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2024 Baseball Roster

3 Nick Nielson

  • Class Senior
  • Position RHP
  • Height 5-11
  • B/T R/R
  • Hometown Avenel, N.J.
  • High School Colonia

Biography

2023 SEASON
Statistics
  • Made 13 appearances and six starts while posting a 2-1 record and 29 strikeouts in 37.1 innings of work
Game Highlights
  • Pitched 6.0 innings and struck out a season-best six batters in a 12-7 home victory versus The College of New Jersey (4/10/23)
  • Earned the win after tossing 6.0 innings and punching out five during a 21-7 road triumph over Rutgers-Newark (4/14/23)
  • Got the start and threw 4.1 innings with four strikeouts in his WP debut during a 13-10 home win against Stevens (2/18/23)
 
PRIOR TO WILLIAM PATERSON
  • A transfer from Wagner College and Arizona State University
  • An all-county and underclassmen all-star selection his junior season at Colonia H.S.
  • Recorded 100 career strikeouts, a 2.0 earned-run average, 50 strikeouts and .333 batting average as a junior
  • A division champion and state tournament finalist his sophomore year, and was named the third-best pitcher in the Greater Middlesex Conference, NJ.com’s best sophomore in the state, an underclassmen all-star selection, and an all-division and all-county pick
  • Pitched two complete-game shutouts, including one in the division championship game his sophomore season
  • An honorable-mention all-county selection who was named the top pitcher in the Greater Middlesex Conference and NJ.com’s best freshmen in the state as a rookie
  • Recorded 1.6 earned run average, .270 batting average and only struck out once his freshman season
  • Also lettered in basketball and football
  • Played for Untamed baseball under Coach Hasani Whitfield (2014-20), making the Perfect Game High Watch List
  • A member of the National Honor Society, National Junior Honor Society, Heroes and Cool Kids and National Society of Leadership
 
ACADEMICS
  • A Spring 2023 and Fall 2023 Dean’s List student
  • Majoring in finance

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 40

    2023Junior

    RHP
    5'11"
    40
  • 3

    2024Senior

    RHP
    5'11"
    3