IU baseball player arrested

IU second baseman Nicholas Ramos was arrested Jan. 20 on two misdemeanor counts of illegal consumption of an alcoholic beverage and public intoxication endangering the person’s life.

Ramos, a freshman from Tampa, Fla., was charged on those counts two days later. He paid a $500 pretrial diversion fee Feb. 1.

A member of the IU baseball team, Ramos was expected to earn significant playing time in 2013, Coach Tracy Smith said.

A program spokesperson said Ramos did not travel with the team and will not participate in this weekend’s Big Ten/Big East Challenge, which will be at multiple sites in the Tampa area.

He could be eligible to return for the team’s first weekend series of the season, Feb. 22-24 at Georgia Southern.

—Jordan Littman