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Jersey Number 21
Jack Nelson
- Position:
- Right-Hand Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Sparta, N.J.
- High School:
- Pope John XXIII
Bio
CAREER GAME HIGHS
Innings: 6.0, Rhode Island (4/17/18)
Strikeouts: 6 vs. Toledo (3/7/17)
AS A JUNIOR (2018)
Appeared in 11 games, including five starts, registering a 1-1 record and a 5.53 ERA… allowed 29 hits, 19 runs – 17 earned – and 15 walks with 16 strikeouts over 27.2 innings… struck out four batters in his first start of the season vs. Wofford (3/7)… pitched three innings with zero earned runs vs. Northeastern (3/20)… collected his first win of the season vs. Massachusetts (4/10), going five innings while striking out three… threw six shutout innings with five strike outs vs. Rhode Island (4/17)… pitched four innings, striking out two, in his last start of the season at UMass Lowell (4/24).
AS A SOPHOMORE (2017)
Earned a spot on the ACC All-Academic Team ... made 15 appearances on the mound, including six starts … registered a 4-1 record and a 2.41 ERA, tops among BC pitchers with at least 15 appearances … fifth on the team with 26 strikeouts … allowed 27 hits, 16 runs – 10 earned – and 14 walks over 37.1 innings … opponents batted just .203 against … recorded one pickoff … made six relief appearances in ACC action, logging a 7.50 ERA … allowed six hits, eight runs – five earned – four walks and four strikeouts in six conference innings … tied a career high with a five-inning start at UMass Lowell (5/2), allowing just one hit without a run or walk, striking out three and picking up the win … threw two innings of relief at Duke (4/15), allowing one hit, one run and two walks … did not allow an earned run in three innings of relief against Harvard (4/11), allowing five hits, three runs and two walks while striking out three … collected the win in the first round of the Beanpot Tournament at Northeastern (4/5), going five innings, allowing just one hit, no runs, one walk and striking out three … threw four scoreless and hitless innings against Massachusetts (3/29), allowing four walks and logging three Ks in the win … struck out one in 0.2 relief innings against No. 6 Clemson (2/24) … collected first win of the season in the first meeting with the Huskies (3/21), allowing just one hit and no runs over a four-inning start, walking one and striking out two … threw 1.1 innings of scoreless relief at No. 2 Florida State (3/11), allowing one hit and recording one K … did not allow an earned run in five straight appearances – from March 11 to April 5 – 15.0 innings … struck out a career-high six in a four-inning relief appearance against Toledo (3/7), allowing just two hits and no runs or walks … started the season with a one-inning relief outing at Bethune-Cookman (2/19), allowing two hits, no runs or walks and striking out one …earned the Athletics Director’s Award for Academic Achievement and was named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
AS A FRESHMAN (2016)
Made nine appearances, all in relief … fifth on the BC pitching staff with a 4.20 ERA … registered a 2-0 record, one combined shutout and a .279 opponent batting average … allowed 17 hits, seven runs, four walks and 12 strikeouts over 15.0 innings … made two appearances in ACC action and did not allow a run in 1.1 innings of relief, giving up just one hit, one walk and striking out one … picked up the win at Northeastern (5/4) in a two-inning relief appearance, allowing just one hit and one walk while striking out two .. pitched a scoreless inning of relief with one K against Virginia Tech (4/29) … threw a career-high four innings and struck out a then career-high four in first career win, allowing four hits, one run and no walks … did not allow a run in first three career outings … struck out three without allowing a run or walk and giving up three hit in 3.1 innings of relief against Butler (3/7) … pitched a 123 innings against Chicago State (2/27) … in first career appearance, allowing one hit and one walk while recording first career K in one inning of work … earned a spot on the ACC Academic Honor Roll … named a Futures Collegiate Baseball League All-Star as a member of the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks.
BEFORE BC
Named the 2015 New Jersey Herald Player of the Year …collected New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) All-Academic Team honors as a senior … went 5-4 with a 1.13 ERA and 72 strikeouts over 52 innings as a senior … selected to play in the New Jersey Senior All-Star Game … named to the All-West Jersey First Team, All- NJAC First Team, New Jersey Herald First Team, All-New Jersey Non Public Third Team and NJAC All-Academic Team in 2015 and 2014 … recorded a 3-1 record with a 0.96 ERA and batted .333 as a junior … graduated in top-10 percent of class and was an AP Scholar … member of the National and German Honor Society and was the vice president of NHS.
PERSONAL
Enrolled as political science major in the Morrissey College of Arts and Science … Jack is the youngest of Carl and Erin Nelson’s three children … has a brother, Kyle, and a sister, Caroline … father played baseball at Duke (1977-80) and brother ran track at BC (2009-13).
Innings: 6.0, Rhode Island (4/17/18)
Strikeouts: 6 vs. Toledo (3/7/17)
AS A JUNIOR (2018)
Appeared in 11 games, including five starts, registering a 1-1 record and a 5.53 ERA… allowed 29 hits, 19 runs – 17 earned – and 15 walks with 16 strikeouts over 27.2 innings… struck out four batters in his first start of the season vs. Wofford (3/7)… pitched three innings with zero earned runs vs. Northeastern (3/20)… collected his first win of the season vs. Massachusetts (4/10), going five innings while striking out three… threw six shutout innings with five strike outs vs. Rhode Island (4/17)… pitched four innings, striking out two, in his last start of the season at UMass Lowell (4/24).
AS A SOPHOMORE (2017)
Earned a spot on the ACC All-Academic Team ... made 15 appearances on the mound, including six starts … registered a 4-1 record and a 2.41 ERA, tops among BC pitchers with at least 15 appearances … fifth on the team with 26 strikeouts … allowed 27 hits, 16 runs – 10 earned – and 14 walks over 37.1 innings … opponents batted just .203 against … recorded one pickoff … made six relief appearances in ACC action, logging a 7.50 ERA … allowed six hits, eight runs – five earned – four walks and four strikeouts in six conference innings … tied a career high with a five-inning start at UMass Lowell (5/2), allowing just one hit without a run or walk, striking out three and picking up the win … threw two innings of relief at Duke (4/15), allowing one hit, one run and two walks … did not allow an earned run in three innings of relief against Harvard (4/11), allowing five hits, three runs and two walks while striking out three … collected the win in the first round of the Beanpot Tournament at Northeastern (4/5), going five innings, allowing just one hit, no runs, one walk and striking out three … threw four scoreless and hitless innings against Massachusetts (3/29), allowing four walks and logging three Ks in the win … struck out one in 0.2 relief innings against No. 6 Clemson (2/24) … collected first win of the season in the first meeting with the Huskies (3/21), allowing just one hit and no runs over a four-inning start, walking one and striking out two … threw 1.1 innings of scoreless relief at No. 2 Florida State (3/11), allowing one hit and recording one K … did not allow an earned run in five straight appearances – from March 11 to April 5 – 15.0 innings … struck out a career-high six in a four-inning relief appearance against Toledo (3/7), allowing just two hits and no runs or walks … started the season with a one-inning relief outing at Bethune-Cookman (2/19), allowing two hits, no runs or walks and striking out one …earned the Athletics Director’s Award for Academic Achievement and was named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
AS A FRESHMAN (2016)
Made nine appearances, all in relief … fifth on the BC pitching staff with a 4.20 ERA … registered a 2-0 record, one combined shutout and a .279 opponent batting average … allowed 17 hits, seven runs, four walks and 12 strikeouts over 15.0 innings … made two appearances in ACC action and did not allow a run in 1.1 innings of relief, giving up just one hit, one walk and striking out one … picked up the win at Northeastern (5/4) in a two-inning relief appearance, allowing just one hit and one walk while striking out two .. pitched a scoreless inning of relief with one K against Virginia Tech (4/29) … threw a career-high four innings and struck out a then career-high four in first career win, allowing four hits, one run and no walks … did not allow a run in first three career outings … struck out three without allowing a run or walk and giving up three hit in 3.1 innings of relief against Butler (3/7) … pitched a 123 innings against Chicago State (2/27) … in first career appearance, allowing one hit and one walk while recording first career K in one inning of work … earned a spot on the ACC Academic Honor Roll … named a Futures Collegiate Baseball League All-Star as a member of the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks.
BEFORE BC
Named the 2015 New Jersey Herald Player of the Year …collected New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) All-Academic Team honors as a senior … went 5-4 with a 1.13 ERA and 72 strikeouts over 52 innings as a senior … selected to play in the New Jersey Senior All-Star Game … named to the All-West Jersey First Team, All- NJAC First Team, New Jersey Herald First Team, All-New Jersey Non Public Third Team and NJAC All-Academic Team in 2015 and 2014 … recorded a 3-1 record with a 0.96 ERA and batted .333 as a junior … graduated in top-10 percent of class and was an AP Scholar … member of the National and German Honor Society and was the vice president of NHS.
PERSONAL
Enrolled as political science major in the Morrissey College of Arts and Science … Jack is the youngest of Carl and Erin Nelson’s three children … has a brother, Kyle, and a sister, Caroline … father played baseball at Duke (1977-80) and brother ran track at BC (2009-13).
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