Patrick Frick

Photo by: Brian Westerholt/Four Seam Images

Height:
6-2
Weight:
200
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Greenville, S.C.
High School:
JL Mann Academy

Drafted by the Seattle Mariners with the No. 426 overall pick in the 14th round of the 2019 MLB Draft
ACC Player of the Week (March 25, 2019)

Career Summary
Served as a three-year contributor and two-year starter for the Demon Deacons, hitting .290 better all three of his seasons before being drafted by the Mariners after his junior season ... Finished with a career average of .322, tallying 152 hits over 131 games and 119 starts ... Notched 28 doubles, seven homers, 72 RBIs and 13 stolen bases ... Drew 79 walks while striking out only 63 times in 472 at bats.

2019 (Junior)
Excelled as Wake Forest's everyday shortstop, batting .360 with 14 doubles, four homers and 38 RBIs while going 7-for-8 on stolen-base attempts ... Was Wake Forest's top hitter in ACC play, where he hit a league-best .388 with nine doubles and three homers ... Played in 55 games with 53 starts, 44 of them at shortstop, eight at second base and one at DH ... Had a walk-to-strikeout ratio of 38-to-24 ... Started the season 5-for-28 (.179) before hitting .387 the rest of the season ... Tallied eight-straight multi-hit games from Feb. 27-March 10, raising his average from .226 to .355 ... Totaled 26 multi-hit games, including eight with three-or-more hits ... Turned in Wake Forest's only five-hit game of the season at Clemson (May 18), a series in which he hit .600 (9-for-15) ... Earned ACC Player of the Week honors on March 25 after batting .589 (9-for-16) the previous week with a homer, double and six RBIs, including the game-winning single in the 10th inning at Duke ... Other homers came against Coastal Carolina (March 5), a grand slam against Boston College (March 16), and Pitt (Apr. 13) ... Hit a walk-off single in 10th inning to beat UNCG (Feb. 27) ... One of 69 midseason watch list selections to the Brooks Wallace Award, given to the top shortstop in the country ... Was solid defensively with a career-best .954 fielding percentage, making just three errors the final 29 games.

2018 (Sophomore)
Took on a much larger role as a sophomore, playing in 54 games and making 53 starts ... Wrapped up the season with a .290 average, 12 doubles, three homers, 31 RBIs and six stolen bases ... Was second on the team with 36 walks and a .405 on-base percentage ... Saw action at shortstop, outfield and DH ... Batted .287 in ACC play with a team-high seven doubles ... Home runs came against Georgetown (Feb. 16), Santa Clara (Feb. 24) and Clemson (Apr. 22) ... Reached base five times against UMass Lowell (March 4), going 4-for-4 with a walk ... Went 10-for-19 the last four games of the year with four doubles, two walks and six runs scored, including three-hit efforts against Virginia (May 18 and 19) and Duke (May 24) ... Reached base four times and stole three bases in an extra-inning game at North Carolina (March 30) ... Will enter his junior year having made 37-straight starts, third-longest on the team ... Played summer ball with the Wilson Tobs of the Coastal Plains League.

2017 (Freshman)
Appeared in 22 games and made 13 starts, seeing action at shortstop, second base and right field ... Finished the year with a .294 average (15-for-51), adding two doubles and three RBIs ... Had a .333 average during the opening weekend in Houston, including two-hit efforts against Houston and Nicholls ... Also went 2-for-4 with a double against Davidson (Feb. 28) ... Recorded a five-game hitting streak from Apr. 4-22, going 5-for-8 (.625) in that span ... Also drew five walks for a .379 on-base percentage ... Played summer ball with the Vermont Mountaineers.

High School
Rated as a top-500 prospect by Perfect Game, and picked as the No. 18 prospect in South Carolina ... Named a 2016 Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American ... Rated as the No. 7 prospect in South Carolina by Diamond Prospects ... Twice named to Perfect Game all-tournament teams ... Two-time participant at the CABA 18U World Series, earning best hitter honors in 2014 and all-tournament team honors in 2015 ... Three-time invitee to the Palmetto Games, winning Golden Glove Award honors twice ... Led team to 2015 4A Upper State Championship ... Earned all-region honors in 2015.

Background
Born on Feb. 14, 1997 ... Son of Tod and Eva Frick ... Father played baseball at Miami Dade University and Florida Southern College, and also in the minors with the Oakland Athletics organization ... Uncle, Chad Frick, also played at Miami Dade and Florida Southern ... Grandfather, Dr. Talmage Frick, played baseball at Clemson ... Five JL Mann teammates went on to play DI baseball, as well as 12 teammates from the Diamond Devils ... Volunteer with Meals on Wheels.