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2021 Baseball Roster

Jim Pierce
Jim Pierce
Jim Pierce
Jim Pierce
Jim Pierce
Jim Pierce
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Jaylynn Nash, Wake Forest Athletics

4 Ben Malgeri

  • Position Outfield
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 215
  • Class Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown Stratham, N.H.
  • Highschool Exeter

Biography

AWARDS:
  • CAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player (2021)
  • CAA Player of the Week (3/30/21)
  • Earned Ron Soucie Award as Holy Cross’ Rookie of the Year (2019)
  • Selected for NEIBA All-Star Game (2019)
2021: 
  • Named Most Outstanding Player at the CAA tournament
  • Led the tournament with five home runs, including the game-tying homer in the bottom of the ninth inning against CAA Pitcher of the Year Landen Roupp to send the game into extra innings at UNCW (5/30)
  • Made the No. 4 play on SportsCenter's Top 10 Plays in the CAA Championship Game with an incredible diving catch
  • Leads the CAA with 23 stolen bases
  • Ranks fourth in the CAA with 12 HBP and seventh with seven home runs
  • Cranked four home runs in the final two games against UNCW (5/29, 5/30) to lead the Huskies to their first-ever CAA tournament title
  • Hit .280 with 28 RBIs and posted a .358 on-base percentage
2020 (New Mexico Junior College): 
  • Played in 18 games with New Mexico Junior College with a .314 batting average, four home runs and 12 RBIs
  • He had five stolen bases on the season and a .470 on-base percentage
2019 (Holy Cross):
  • Appeared in 53 games with 48 starts in the outfield
  • Batted .282 with a .385 on-base percentage
  • Had 17 RBIs, 11 doubles, one triple and two home runs with a .390 slugging percentage
  • Walked 27 times and stole nine bases
  • Posted a fielding percentage of 1.000 with 76 putouts
  • Named Patriot League Rookie of the Week after hitting 6-for-9 with two doubles in weekend series vs. UAB (2/26/19)
  • Named GoHolyCross.com Crusader of the Week after hitting .471 with three RBI during five contests vs. Boston College and Northeastern (3/18/19)
  • Went 2-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and RBI at Bucknell (4/13)
  • Hit 3-for-6 with a double and three RBI at Lafayette (5/4)
Before Holy Cross: Played baseball at Exeter High School ... Helped lead team in winning the New Hampshire State Championship in both 2017 and 2018 ... First team All-State New Hampshire (2018) ... Made Second Team All-State New Hampshire (2017).

Personal: Son of George and Lynn ... Lynn is a teacher and George is a police officer ... Has one sibling, Sam ... Was a member of the National Honors Society ... Is planning on getting his degree in psychology. 

Why Northeastern? "Great psychology program ... Strong baseball team ... City atmosphere."
CAREER BATTING
SEASON GP-GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG BB HBP SO OBP SF SH SB
2019* 53-48 .282 177 27 50 11 1 2 17 .390 27 3 47 .385 1 2 9
2020** 18-18 .314 51 18 16 4 1 4 12 .667 10 5 12 .470 N/A N/A 5
2021 45-43 .280 168 30 47 7 1 7 28 .458 10 12 26 .358 3 2 23-28
NU CAREER 45-43 .280 168 30 47 7 1 7 28 .458 10 12 26 .358 3 2 23-28
 CAREER 116-109 .285 396 75 113 22 3 13 57 .455 47 20 85 .385 4 4 37-42
 
CAA BATTING
SEASON GP-GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG BB HBP SO OBP SF SH SB
2021 20-19 .250 64 17 16 5 0 2 12 .422 5 7 4 .354 3 1 9-9
CAREER 20-19 .250 64 17 16 5 0 2 12 .422 5 7 4 .354 3 1 9-9
*Statistics at Holy Cross
**Statistics New Mexico Junior College
MLB: Detroit Tigers | 2021 | Round 18 | Pick 525
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