2022 Baseball Roster

Matt Brown
Matt Brown
Matt Brown
Matt Brown
Matt Brown
Robert Huskey
Robert Huskey
Robert Huskey

25 Nathan Church

  • Position OF
  • Ht./Wt. 5-11 / 180
  • B/T L/L
  • Class Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown Coto de Caza, Calif.
  • Major Education Science

Biography

Career
  • In his fourth year with the program after redshirting with an injury in 2019 and playing six games in the shortened 2020 season
  • In 67 career games, has started 66 with a career average of .364 with 24 doubles, eight triples, seven home runs, 66 RBIs, 68 runs scored, and eight stolen bases
2021
  • Named Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Third Team All-American and Freshman All-American
  • Named All-Big West First Team
  • Named to the All-Stanford Regional Team
  • Named Big West Field Player of the Week March 29 after hitting .412 with a double, home run, triple, six RBIs, six runs scored, and a stolen base in the series sweep of Hawai'i
  • Started all 61 games
  • Led the NCAA in triples with eight, also ranked nationally in hits (3rd), doubles (5th), total bases (7th), hits per game (11th), runs (24th), RBIs (29th), and batting (67th)
  • Set program record with 100 hits in the season breaking the old record of 94 set by Jeff Oberdank in 1988
  • Led the team hitting .369 (100-for-294) with team highs of 24 doubles, 61 RBIs, 62 runs scored, and eight triples
  • Recorded a 19-game hit streak from March 13 to April 16 and 18-game run scored streak during that stretch as well
  • Postseason 31 multi-hit games including career highs of four hits in a game on three occasions
  • Posted career highs of four RBIs in a game four times and four runs scored in a game on April 4 at CSUN
  • Registered a two-HR game June 6 vs. NDSU
  • Stole a team-high three bases on April 22 vs. Washington
  • Started all five postseason games collected multiple hits in each, an RBI in each with multiples in four of them, an extra-base hit in each including three HR, and led all NCAA postseason players with 2.80 RBIs per game with 14 in total
  • Had highs of four hits on June 7 at Stanford and two four-RBI games, June 6 vs. NDSU and June 7 at Stanford
  • Finished the season with streaks of nine straight with a hit, eight straight with an RBI, and three straight with a run scored
  • Added two outfield assists on the year
  • Took part in the MLB Draft League over the summer with State College Spikes playing 19 games - hit .343 (24-for-70) with six doubles, four home runs, 17 RBIs, and 19 runs scored

Freshman
  • Started all five games he appeared in in 2020 making his debut in the season opener at Fresno State, Feb. 14
  • Recorded hits in all five games, runs scored in four, and drive in a run in three
  • Three-hit game at Fresno State, Feb. 16, with two runs scored, three RBI, and a home run
  • Hit .304 with seven hits in 23 at-bats
  • Successful in two of three stolen base attempts
  • Utilized redshirt season in 2019
El Toro High School 
  • 2017 CIF DI champion at El Toro High School
  • Hit. 367 with 4 2B, 1 HR, 13 RBI as a senior
  • Went 1-0, 2.00, 1 save in 4 appearances on the mound
  • Two-time league champion
  • 2016 Loara Tournament MVP
  • Played summer ball with in the Sunset Baseball League for SoCal Sparrows hitting .288 with 5 doubles, 4 RBI, and 15 stolen bases
Personal 
  • Parents are John and Leslie, one sibling, Maddox
  • Majoring in education science
  • Aspires toward a career in baseball, coaching, or working with Adidas
  • Active with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes

Statistics

Season:
2022

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Historical Player Information

  • 25

    2019Freshman

    Outfielder/Pitcher
    5'11" 180 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2020Redshirt Freshman

    Outfielder/Pitcher
    5'11" 180 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2021Redshirt Freshman

    Outfielder
    5'11" 180 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2022Redshirt Sophomore

    Outfielder
    5'11" 180 lbs
    25