University of Connecticut Athletics
2020 Baseball Roster
Anthony Nucerino
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 203
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Fayetteville, N.Y.
- High School:
- Fayetteville-Manlius HS
2020 Season: Played in six games and made one start. Hit .111 with five runs scored. Went 1-2 with a pair of runs scored at Presbyterian (3/7).Â
2019 Season: Played in 37 games, started 29 in UConn outfield. Hit. 299 with three doubles, one triple, 11 RBI’s and 11 runs scored. Recorded seven multi-hit contests. Notched a nine-game hit streak (3/30-4/12) that included five-straight multi-hit efforts. Recorded first career triple and drove in a pair at UCF (3/31). Hit go-ahead two run single in seventh inning vs. Memphis (4/12). Went 1-2 with an RBI vs. Nebraska (6/2) in NCAA Oklahoma City Regional.
2018 Summer: Spent his second summer with the Elmira Pioneers in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League… Played in 28 games, hit .242 with three doubles, one triple, eight RBIs and eight stolen bases… Went 2-4 with a double and pair of RBIs at Oneonta (July 3)… Collected three hits and RBI at Saugerties (July 23)… Notched back-to-back multi-hit games vs. Jamestown (July 28) and at Newark (July 30).
2018 Season: Fought back from an ACL injury to play in 26 games and make 10 starts…Hit .229 with 10 runs scored, one double, three RBIs and stole two bases…Made first career start at UNF (March 4)…Went 2-5 with a double and three RBIs at The Citadel (March 10)…Grabbed a pair of hits at UMass Lowell (April 18)…Went 2-4 with a pair of runs scored at Cincinnati (April 22)…Pinch hit single vs. Wichita State (May 23) in The American Championship.
2017 Summer: Played for the Elmira Pioneers in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseabll League...Named an PGCBL All-Star...Hit .270 with four doubles, one triple, one home run, 17 RBIs 15 BB and 10 stolen bases in 24 games...Summer cut short after tearing ACL on July 15 when sliding into home plate.
2017 Season: Redshirted
High School: Earned five varsity letters at Fayetteville-Manlius High School...Named to All-League First Team (twice) and Second Team (once)...Led his team as captain for two years...Recorded a .351 career batting average, 73 hits, 60 runs, four home runs, 44 stolen bases, 45 RBI’s, 50.1 innings pitched and 56 strikeouts...Also lettered two years in Football...Member of National Honor Society.
Personal: Anthony Kenneth Nucerino...Son of Chris and Rebecca...Has two younger brothers...A mechanical engineering major.
