STEVEN AT A GLANCE: Great baseball IQ ... Legit top level catcher ... Lefty contact hitter with plate awareness.
FRESHMAN (2023): Played in 37 games, making 28 starts ... Led the Bucs to the NCAA South Region 2 championship ... Batted .333 with three homes and 25 RBI ... Scored 16 runs ... Walked 17 times for a .426 on-base percentage ... added six doubles and two triples to slug .520 ... Had a seven-game hitting streak from Mar. 4 to Mar. 21 ... Went 3-for-4 with a homer and six RBI against Post on Mar. 13 ... Had seven multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games ... Named to the Dean's List in the fall.
RED-SHIRT (2022 - County College of Morris): Did not participate.
CoVID2 (2021 - County College of Morris): Batted .245 with four doubles, two homers and eight RBI in 17 games for coach Jason Fiore at Morris ... Scored 12 runs ... Went 2-for-2 with a homer and three RBI against Brookdale on Mar. 27.
CoVID (2020 - State College of Florida-Manatee): Played in 13 games, batting .355 before the season was cut short by the pandemic ... Scored nine runs and drove in three ... Walked four times against six strikeouts for a .444 on-base percentage.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Passaic Valley Regional under coach John Mazzo ... Four-year letterman ... Batted .257 as a senior to go along with three home runs, two triples, two doubles and nine RBI ... Drew 22 walks ... Scored 23 runs ... In his career, batted .311 with six home runs, two triples, eight doubles and 29 RBI ... Was the Brian Piccolo Award winner ... Two time first team All-County ... Senior state all-star game participant.
PERSONAL:Â Son of Steven and Rosita Nitch ... Has twin younger brothers, Scott and Sean ... Majoring in psychology.
