2013 Baseball Roster
Roster
Nick Ammirati
- Position:
- C
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 189
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Sparta, NJ
- High School/Previous School:
- Seton Hall Prep
CAREER:
Two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll honoree ยท Played in 64 games, starting in 52 of them ยท Holds a .246 batting average in his two years with the Bulldogs ยท Hit 3 doubles and a home run while driving in 25 runs ยท Competed well in SEC play, hitting .275 with a homer and 15 RBI.
2013:
SEC Academic Honor Roll ยท Played in 51 games, starting in 49 of them at catcher in 2013 ยท Hit .246 with 23 runs scored and 23 RBI to go along with a homer and 3 doubles ยท 3 for 4 with 2 runs scored on May 16 against South Carolina ยท Named SEC Player of the Week on April 22 after hitting .545 (6 for 11) with 3 RBI and 3 runs scored against Auburn from April 18-20 ยท Hit his lone long ball of his Bulldog career on April 14 at Texas A&M as part of a 3 for 5 day at the plate with 5 RBI and 2 runs scored ยท Went 3 for 4 with a pair of runs scored and an RBI on March 19 against Alcorn State ยท 1 for 3 with 2 runs on February 27 against Rhode Island.
2012:
Saw playing time in 13 games and worked behind the plate in 10 games โข Made his MSU debut and drew his first MSU career start against Mississippi Valley State (Feb. 25) โข Singled in a run with his first career hit in a start behind the dish at Southeastern Louisiana (Mar. 14) โข Played in all three games of the Arkansas series, registering a pinch-hit RBI single in the series finale (Mar. 25) โข Drew a start in left field two days later and notched another RBI hit against Alcorn State (Mar. 27) โข Recorded the game-ending putout as a 10th-inning defensive replacement at first base in State's 4-3 SEC Tournament win over LSU (May 25) โข Also saw playing time as a pinch-runner and as a pinch-hitter โข Hit .250 (3-for-12) overall and .250 (1-for-4) in seven SEC games โข Had 25 error-free defensive chances โข Earned a berth on the 2012 SEC Academic Honor Roll โข Played summer league baseball for the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters in the Northwoods Collegiate League.
2011:
Transferred to Panola (Texas) College, where he started 40 of his 50 games โข Coached by Todd Shelton โข Hit .280 with 37 hits and nine RBI โข Notched a .293 batting average in conference competition โข Played summer league baseball in 2011 for the Orange County Pioneers in the California Collegiate League, where he was coached by Jameson Wicks โข Selected to play in the California Collegiate League All-Star Game.
2010:ย
Launched his collegiate baseball career at Seton Hall University โข Coached by Rob Sheppard โข Played in 22 games, making 18 starts as a freshman โข Compiled a .217 batting average with six RBI โข Recorded a .991 fielding percentage with one pick-off and five base-runners nabbed stealing โข Hit .296 with eight starts in nine Big East Conference games played.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Three-year regular and two-time all-county catcher at Seton Hall Prep โข Coached by Mike Sheppard Jr. โข Earned first-team All-Non Public, All-Super Essex Conference, all-area and second-team all-state honors as a senior in 2009 โข Caught former SHP teammate and current Detroit Tigers pitcher Rick Porcello as a sophomore on the Pirates' successful run to the 2007 state and national high school championship.
DRAFT HISTORY:
Selected by the Florida Marlins in the 46th round of Major League Baseball's 2009 First-Year Player Draft.
PERSONAL:
Born Nick Andrew Ammirati on July 31, 1991 in Staten Island, N.Y. โข Son of Tammi and Chris Ammirati of Sparta, N.J. โข Majoring in communication.
