UC Santa Barbara
2013 Big West Freshman Field Player of the Year
2013 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American
2013 Baseball America Freshman All-American
2013 All-Big West Honorable Mention
2014 All-Big West Second Team
2015 All-Big West First Team
Career Stats: 160 GP, .331/.394/.421, 568 AB, 74 R, 188 H, 36 2B, 5 HR, 106 RBI, 43 BB, 94 K, 12 SB, 15 SBA / 33 apps (14 starts), 7-5, 4.52 ERA, 97 2/3 IP, 56 K, 37 BB, 100 H, 62 R, 49 ER
2015: Starting again as the team's primary DH (32 starts), took over at first base after Dalton Kelly's injury, making a career-high 19 starts in the field ... Continued his hot-hitting ways, batting .344/.400/.406 with 40 RBIs, 64 hits, and 12 doubles ... Also took over as the team's closer after James Carter's injury, pitching to a 2.70 ERA while locking down six saves in 20 IP ... Led the team with 12 multi-RBI performances ... Hit .398 with runners on, and .382 with runners on base ... Led the conference and ranked 10th nationally with eight sacrifice flies ... His batting average ranked fourth among Big West hitters ... Finished with the third-most RBIs in the conference ... Has 30+ RBIs for the third consecutive season ... Went 4-5 and had three doubles in an 8-6 win at Sac St. on Mar. 8 ... Had a season-high three RBIs on two occassions ... Has driven in a run in 25 separate games ... Was named Big West Field Player of the Week on Apr. 20 after hitting .667 with five RBIs in a series win over Blue-Green rival Cal Poly ... Had four hits to lead UCSB to a 7-3 win over Cal Poly in that series' rubber match ... Pitched three innings of hitless relief and then knocked in a walk-off single to earn the win in the first game of a doubleheader against Dartmouth on Mar. 21 ... Was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 28th round of the 2015 MLB First-Year Player Draft with the 810th overall pick.
2014: Played in 51 games as a sophomore, including 49 starts ... Batted .325 on the year, with a .379 on-base percentage, .418 slugging percentage, 63 hits, 17 runs scored, 15 doubles, 33 RBIs, 10 walks, and 28 strikeouts in 194 at-bats ... On the mound, went 2-1 with a 4.87 ERA in five appearances ... Made 27 starts at DH, 18 at third base, and four on the mound/DH ... Was named to the 2014 All-Big West Second Team ... Among starters, hit a team-high .326 in conference play ... For the season, ranked 10th in the Big West in batting average and fifth in doubles ... Team went 22-9 with him as the DH ... Had 18 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games, both second best on the team ... Had a 12-game hitting streak between Mar. 29 and Apr. 19, the second longest hit streak by a Gaucho in 2014 ... Standout offensive performances include a three-hit, four-RBI game vs. Princeton on Mar. 2 and a four-hit, three-RBI performance at USF on May 16 ... Tossed six shutout innings in his first start of the year at Arizona on Mar. 9 ... Had a team-best .486 OBP in leadoff at-bats ... Hit .345 with runners on base and .360 with runners in scoring position ... Went 1-2 as a pinch-hitter ... Ended the season on a 10-game hitting streak, well enter the 2015 season with the longest active streak on the squad.
2013: In his Freshman season for the Gauchos, played in 54 games for 215 plate appearances and 57.1 innings pitched ... Slammed 61 hits for 9 doubles and four home runs ... Ended the season with a .326 batting average and 82 total bases, 33 RBIs, and 28 runs ... On the mound, recorded a 5.02 ERA and 31 strikeouts ... Picked up 10 put outs and five assists ... Received Honorable Mention for the All-Big West Team as well Big West Freshman Field Player of the Year ... Earned Big West Pitcher of the Week after his third career start against Cal State Fullerton. Nesovic allowed just 4 hits in 6 2/3 innings.
High School: Played 3 years of varsity Baseball and Basketball for the Grossmont High School Foothillers in San Diego … On the diamond he played SS, 3B, 1B, and pitched … Jr. year boasted a 1.02 ERA with an 11-0 record and hit .418 with 6 HRs … Helped Grossmont to 3 league championships and a CIF Section championship his sophomore year … Three-time First Team All-Grossmont Hills South … Pitched a shutout vs Helix HS and hit a two-run homer in a 2-0 win.
Personal: Born to Dan Nesovic and Lucie Meyer in San Diego on March 31, 1994 … Has 2 siblings: Alex Nesovic and Tobi Schmidt … Currently undecided on a major … Aspires to play professional baseball … Favorite teams are the Chicago Cubs, Bulls, Blackhawks, and Bears … Favorite athletes are Roy Halladay and Carlos Marmol … Favorite sports memory was hitting two home runs in one at bat due to a balk call … Favorite movies are Stepbrothers and Without A Paddle … Favorite TV shows are Big Bang Theory and Family Guy … Favorite novels are the Harry Potter series … Listens to the Red Hot Chili Peppers … Hobbies are playing basketball and Super Smash Bros … Also recruited by Stanford, Arizona, Oklahoma, Pacific, USC, UCI, and Dartmouth.
