Nate Nabholz

Height:
6-4
Weight:
233
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Cressona, Pa.
High School:
Blue Mountain
Major:
Criminal Justice

2020: Made three appearances (all relief) in initial season with ECU and during the shortened COVID-19 pandemic season … Member of a squad that posted a 13-4 record and finished ranked nationally in a pair of polls … Allowed two runs (both earned) on six hits posting a 6.75 ERA … Struck out two and walked one in 2.2 innings of work … Made Pirate debut at Campbell (Feb. 19) tossing a scoreless inning where walked one and struck out one … In second outing, worked career-best 1.2 innings where he allowed a run (earned) on two hits with a strikeout against Georgia Southern (Feb. 23) … Surrendered one run (earned) on three hits without registering an out in his final appearance of the year against High Point (March 1) … Induced three fly ball and one ground out … ECU outscored opponents 25-10 in games which he pitched.

Blue Mountain High School: Three-sport athlete who earned eight letters (baseball 3, basketball 2, football 3) … Helped the Eagles to a 61-13 three-year varsity record under coach Thomas Kramer … Three-time Schuylkill League champion (2017-19), two-time District 11 5A champion (2018-19) and state semifinalist (2019) … Sported a 20-4 prep record with a 1.01 ERA and 221 strikeouts … Three-time Republican Herald All-Area selection (2017-19) … As a freshman posted a 1-0 record with two strikeouts in 6.0 innings … Followed rookie season going 4-0 with a 0.60 ERA … Struck out 65 batters in 42.0 innings .. At the plate batted .360 with eight doubles on his way to regional rookie-of-the-year accolades … Earned the first of two consecutive regional pitcher-of-the-year honors as a junior where he sported a 7-2 record with a 0.74 ERA … Tallied 73 strikeouts in 59.3 innings, while hitting at a .299 clip … Closed out prep career going 8-2 on the mound with a 1.82 ERA … Fanned 83 batters in 67.2 innings … Batted .310 with a pair of home runs as a team captain … Played travel ball for US Elite under Jason Ferber and Blackhawks National under Benji Gill … With the US Elite, posted a 6-1 record with a 1.8 ERA … Ranked at the 12th-best right-hander in Pennsylvania (28th overall) by Perfect Game … Nationally he was listed as a Top 500 overall prospect (No. 338 righty) by Perfect Game … Two-time Preseason Underclass All-American High Honorable Mention (2017-18) by Perfect Game … Named 2019 Atlantic Region Honorable Mention by Perfect Game … Member of the 2017 PG Super25 Championship squad … Participated in several showcase events including 2016 PG Super25/15U Mid-Atlantic Super Qualifier, 2016 PG Super25/15U Mid-Atlantic Regional, 2016/15U Super25 National Championship, 2016 WWBA 2019 Grads/15U National Championship, 2016/15U Perfect Game World Series, 2017 PG Super25/16U Mid-Atlantic Regional (all-tournament team), 2017 WWBA 2018 Grads/17U National Championship, 2017 WWBA 2019 Grads/16U National Championship (all-tournament team), 2017/16U Perfect Game World Series (all-tournament team), 2018 WWBA 2019 Grads/17U National Championship (all-tournament team), 2018/17U Perfect Game World Series (all-tournament team), 2018 WWBA National Qualifier (all-tournament team) and 2018 WWB World Championship … Played three seasons on the gridiron (defensive end/offensive tackle/tight end) and two on the hardwood (center/power forward) … Also named team captains for the football and basketball programs.

Personal: Full name is Nathan Hunter Nabholz, but prefers to go by Nate … Born in Pottsville, Pa. … Son of Kathy and Len Nabholz … Has two siblings (Jeff and Mariah) … Intended major is criminal justice … Honor roll student … Named student-of-the-month in November of 2018 … Sister Jess played three seasons of collegiate basketball at Lycoming College (2007-09) … Cousin Noah Nabholz is currently a sophomore (RHP) at Shippensburg University … Cousin Eli Nabholz played one season of baseball at Penn State University (2016) and three at Millersville University (2017-19) before being selected in the 38th round by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2019 MLB First-Year Player Draft … Uncle Chris Nabholz played baseball at Towson and was a second round draft pick by the Montreal Expos in 1988 … He spent six season in the big leagues pitching Montreal, Cleveland, Boston and the Chicago Cubs posting a 37-35 career record with a 3.94 ERA … Worked 611.2 career innings with 405 strikeouts ... Three-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll (Fall 2019-present) ... Named to 2020 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.