1. Twins’ Taylor Nichols Signs with Louisiana Tech University
Date: 1/1/2013
Written By: Anthony Moscaret
GENEVA, N.Y. - Former 2012 Geneva Twins’ third baseman and New York Collegiate Baseball
League (NYCBL) Western Division All-Star Taylor Nichols (Faulkner State Community College) will
continue his collegiate career at Louisiana Tech University for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 academic years.
The Bulldogs finished 27-28 overall and 7-11 in their final season in the Western Athletic
Conference (WAC). Louisiana Tech will be playing in Conference USA at the start of the 2013-14
academic year.
The sophomore played his freshman season at the University of South Alabama (USA) before
transferring for his sophomore season to Faulkner State Community College (FSCC). At USA,he
appeared in six games and scored two runs.
Nichols finished the 2012 NYCBL regular season batting .436 (34-for-78) with 15 runs scored,
12 RBIs, seven doubles, five walks, three stolen bases,a triple and a home run in 23 games played. The
185-pounder suffered an injury middle of the season that would sideline him for short period of time. He
returned just in time to help the Twins earn its first ever Wild Card spot in the 2012 NYCBL playoffs.
The Twins advanced to the Western Division Championship, where they fell to the Niagara
Power,2-0 in a best of three series. Nichols played in four playoff games and batted .250 (4-for-16) with
two runs scored,an RBI and a walk.
The 2013 Geneva Twins season starts on June 6 at home as the team faces off against the
Rochester Ridgemen (AIA) at 7 p.m.