Nelson Valerio

Height:
6-2
Weight:
205
B/T:
R/R
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Wharton, N.J.

2017: Academic Merit Award recipient... Male Iron Pirate Award recipient... Appeared in eight games, making one start... Batted .182 with two hits and four walks... Collected his second career hit vs. Monmouth on May 16... Walked and scored a run vs. Saint Peter’s on April 26... Walked twice and scored a run vs. Rutgers on April 19... Recorded his first career hit vs. Wagner on April 5... Was hit by a pitch and scored a run vs. Princeton on March 29... Had a pinch hitting at bat vs. Southern Louisiana on March 4... BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

2016: Appeared in three games, making two starts... Did not get a hit in seven at bats... Made his collegiate debut, going 0-for-2 with a walk and an RBI as the starting designated hitter at Princeton on March 30... BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

2015: Did not see game action... BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

2014: Did not see game action... BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

High School/Personal: Attended Morris Hills High School in Rockaway, N.J.... Three-year varsity letterwinner in baseball and one-year varsity letterwinner in football... Two-year baseball team captain... Named First Team All-Conference in 2013 and Third Team All-County... Named Second Team All-Conference in 2012 and was an Honorable Mention in 2011... Named Morris Hills' "Outstanding Senior Athlete" in 2013 and was named to the NJAC's All-Academic First Team... Recorded a career batting average of .350 with two home runs... Had the highest batting average on the team as a sophomore with a .368 average... Batted .382 with 17 RBIs as a junior... Tallied 72 career walks... Received Academic Merit Honors every year in high school... Named to the American Legion All-Star Game for his efforts on his summer teams... Born Nov. 5, 1994.