Nick Patten

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Butler, Pa.
Position:
Infield
Height:
6-4
Weight:
210
High School:
IMG Academy (Fla.)
Major:
Criminal Justice

AT DELAWARE
• Third-year infielder with the Blue Hens
• projected as team's starter at first base
• slated to hit in the middle of the order
• 2016 Lousiville Slugger/CBM Freshman All-American
• 2016 Colonial Athletic Association All-Rookie Team
• named the National 5 & 10 Best of the Blue Hens Athlete of the Week (Mar. 21, 2016)
• 1st team ABCA/Rawlings All-East Region
• 1st team All-Colonial Athletic Association
• Colonial Athletic Association All-Tournament Team
• NCAA Lubbock All-Regional Team
• Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Week (Mar. 13; May 22)
• Perfect Game National Player of the Week (Mar. 13)
• Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Player of the Week (May 22)
• UD Team Defensive Player of the Year Award

2018 SEASON
• named D1 Baseball CAA Preseason Player of the year
• selected as an All-CAA Preaseason selection.

2017 SEASON (GAME BY GAME)
• Named to the Preseason All-CAA first team.
• batted .312 with a team-leading 14 home runs and 54 RBI
• led the team in on-base percentage (.446), total bases (119) and runs scored (58)
• went four for five with a home run, four runs scored and five RBI against Wagner (3/9)
• hit for the cycle against College of Charleston (5/18), going five for five with a pair of home runs, seven RBI, and four runs scored
• went two for two with a run scored and an RBI in the NCAA Regional against Texas Tech (6/2).

2016 SEASON (GAME BY GAME)
As a true-freshman appeared in 52 games, earning 49 starts
• batted .285 with a team-high 12 home runs and 46 RBIs
• recorded a team-high 28 extra-base hits
• led the team in slugging percentage (.565)
• named a Louisville Slugger/CBM Freshman All-American
• named to the Colonial Athletic Association All-Rookie Team
• earned CAA Co-Rookie of the Week (3/21)
• hit his first career home run at Old Dominion (2/28)
• hit two home runs and drove in four against La Salle (4/5), and at Towson (5/13)
• went three for four in his first career collegiate game (2/19)
• scored three runs and drove in three against James Madison (4/3).

HIGH SCHOOL
• Spent his senior season at IMG Academy
• played baseball for head coach and former Major League Baseball All-Star Chris Sabo
• named to Premier Team
• selected to High School Perfect Game All-Tournament Team in Lakepoint, Ga.
• led IMG in home runs
• Gold Glove Award recipient
• team was ranked second in the nation by Perfect Game
• played previous two seasons at Butler (Pa.) High School for head coach Todd Erdos
• attended same high school as former UD pitching standout Curt Schnur (1992-95) |
• named second team all-conference as a junior, when he led the team in batting average
• led the team in extra base hits as a sophomore
• named honorable mention all-conference in basketball in 2014.

PERSONAL
• Nicholas Paul "Nick" Patten
• born Sept. 12, 1996
• son of Daryl and Linda Patten
• father was a baseball first-team All-American at Geneva (Pa.) College and mother attended Wesley College in Dover, Del.
• has a younger brother, Luke
• university studies major at Delaware
• enjoys hunting and fishing.

CAREER STATISTICS

Year	Avg.	G/S	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B	HR	SB-A	BB	K	P-A-E Fld.%
2016	.285	52/49	186	48	53	46	16	0	12	7-9	24	57	385-30-7 .983
2017	.312	57/57	205	58	64	54	9	2	14	8-13	42	53	466-36-6 .988
TOTALS	.300	109/106	391	106	117	100	25	2	26	15-22	66	110	851-66-13 .986