| Bryce Nugent |
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 | Class: RS Sophomore
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 | Hometown: Binghamton, N.Y.
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 | High School: Chenango Valley
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 | Height / Weight: 6-2 / 210
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 | Position: C
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 | B/T: L/R
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2009: MAAC All-Tournament Team, Second Team All-MAAC, MAAC Player of the Week, 2/23. Played in 52 games, starting 44 while assuming duties of primary catcher. ... Hit .318, tying for team lead with eight home runs and driving in 42 runs, second on team. ... Drew team-high 31 walks to lead team with .425 on-base percentage. ... Had .503 slugging percentage. ... Named to Watch List for Johnny Bench Award.
2008: Played in 30 games, starting 25. ... Split the catching duties with senior Keith Glasser. ... Hit .276 with two homers and 10 RBIs in 87 at-bats. ... Made just one error and had just two passed balls. ... Fielding percentage was .994. ... Threw out nine of 35 runners attempting to steal (25.7 percent). ... First career hit was a home run at Presbyterian, March 1.
2007: Sat out the season.
Prior To Marist: Hit 480 with nine doubles, three home runs and four triples, had a fielding percentage of 1.000 with 32 RBIs as a senior. ... First-team All-State during his junior and senior seasons to go with All-Conference honors. ... Was a two-time All-Southern Tier Athletic Conference (STAC) member for the last two seasons. ... Ranked 23rd nationally among high school catchers according to Baseball America. ... During his junior campaign, Nugent hit .454 with 35 hits, eight doubles, three triples, 20 RBI, 26 runs scored while posting a .545 on-base percentage. ... High school coach Dave Tidick did an outstanding job getting him to understand the intangibles necessary to be a Division I catcher. ... Received a great deal of interest from the Ivy League, particularly Brown, Cornell and Harvard.
Coach Healy on Nugent: "Nuge will be a mainstay for us behind the dish. He is in the best shape of his life and has made significant progress with the bat. We love his make-up."