2016 Baseball Roster
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Garrett Nelson
- Position:
- 1B/OF
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Major:
- Business
- Hometown:
- Concord, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Clayton Valley Charter HS
2018 (R-Junior): Appeared in 44 games with 11 starts at first base, four in the outfield and three at designated hitter … Had 65 at-bats, scored 10 runs and was hit by a pitch six times … Stole his only case of the season, in his only attempt, in the season opener against St. Mary’s (Feb. 16) … Had a double and a run scored in the first game at TCU on Feb. 24 … Recorded a pinch-hit double against Ole Miss (Mar. 4) and scored a run … That appearance kicked off a season-best four-game hitting streak … Scored a pair of runs at Fresno State (Mar. 29).
2017 (R-Sophomore): Played in 47 games, making 24 starts ... Started 22 games in the outfield, twice at DH and also played first base ... Recorded 17 hits, with three doubles and two triples, while scoring 11 runs and driving in eight ... Tripled on Feb. 26 against Fordham for his first hit of the campaign ... Hit a pinch-hit double and scored at San Diego State (Mar. 21) ... Posted a multi-hit game vs. CSUN (Apr. 15), going 2-for-3 with two RBI, a double and a HBP ... Had his best offensive day Apr. 29 at UC Davis, going 3-for-5 with two runs, two RBI and a triple ... Doubled against Texas on June 4 to set up the team's first run, then scored the winning run in the top of the eighth inning after reaching on a dropped third strike and stealing second base.
2016 (R-Freshman): Appeared in 45 games with 22 starts across five different positions ... started nine games at 1B, five games in CF, five games in RF, two games at DH and one in LF ... was used as a pinch hitter 19 times and a pinch runner once ... third on the team with four home runs, and also had six doubles in 98 at bats, meaning 10 of his 17 hits went for extra bases ... recorded his first collegiate hit at UCLA (Feb. 23) in a pinch-hit opportunity, then picked up his first stolen base ... in his next pinch-hit appearance vs. Arizona State (Feb. 26), hit a two-run home run in the ninth inning ... got his first start vs. USC (Mar. 1), delivering an RBI and a double ... hit his second home run vs. Nebraska (Mar. 5), a go-ahead, two-run homer in a 3-1 Dirtbags win ... started at first base and recorded a hit in all three games of the series at Oklahoma (Mar. 12-13) ... hit a mammoth two-run home run to give LBSU a 3-2 lead in the seventh inning of the series finale with the Sooners ... scored a season-high two runs vs. Columbia (Mar. 18) ... hit a towering three-run home run at Hawai'i (May 7), capping off a seven-run 12th inning for the Dirtbags ... hit a pinch-hit RBI double at UC Davis (May 21) on the first pitch he saw ... recorded another pinch-hit double in the ninth inning vs. Cal State Fullerton (May26).
2015 (Redshirt): Redshirted his freshman season due to injury.High School: A three-time All-League selection for Clayton Valley Charter High School... helped his team to a league title in 2013 ... hit .333 as a senior and .388 as a junior ... selected first-team All-League as a senior as well as third-team All-Bay Area ... A two-sport athlete in high school, he also played football for one year ... named first-team All-League in football.
Personal: Son of Dennis and Lenore ... majoring in Business.
