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2023 Baseball Roster

21 Spencer Nelson

21 Spencer Nelson

  • Height:
    6-3
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Granger, Ind.
  • Prev School:
    Kellogg CC

Summary

Biography

As a Senior (2023): Earned All-GLIAC First Team honors…Notched a .348 batting average with 56 hits, 42 runs scored, and 20 runs batted in…Launched a team leading seven home runs, ten doubles, and three triples…Led the team with a .578 slugging percentage and second with a .430 on-base percentage…Tied the GVSU single-game record with three home runs vs Wayne State (4/3/23)…Went 2-4 with a triple and two runs scored in a win over Lewis (3/6/23)…Batted 3-4 with two doubles, two RBI’s, and a run scored in a win against Winona State (3/9/23)…Notched two hits including a triple, RBI, and run scored in an extra inning wn against Wayne State (Neb.) (3/12/23)…Went on an eight game hitting streak including five multi-hit games during that span (3/11/23-3/27/23)…Hit 7-12 with a home run, double, three RBI’s, and six runs scored in a series at Parkside from April 6 to April 7…Launched a home run in a win vs Northwood (4/11/23)…Went on a 14 game hitting streak from April 2 to April 21…Batted 3-4 with two RBI’s and two runs scored in a win vs Hillsdale (4/19/23)…Went 3-6 including the go-ahead home run in the 10th inning against Wayne State in the GLIAC Tournament Championship round (5/14/23).

As a Junior (2022): Appeared and started in all 50 games…Earned NCBWA Midwest All-Region Second Team honors...Named to the All-GLIAC Second Team…Batted .325 including 67 hits, 49 runs scored, and 35 RBI…Led the team with six triples…Was second on the team with 17 doubles and eight home runs…Had a .583 slugging percentage and a .386 on-base percentage for a .969 OPS which was the second best on the team…Led off the game with a home run in a win against Findlay (2/20/22)…Went 3-6 including two doubles, two runs batted in, and four runs scored in a win against Findlay (2/21/22)…Started the season with a nine-game hitting streak from February 20 through March 9…Doubled and tripled in a win over West Virginia Wesleyan (3/8/22)…Batted 3-6 with a home run, triple, and double including two runs batted in and three runs scored in a win at McKendree (3/20/22)…Went on a 13-game hitting streak from March 14 through April 4…Hit a leadoff home run at Wayne State including a triple and double with three RBI and two runs scored (4/14/22)…Had a six-game multi-hit streak from April 19 through April 29…Went 4-5 with a home run, two doubles, three runs scored and two RBI against Davenport (5/1/22).

As a Junior (2021): Did not see action due to injury

As a Junior (2020): Started all eight of the games he played…Batted .321 with nine hits and 6 RBI…Tallied seven hits and four RBI in a three game series against Ohio Dominican (2/22-2/23/20)…Recorded two RBI in a doubleheader against Findlay (3/1/20)…Notched a hit and scored two runs against West Virginia Wesleyan (3/2/20)…Did not record an error in 17 chances with 17 putouts in the outfield.   

Prior to GVSU: Played two years at Kellogg Community College… Hit a combined .360 in his two years at KCC… Had 25 doubles, 5 triples, and 9 homeruns in two seasons… Notched 88 RBI’s in two years at KCC.
 
High School: Prepped under Michael Cass at South Bend Adams High School… Named team MVP 3 consecutive years… Named team captain junior and senior year… First team All-NIC senior year… All-Academic award 4 consecutive years.
 
Personal: Son of William and Sheila… Has a brother and 3 sisters… Majoring in biology
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Historical Player Information

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    2020Junior

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    6'3" 190 lbs
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  • 2021Junior

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    6'3" 190 lbs
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    2022Junior

    OF
    6'3" 195 lbs
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    2023Senior

    OF
    6'3" 195 lbs
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