Nick Payero

Position:
Right-handed Pitcher
Height:
6-2
Weight:
210
B/T:
R/R
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Monroe, N.J.

** 2023 ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM **

2023: All-BIG EAST First Team ... Turned in a career year in his final season as a Pirate ... Led the staff with five winning decisions and 62 strikeouts ... Set career bests in strikeouts, ERA (3.12 ERA), starts (9) and innings pitched (69.1 IP) ... Posted the second-lowest ERA and the fourth-lowest opponent's batting average (.232) in the BIG EAST ... Also finished in the top five in ERA (3.76) and batters struck out looking (15) in conference play ... Named BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week on February 20 after collecting five strikeouts and earning the win in four innings of scoreless relief work at No. 12 North Carolina ... Twice named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on May 1 and May 10 ... Struck out five batters in two innings at UC Santa Barbara (3/9) ... Earned the victory after allowing just one run in a seven-inning start at East Tennessee State (3/31) ... Tallied a career-high eight strikeouts in a seven-inning gem and winning decision at Xavier (4/28) ... Won back-to-back starts and didn't allow a run against Creighton (5/12) and Villanova (5/18) ... Tied his career-long outing going 7.1 innings and striking out seven against the Bluejays ... Went seven innings again the next week and scattered only three hits with six strikeouts at Villanova.

2022: Made 15 appearances last season for the Pirates including 8 starts as a senior… Finished the season third on the team in innings pitched (45.1) and fourth in strikeouts (44)… Threw three fantastic innings of relief against Xavier (4/9), giving up no earned runs on only two hits, while striking out four… Was tremendous in his start against Connecticut (4/16), going a season high six innings giving up only two runs and four hits with two strikeouts… Fantastic in his start against Villanova (5/13), going five strong innings only giving up one run on four hits and six punchouts.

2021: Made 11 appearances for the Pirates and started three games ... Struck out 36 batters in 28.2 innings ... Threw five shutout innings and allowed only one hit with six strikeouts to earn the win against Albany on March 6 ... Credited with the win against Butler on April 10 when he registered five strikeouts in two innings out of the bullpen ... Tossed three innings of scoreless relief and earned the victory at Villanova on April 16 ... Fanned six batters in 3.1 innings of scoreless work out of the bullpen to earn the win against Creighton on May 15 ... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2020: Made five appearances, including one start ... Finished with a 1-1 record, eight strikeouts and a 1.93 ERA in 14 innings pitched ... Led the Hall with a 1.93 ERA and a .200 opponent's batting average (minimum 10 innings) ... Had a strong outing in his start at Saint Mary's on March 5 where he went seven innings, allowed one run and struck out three ... Struck out four batters in 4.2 innings of relief vs. No. 18 Wake Forest on Feb. 14 ... Recorded his first career save at USC on Feb. 28 where he tossed a scoreless ninth inning.

2019: Made 13 appearances, including four starts... Pitched to a 2-1 record with a 4.97 ERA with 22 strikeouts and 18 walks in 25.1 innings pitched... Opponents hit a team-low .159 against him... Took a perfect game into the seventh inning, finishing with 6.2 hitless innings, allowing just one unearned run with six strikeouts and one walk, and earned the victory at Lafayette... Tossed three shutout innings, scattering just two hits, with four strikeouts and three walks in his first collegiate victory at Monmouth on April 16... Allowed two runs in four innings with four strikeouts and only one walk in a no decision at Princeton on April 10... Part of a combined no-hitter with 1.1 innings and three strikeouts at Iona on March 30... Pitched a scoreless inning with a strikeout at Monmouth on March 24... Tossed a scoreless inning at FDU on Feb. 22... Made his collegiate debut with two scoreless innings of relief vs. Ohio State on Feb. 17... BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

High School / Personal: Attended Monroe Township High School in Monroe, New Jersey... Four-year letter-winner primarily as a right-handed pitcher... Three-time All-Conference selection... Has participated in the Garden State Games and GMC Underclassman Games.... Had a 2.33 earned run average with 68 strikeouts in 51 innings pitched as a junior, while hitting .357 with two home runs and 11 RBIs... As a senior, he had a career-best 1.88 ERA with 65 strikeouts in 56 innings - also batted .368 with 12 RBIs... Team captain as a senior... Dean's List member... Made Honor Roll in 15 marking periods... Member of the Italian Honor Society... His brother Joshua plays baseball at CUNY... Born June 21, 2000.