ABCA honors, was a First Team All-Daktronics Midwest Region honors and First Team All-Great Lakes Valley Conference honoree . . . Set the Drury season record with 82 hits, which led the GLVC and was 10th nationally and led the GLVC in hits per game (1.55) with a season best 14 game hitting streak . . . Led Drury in steals 18-of-19 and was 99th nationally in total steals and 131st nationally in steals per game .36 . . . His 18 steals were third most for a single season . . . Was second in the GLVC for runs (60) and runs per game (1.13), also second most for a single season by a Panther, and ranked 18th in the nation for total runs . . . Was 28th in the nation for runs per game . . . Matched his career high with four hits three times in 2013, those coming at Missouri S&T (4/2/13), vs. Missouri S&T (4/17/13) and vs. Rockhurst (4/29/13) . . . Tied his career high with four RBIs in the Panthers opener at Christian Brothers (2/16/13) and posted 38 RBIs on the year . . . Matched his career high scoring three runs six times in 2013 and stole a career high and matched the Drury single game record with three stolen bases at Quincy (4/21/13) and posted two steals in a game four times . . . Had a .486 slugging percentage and a .433 on base percentage . . . Had his first career homer at UMSL (4/6/13) and tripled at UMSL (4/7/13) . . . Was walked 17 times with a season high two walks three times . . . Was 64th toughest player to strikeout in the nation (15.1) and ranked 68th overall with a .387 batting average, tying him for sixth highest in a season by a Panther . . . Was 94th in the nation for sacrifice bunts and 121st for sacrifice bunts per game . . . His 14 doubles were fifth most for a single season . . . His 210 hits rank third most all-time at Drury, trailing only Joe Rohlfing (286) and R.J. Knese (275) and with 44 steals he also ranks third just one behind R.J. Knese and five behind all-time leader Joe Rohlfing's 49 . . . Also No. 3 on the all-time runs scored list (139) trailing on R.J. Knese (171) and Joe Rohlfing (178) . . . Nick's 212 at bats in 2013 rank third most by a Panther and currently ranks fourth all-time at DU with 608 at bats.

SOPHOMORE
The 15th toughest ranked player in the nation to strikeout Nick struck out only nine times in 180 at bats. . . Thimesch was second on the team with 10 steals and stole two bases vs. McKendree (3/4/12). . . Nick was second on the team with 60 hits and had a career high four hits twice in games at Missouri S&T (4/18/12) and vs. Missouri S&T (4/3/12). . . Had three hits in a game 10 times. . . Hit .333, fourth best on DU and had 26 RBIs with a career high four vs. Quincy (4/1/12). . . Scored 31 runs and matched his career high with three vs. McKendree (3/4/12). . . Was fifth on the team with a .392 on base percentage and had a ..383 slugging percentage. . . Ranked 50th in the nation for sacrifice bunts. . . Was walked 13 times and matched his career high with two walks in games vs. Missouri S&T (4/3/12) and vs. Quincy (3/31/12). . . Had five doubles and a pair of triples with those against Quincy (4/1/12) and vs. Indianapolis (3/18/12). . . Had a season best six game hitting streak.

FRESHMAN
A Third Team All-GLVC selection, Nick matched a Drury season record with 48 runs scored which ranked tops in the GLVC and 93rd best in the nation. . . Scored a season high three runs vs. Pittsburg State (5/3/11). . . His 16 stolen bases were fourth most for a season by a Panther and his 68 hits were fifth most in the GLVC. . . His 17 game hitting streak was third most in the Panther record books. . . His 23 stolen base attempts tied a season record and his 216 at bats placed him second all-time by a Panther for a season and third most in the GLVC for 2011. . . Had a season high three hits in seven games and scored two runs in nine different games. . . Posted two RBIs vs. Missouri S&T (5/13/11) in the GLVC Tournament and also had two RBIs vs. Rockhurst (4/8/11). . . Was walked twice in games vs. Illinois-Springfield (4/22/11) and vs. Kentucky Wesleyan (3/19/11). . . Stole a season high two bases vs. Illinois-Springfield (4/22/11) and at Oakland City (4/3/11). . . He hit .315 and started all 54 games while recording 13 walks, 12 RBIs and 10 doubles. . . Had a .363 on base percentage and a .361 slugging percentage. . . Was fourth on the team with 78 total bases.

PREP...
A native of Marshalltown, Iowa, Nick was a First Team All-State selection, First Team All-District and a two-time First Team All-Conference selection. . . He was a Second Team All-Conference selection in 2008 and a Second Team All-District selection in 2008 and 2009. . . Was selected to the 2010 Iowa Baseball All-Star Series and was MVP for large schools West team for the four day series. . . Received the Lanny Peterson Award from the Iowa Baseball Coaches Association which also meant he was the team captain of the All-State Academic First Team. . . Thimesch helped Marshalltown to a 2008 State Runner-Up finish and in 2009 Marshalltown was a State Quarterfinalist. . . Nick also competed on the track team where he was a member of the 2010 State Champion Distance Medley Relay team that posted the seventh best time in the nation. . . Was a Third Team All-State wide receiver on the football team that finished as state runner-ups and went 13-1. . . In 2010 he was a Second Team All-Conference selection on the basketball team. . . Graduated with a 4.0 grade point average and was the class valedictorian, Student Rotarian and a member of the National Honor Society. . . Was Academic All-State in baseball, football and basketball.

NICK'S FAVORITES...
Food: Mongolian Grill
Restaurant: Red Lobster
Musical Artist: Tenth Avenue North
Movie: V for Vendetta
Magazine: Sports Illustrated
TV Show: Saturday Night Live and Ridiculousness
Hobbies: Fantasy sports on ESPN.com and spending time with family
Pro Athlete: Jacoby Ellsbury
Your Dream Job: Doctor for the Boston Red Sox

NICK'S DRURY CAREER HIGHS...
Runs: 3--9 times
Hits: 4--8 times
Hitting Streak: 22 games--(2014)
RBIs: 4 at Rockhurst (4/18/14)
4 at Christian Brothers (February 16, 2013)
4 vs. Quincy (April 1, 2012)
Doubles: 2 vs. Quincy (3/29/14)
2 vs. Rockhurst (April 28, 2013)
Triples: 1 --5 times
Homers: 1 at Missouri-St. Louis (April 6, 2013)
Walks: 2---10 times
Stolen Bases: 3 at Truman State (4/6/14)
3 at Quincy (April 21, 2013)