2017 Baseball Roster
Roster
Fassnacht, Nate

Jersey Number 4
Nate Fassnacht
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Ephrata, Pa.
- High School:
- Ephrata Area
Bio
MLB DRAFT: Selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the eighth round (240th overall) of the 2019 MLB Draft
Honors: 2017 Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team ... 2019 Collegiate Baseball Third Team All-American ... 2019 Atlantic 10 Player of the Year ... 2019 First Team All-Atlantic 10 Shortstop
2019: One of two Colonials to start and appear in all 54 games, 52 at shortstop and two at DH ... Hit .372 with 84 hits, 23 doubles, four triples, 11 home runs, 59 runs, 60 RBI, 148 total bases, 30 walks and 12 stolen bases ... Tied the school record for doubles in a season ... Named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year after leading the league in runs, runs per game (1.09), RBI, RBI per game (1.11) and total bases ... Ranked among the nation's top 100 players in doubles (7th), doubles per game (11th), hits per game (21st), total bases (27th), hits (34th), RBI per game (35th), slugging percentage (36th), average (47th), runs per game (47th), RBI (49th), runs (60th), triples (69th) and toughest to strikeout (75th) ... Ranked among league leaders in triples (t-3rd), average (4th), toughest to strikeout (4th) and OBP (5th) ... Defensively, led the league in assists and was part of a league-high 37 double plays ... Won three Atlantic 10 Player of the Week awards ... Led the team with 17 multi-RBI games, including four with four or more ... Notched 25 multi-hit games, including two with at least four hits ... Registered a 17-game hitting streak from Feb. 24 - March 23, the third-longest in program history ... Was 34-for-70 (.486) in the stretch with 13 doubles, three triples, two home runs, 27 runs and 19 RBI ... Posted four straight multi-hit games from March 2-8, highlighted by a 5-for-6 day against Manhattan (March 3) with two doubles, a triple, three runs scored and an RBI ... Named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week (March 4) after going 12-for-21 (.571) with five doubles, a triple, seven runs scored and seven RBI in four games ... Repeated as Atlantic 10 Player of the Week (March 11), going 4-for-8 with three doubles, three runs scored, two RBI, five walks and two stolen bases in the UMass-Lowell series ... Named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week (March 18) for the third straight week after hitting 11-for-20 (.55) with two doubles, two triples, two home runs, 12 runs scored and seven RBI in five games ... Posted consecutive 3-for-5 days against Saint Joseph's (March 30-31), scoring twice and driving in four in each game ... Belted two home runs in back-to-back games against Saint Joseph's (March 31) and Towson (April 3) ... Homered as part of a 4-for-6 day with three runs scored and three RBI at UMBC (April 9) ... Hit a grand slam and drove in five in a win over Penn (April 30) ... Tied the school record with his 23rd double of the year against St. Bonaventure (May 11).
2018: Appeared in and started 57 games, splitting time between shortstop (25 games), second base (22), third base (7) and DH (3) ... HIt .277 with eight doubles, two triples, a home run, 35 runs and 24 RBI ... Ranked among team leaders in walks (25, 2nd) triples (3rd), and OBP (.363, 5th) ... Tallied 14 multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games ... Drove in five runs as part of a 2-for-4 day with a double at Stetson (Feb. 24) ... Recorded two four-hit games against Fordham (April 20) and St. Bonaventure (April 27)
2017: Started 57 of a possible 58 games at shortstop in debut season ... ranked fourth on team with a .332 batting average and second in total bases (97), slugging percentage (.453) and on-base percentage (.407) ... totaled 11 doubles, five home runs and 29 RBIs while going 9-for-12 in steal attempts ... ranked fourth on team with 23 multiple-hit games and fifth with five multiple-RBI games ... finished regular season ranked second on team and eighth in Atlantic 10 with .337 batting average ... led conference in regular season with 171 assists ... batted .319 in A-10 games with eight doubles, four home runs and 19 RBIs ... A-10 Rookie of the Week on May 1 ... Hit safely in 10 consecutive games during season and at one point reached base safely in 20 straight contests ... helped Colonials to sweep of George Mason by going hitting two home runs and driving in five RBIs in series finale (May 7) ... homered and drove in four runs in win over Delaware State (April 26).
High School/Club: 2016 Rawlings Perfect Game Preseason All-American High Honorable Mention ... Participated in 2016 Prep Baseball Report Super 60 national pro-showcase ... Under Armour Preseason A-A (2015, 2016) ... PennLive "Sweet 15" All-District team (2015, 2016) ... Designated by Perfect Game as a Top-500 player nationally in class of 2016 ... 2015 PG WWBA World Championship All-Tournament Team ... Lancaster-Lebanon League 1 st Team All-Section SS (204, 2015, 2016); Lancaster-Lebanon League 1 st Team All-Star SS (2014, 2016) ... Sr yr HS stats: Avg .351, OBP .510, 3 3b, 3 HR, 19 SB, 29 Runs, 1.24 ERA, 2 Saves.
Personal: Born Nathanial George Fassnacht on 1/5/98 in Ephrata, PA ... son of Tamela Jo and David Fassnacht ... has one brother, Christopher, and one sister, Danielle ... intended major is Finance.
Honors: 2017 Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team ... 2019 Collegiate Baseball Third Team All-American ... 2019 Atlantic 10 Player of the Year ... 2019 First Team All-Atlantic 10 Shortstop
2019: One of two Colonials to start and appear in all 54 games, 52 at shortstop and two at DH ... Hit .372 with 84 hits, 23 doubles, four triples, 11 home runs, 59 runs, 60 RBI, 148 total bases, 30 walks and 12 stolen bases ... Tied the school record for doubles in a season ... Named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year after leading the league in runs, runs per game (1.09), RBI, RBI per game (1.11) and total bases ... Ranked among the nation's top 100 players in doubles (7th), doubles per game (11th), hits per game (21st), total bases (27th), hits (34th), RBI per game (35th), slugging percentage (36th), average (47th), runs per game (47th), RBI (49th), runs (60th), triples (69th) and toughest to strikeout (75th) ... Ranked among league leaders in triples (t-3rd), average (4th), toughest to strikeout (4th) and OBP (5th) ... Defensively, led the league in assists and was part of a league-high 37 double plays ... Won three Atlantic 10 Player of the Week awards ... Led the team with 17 multi-RBI games, including four with four or more ... Notched 25 multi-hit games, including two with at least four hits ... Registered a 17-game hitting streak from Feb. 24 - March 23, the third-longest in program history ... Was 34-for-70 (.486) in the stretch with 13 doubles, three triples, two home runs, 27 runs and 19 RBI ... Posted four straight multi-hit games from March 2-8, highlighted by a 5-for-6 day against Manhattan (March 3) with two doubles, a triple, three runs scored and an RBI ... Named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week (March 4) after going 12-for-21 (.571) with five doubles, a triple, seven runs scored and seven RBI in four games ... Repeated as Atlantic 10 Player of the Week (March 11), going 4-for-8 with three doubles, three runs scored, two RBI, five walks and two stolen bases in the UMass-Lowell series ... Named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week (March 18) for the third straight week after hitting 11-for-20 (.55) with two doubles, two triples, two home runs, 12 runs scored and seven RBI in five games ... Posted consecutive 3-for-5 days against Saint Joseph's (March 30-31), scoring twice and driving in four in each game ... Belted two home runs in back-to-back games against Saint Joseph's (March 31) and Towson (April 3) ... Homered as part of a 4-for-6 day with three runs scored and three RBI at UMBC (April 9) ... Hit a grand slam and drove in five in a win over Penn (April 30) ... Tied the school record with his 23rd double of the year against St. Bonaventure (May 11).
2018: Appeared in and started 57 games, splitting time between shortstop (25 games), second base (22), third base (7) and DH (3) ... HIt .277 with eight doubles, two triples, a home run, 35 runs and 24 RBI ... Ranked among team leaders in walks (25, 2nd) triples (3rd), and OBP (.363, 5th) ... Tallied 14 multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games ... Drove in five runs as part of a 2-for-4 day with a double at Stetson (Feb. 24) ... Recorded two four-hit games against Fordham (April 20) and St. Bonaventure (April 27)
2017: Started 57 of a possible 58 games at shortstop in debut season ... ranked fourth on team with a .332 batting average and second in total bases (97), slugging percentage (.453) and on-base percentage (.407) ... totaled 11 doubles, five home runs and 29 RBIs while going 9-for-12 in steal attempts ... ranked fourth on team with 23 multiple-hit games and fifth with five multiple-RBI games ... finished regular season ranked second on team and eighth in Atlantic 10 with .337 batting average ... led conference in regular season with 171 assists ... batted .319 in A-10 games with eight doubles, four home runs and 19 RBIs ... A-10 Rookie of the Week on May 1 ... Hit safely in 10 consecutive games during season and at one point reached base safely in 20 straight contests ... helped Colonials to sweep of George Mason by going hitting two home runs and driving in five RBIs in series finale (May 7) ... homered and drove in four runs in win over Delaware State (April 26).
High School/Club: 2016 Rawlings Perfect Game Preseason All-American High Honorable Mention ... Participated in 2016 Prep Baseball Report Super 60 national pro-showcase ... Under Armour Preseason A-A (2015, 2016) ... PennLive "Sweet 15" All-District team (2015, 2016) ... Designated by Perfect Game as a Top-500 player nationally in class of 2016 ... 2015 PG WWBA World Championship All-Tournament Team ... Lancaster-Lebanon League 1 st Team All-Section SS (204, 2015, 2016); Lancaster-Lebanon League 1 st Team All-Star SS (2014, 2016) ... Sr yr HS stats: Avg .351, OBP .510, 3 3b, 3 HR, 19 SB, 29 Runs, 1.24 ERA, 2 Saves.
Personal: Born Nathanial George Fassnacht on 1/5/98 in Ephrata, PA ... son of Tamela Jo and David Fassnacht ... has one brother, Christopher, and one sister, Danielle ... intended major is Finance.
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