2022 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 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
Career
Freshman
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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