Nick Hornsby
Nick Hornsby is an American basketball player who plays for Hangtuah Jakarta of the Indonesian Basketball League. He played college basketball for the Sacramento State Hornets.
Early and personal life
Hornsby was born in Irvine, California, to Kenneth and Elizabeth Hornsby. He is 6' 7" tall, and weighs 235 pounds. He is married to volleyball coach Courtney Hornsby.High school career
Hornsby played basketball as a combo guard and played volleyball for Tustin High School in Tustin, California. In basketball, he played for the Tillers. As a junior, he averaged 12.0 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 3.2 assists per game, and shot 42.0% from the field, 44.2% from the three-point line, and 80.0% from the free throw line. He was named the Empire League’s co-MVP.As a senior, Hornsby was named team captain, and averaged 16.7 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. He was named first team all-state, co-3AAA Division Player of the Year, co-MVP of the Empire League, and first team all-county. ESPN named him the 20th-best high school recruit in California, and Scout.com ranked him the sixth-best small forward on the West Coast of the United States.
College career
Hornsby attended Sacramento State University, from which he graduated with a degree in Sociology in 2017. He played basketball at the forward position for the Sacramento State Hornets.As a freshman in 2013–14, Hornsby averaged 3.7 points, 3.3 rebounds, 1.1 assists, and 0.6 steals per game, as he shot.362 from the field and.717 from the free throw line. As a sophomore in 2014–15 he averaged 6.8 points, 5.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 1.3 steals per game, as he shot.470 from the field,.400 from the 3-point line, and.639 from the free throw line.
As a junior in 2015–16, he averaged 7.8 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.2 steals, and 0.7 blocked shots per game. Hornsby shot.433 from the field and.662 from the free throw line. Among Big Sky players, he ranked fifth in offensive rebounds per game.
As a senior in 2016–17 Hornsby was team tri-captain, and averaged 11.3 points, 8.0 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.2 steals, and 0.6 blocked shots per game as he shot.504 from the field,.380 from the 3-point line, and.712 from the free throw line. Among Big Sky players, he ranked third in rebounding, second in defensive rebounding, and seventh in offensive rebounding. He was named Big Sky Player of the Week and Sacramento State Student-Athlete of the Week after averaging 22.5 points, 12.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals in wins at Southern Utah and Northern Arizona. He graduated ranked among the top 20 players in school history in 12 statistical categories, including 3rd in rebounds, and 7th in steals.
Professional career
In September 2017, Hornsby signed with the Giessen 46ers of the German ProB. He averaged 13.8 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 2.2 steals per game. He played in 2018–20 for the Bayer Giants Leverkusen of the German ProB and ProA divisions.Hornsby has played in Israel since 2020 for Hapoel [Be'er Sheva B.C.|Hapoel Be'er Sheva] of the Israeli Basketball Premier League, at the forward position. In 2020–21, he averaged 7.7 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. Hornsby re-signed with the team on July 11, 2021.
On October 8, 2024, Hornsby signed with Dorados de Chihuahua of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional.