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Jersey Number 22
Nick Nordgren
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Norway, Iowa
- High School:
- Cedar Rapids Jefferson HS
Bio
At Creighton -- Junior (2008): Started 49 of the team’s 58 games in right field ... Best arm on the team from the outfield ... Tied for team lead with five sacrifice flies and nine stolen bases ... Finished second on the squad with eight home runs and third with 42 RBIs ... Had three hits in first MVC game of career at Missouri State (March 21) ... Drove in four runs in win over Michigan State (March 8) at the Rice Classic ... Scored two runs in CU’s win over #5 Wichita State on April 12 ... Missed three games with a hamstring injury on spring break trip ... Snapped an 0-for-20 streak with a game-winning pinch hit double in ninth inning at Northern Iowa (April 19) ... Hit two-run home run against Nebraska in Lincoln on April 22 ... Launched second homer in as many days against Nebraska, a three-run blast, at Rosenblatt Stadium on April 23 ... Notched career-high five RBIs against the Huskers (April 23) at Rosenblatt ... Drove in three runs against Evansville (April 25), then plated two more with a two-run homer against the Purple Aces on April 27 ... Named MVC Player of the Week on April 28 after recording 12 RBI and three home runs in five games the previous week ... Also selected to College Baseball Foundation’s “National All-Star Lineup” on April 30 ... Owned a 10-game hitting streak from April 19-May 3, hitting 13-for-34 (.382) with five doubles and three homers while driving in 13 ... Had two-run double for game-winning RBI against Louisiana-Monroe (May 16) ... Tied career high with three hits in CU’s MVC Tournament win over Northern Iowa (May 22) ... Has a non-speaking role in the movie “The Final Season”, which is about his hometown high school’s (Norway, Iowa) final year of baseball before consolidating.
Indian Hills Community College (2006-07): Named a first-team all-Region XI pick as a freshman and sophomore ... Led the team as a sophomore in batting average, hits, doubles, home runs, stolen bases, total bases, slugging and on-base percentage, runs and RBIs ... Set a single-season record with 34 stolen bases in 50 games played as a sophomore ... Hit .382 with 15 doubles, four triples and eight home runs last spring ... Picked up 60 hits and drove in 53 runs ... Walked 28 times, while striking out on only 29 occasions ... Posted a .682 slugging percentage and a .490 on-base percentage ... Accumulated 107 total bases ... As a freshman, he hit .393 with 14 doubles, four triples and four homers ... Totaled 59 hits, nine stolen bases, and 41 RBIs as a rookie ... Team finished 48-13 in his 2006 freshman campaign.
High School: Drafted following senior season by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 49th round of the 2005 MLB Draft ... Was named the Mississippi Valley Conference Player of the Year as a senior for Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School ... Selected first-team all-state after batting a school-record .516 during his senior season ... Also a dominant pitcher, he set a school record by going 8-0 as a senior ... Lettered all four years in baseball for his father, Gordy, who was the head coach of the J-Hawks.
Indian Hills Community College (2006-07): Named a first-team all-Region XI pick as a freshman and sophomore ... Led the team as a sophomore in batting average, hits, doubles, home runs, stolen bases, total bases, slugging and on-base percentage, runs and RBIs ... Set a single-season record with 34 stolen bases in 50 games played as a sophomore ... Hit .382 with 15 doubles, four triples and eight home runs last spring ... Picked up 60 hits and drove in 53 runs ... Walked 28 times, while striking out on only 29 occasions ... Posted a .682 slugging percentage and a .490 on-base percentage ... Accumulated 107 total bases ... As a freshman, he hit .393 with 14 doubles, four triples and four homers ... Totaled 59 hits, nine stolen bases, and 41 RBIs as a rookie ... Team finished 48-13 in his 2006 freshman campaign.
High School: Drafted following senior season by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 49th round of the 2005 MLB Draft ... Was named the Mississippi Valley Conference Player of the Year as a senior for Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School ... Selected first-team all-state after batting a school-record .516 during his senior season ... Also a dominant pitcher, he set a school record by going 8-0 as a senior ... Lettered all four years in baseball for his father, Gordy, who was the head coach of the J-Hawks.
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