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Concordia University Wisconsin

2018 Baseball

14 Nathan Thyssen

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 220
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Appleton, Wis.
  • Highschool Kimberly

Biography

2018 Season (Senior): Appeared in 39 games…Batted .225 (31-for-138) with four doubles, four triples, and two home runs…Leaves program as the career record holder in triples with 20...Walked a team-leading 24 times and posted a .375 on-base percentage…Had a .355 slugging percentage…Stole eight bases…Collected two hits in four-straight games (March 11-14) on Falcons Arizona trip…Went 3-for-4 with four runs scored in a 13-4 win over Macalester (March 17)…Totaled three hits in a NACC Tournament game against MSOE (May 10).

2017 Season (Junior): Appeared in 39 games...Batted .280 with 37 hits...Doubled 11 times, tripled twice, and homered five times...Drove in 25 runs and scored 23 times...Stole six bases...Reached base at a .383 clip...Totaled 10 multiple hit games...Became the program's all-time leader in career triples in a game against Wisconsin Lutheran (April 1) with his 15th career...Homered and drove in three in a win at Chapman (March 4)...Homered, doubled, and drove in four in a win over Concordia Chicago (April 15).

2016 Season (Sophomore): First Team All-Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Selection...Played in all 42 games...Batted .342 (52-for-152)...Scored a team-leading 31 runs...Drove in 18...Led team with 11 doubles and three triples, while tying for team lead with two home runs...Walked 24 times and reached base at a .448 clip...Stole 13 bases...Posted a 12-game hitting streak (March 19-April 16)...Opened the year with three hits in a doubleheader against St. John's (March 12), which included a 2-for-4 game two with a triple, home run, two RBI and two runs scored...Went 2-for-2 with a double and a run scored in a game two win over Dubuque (March 15)...Collected four hits in a split with Augsburg (March 17), scoring twice and homering in game one, while adding a double in game two...Was 3-for-3 with a triple, two runs scored and two RBI in a 12-5 game two win over Oberlin (March 19)...Totaled five hits, including a double in a split at Aurora (April 3)...Was 3-for-5 with two doubles and two runs scored in a game two win, part of a sweep over Dominican (April 11)...Scored twice in game one versus Concordia Chicago (April 16)...Picked up three hits and scored three times in a sweep over Lakeland (April 23)...Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored in game one against Benedictine (April 25)...Totaled five hits and scored twice in a sweep of Marian (April 30)...Went 3-for-5 with a double, one RBI and a run scored in an 8-0 game one win over No. 11 UW-Whitewater (May 4), part of a sweep over the Warhawks.

2015 Season (Freshman): Named Second Team All-NACC...NACC All-Freshman Team selection...Appeared in all 44 games...Led the nation (NCAA Division III) with 11 triples...His 11 triples also was a single season CUW record...Roped nine doubles and added three home runs for a total of 23 extra-base hits...Batted .368 (60-for-163)...Walked a team-leading 32 times...Posted a .495 on-base percentage...Slugged .613...Scored 38 runs and stole four bases...Drove in a season-best six runs, going 2-for-3 with a double in a 19-1 win over Northland (Mar. 25)...Collected three hits and drove in five runs with a triple in a 15-0 win over Carroll (Mar. 13)...Tripled in first three collegiate games, including a two-hit, two-run scoring performance in season-opener against then No. 5 Cal Lutheran (Mar. 12)...Collected two hits, including a triple and drove in two against Macalester (Mar. 13)...Had three hits, including a double and drove in two against then No. 2 St. Thomas (Mar. 15)...Had five hits, including two triples in a doubleheader split against St. John's (Mar. 20)...Hit a home run and added three hits and two runs scored, along with two RBI in a 10-9 win over Central (Mar. 21)...Was 4-for-5 with two runs scored, a double and a triple against Concordia Chicago (Mar. 28)...Drove in three runs and homered at Dominican (Mar. 29)...Totaled two hits, including a triple and scored twice in an 8-7 win over Benedictine (Apr. 4)...Was 3-for-5 with a home run, a double and three RBI in a 7-0 win over Aurora (Apr. 6)...Had two hits and scored twice in a 10-0 win over Maranatha Baptist (Apr. 18)...Was 3-for-3 with three runs scored, a double and a triple in a 13-1 win over Lakeland (May 2)...Collected two hits, including a triple in a NACC Tournament game against Benedictine (May 8)...Had two hits, including a double in a 4-2 NACC Tournament win over Benedictine (May 8).

High School (Kimberly): Honor Roll Student-Athlete...Lettered four times in baseball...Team was WIAA Division 1 State runner-up senior year...Team also captured conference championship junior year...Second Team All-Fox Valley Conference selection junior...Also lettered twice in football...Team won WIAA State Championship.

Personal: Son of Nick and Cherie...Has one younger brother, Braden and one younger sister, Avianna.

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Historical Player Information

  • 23

    2015Freshman

    OF
    6'0" 200 lbs
    23
  • 14

    2016Sophomore

    OF
    6'0" 200 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2017Junior

    OF
    6'0" 200 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2018Senior

    OF
    6'0" 220 lbs
    14