2020 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 36
Zach Nussbaum
- Class:
- Senior
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Seattle, Wash.
- High School:
- Roosevelt
2020 (Shortened by COVID-19): Played 13 games, starting 12 behind the plate • Hit .270 with two doubles, two RBIs and six runs scored • Matched his career-high with three hits against Siena (3/8) • Had two hits, including a double, and scored a run in the walk-off win over Duke (3/10).
2019: Started 21 of 22 games he played, with a .986 fielding percentage behind the plate • Threw out seven of the 15 runners attempting to steal • Hit .203 with a home run, three doubles, eight RBIs and 10 runs scored • Had three hits, including a solo homer to left, in the season-opening win over Towson • Had two hits, including a double, and scored the game-winning run, after walking, in the 12-inning 6-5 win over Saint Louis (4/26) • At St. Bonaventure (5/17), drove in the game-winning run in the top of the ninth on a double to right • Drove in runs on a sacrifice bunt and a double against N.C. A&T (5/1) • Had two hits against USC Upstate (2/27) • Stole a base at St. Bonaventure (5/16).
2018: Played in 23 games, with 10 starts, all coming at catcher • Recorded first collegiate homer (and first hit of the season) on a 425 foot long ball at Wake Forest (4/3), also driving in three • Scored twice vs. NC Central (3/14) • Doubled at Saint Joseph’s (4/14) • Finished with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage, with 81 putouts and nine assists • Gunned down a runner attempting to steal second twice.
2017: Appeared in 16 games, making eight starts, all at catcher • Caught first runner stealing vs. NC A&T (4/22) • Caught two runners stealing vs. Presbyterian (5/2) • Recorded two hits and scored twice against Siena (3/11) • Drove in two vs. Hartford (3/4) • Finished with a .206 average and seven hits.
Before Davidson: Played four seasons at Roosevelt High for coach Shea Tonkin, where he helped lead the Rough Riders to a 19-6 record during his senior season... selected as Team Offensive MVP and named to first-team all-conference as a catcher in 2016... earned all-state honorable mention in 2015.
Personal: Born on September 3, 1997... has one sister, Zoe.. Majoring in computer science.
2019: Started 21 of 22 games he played, with a .986 fielding percentage behind the plate • Threw out seven of the 15 runners attempting to steal • Hit .203 with a home run, three doubles, eight RBIs and 10 runs scored • Had three hits, including a solo homer to left, in the season-opening win over Towson • Had two hits, including a double, and scored the game-winning run, after walking, in the 12-inning 6-5 win over Saint Louis (4/26) • At St. Bonaventure (5/17), drove in the game-winning run in the top of the ninth on a double to right • Drove in runs on a sacrifice bunt and a double against N.C. A&T (5/1) • Had two hits against USC Upstate (2/27) • Stole a base at St. Bonaventure (5/16).
2018: Played in 23 games, with 10 starts, all coming at catcher • Recorded first collegiate homer (and first hit of the season) on a 425 foot long ball at Wake Forest (4/3), also driving in three • Scored twice vs. NC Central (3/14) • Doubled at Saint Joseph’s (4/14) • Finished with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage, with 81 putouts and nine assists • Gunned down a runner attempting to steal second twice.
2017: Appeared in 16 games, making eight starts, all at catcher • Caught first runner stealing vs. NC A&T (4/22) • Caught two runners stealing vs. Presbyterian (5/2) • Recorded two hits and scored twice against Siena (3/11) • Drove in two vs. Hartford (3/4) • Finished with a .206 average and seven hits.
Before Davidson: Played four seasons at Roosevelt High for coach Shea Tonkin, where he helped lead the Rough Riders to a 19-6 record during his senior season... selected as Team Offensive MVP and named to first-team all-conference as a catcher in 2016... earned all-state honorable mention in 2015.
Personal: Born on September 3, 1997... has one sister, Zoe.. Majoring in computer science.
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