#34 Nate Hardman Baseball Roster

HONORS & AWARDS

• Named to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award Watch List (2023 and 2024)

GRADUATE STUDENT SEASON (2024)

• Led the team with 24 game appearances on the year and registered a team-best six saves
• Finished up the season with a 4.45 ERA and 2-1 record over 30.1 innings pitched with 29 strikeouts
• Closed out the first two games of the season-opening sweep of Rice (February 16-18)
• Notched two saves in 2.1 innings of work, retiring all three batters he faced in game one and working out of potential trouble to retire four of the six batters he faced en route to closing out game three against Rice
• Went 2.0 innings with one strikeout, faced a season-high 12 batters and picked up the win on the mound at Radford (March 13)
• Struck out two of three batters faced in saves against Pittsburgh (May 5) and Toledo (May 10)
• Had 15 outings overall without surrendering an earned run
• Did not allow an earned run in eight of final nine appearances
• Posted at least one strikeout in 18 of 24 games 
• Made multiple appearances in six different series of the season

Prior to Notre Dame

At University of Evansville

SENIOR YEAR (2023)

• Made a career-high 30 appearances in the 2023 season.
• Finished up the season with a 4.38 ERA, 2-1 record through 37 innings pitched with 50 strikeouts.
• Made 10 saves this season and only allowed 1 home run.
• Faced 164 batters and held them to a .218 batting average.
• Had strikeouts in 26 out of 30 games played in.
• Landed top 6 in most innings pitched for the Purple Aces.
• Struck out a season-high 5 batters against Bradley. (5/14/23)
• Did not allow a hit or a run in a season-high 3 innings pitched against Bradley. (5/14/23)

JUNIOR YEAR (2022)

• Made a team-high 24 appearances out of the UE bullpen in his first season as a Purple Ace
• Went 2-3 with a save and a 5.02 ERA in 28.2 innings of work
• Held teams to a .206 opposing batting average, with 26 strikeouts
• Made his UE debut in game three at #10 N.C. State (2/20/22), issuing two walks and recording a strikeout in 0.1 innings of work
• Opened his UE career making five-straight scoreless relief appearances, including at #5 Vanderbilt (2/23/22) and at Kentucky (3/2/22)
• Threw a season-high 3.0 innings of scoreless relief work against both Dayton (2/27/22) and Michigan State (4/3/22)
• Struck out a season-high five men against Dayton (2/27/22)
• Earned his first career victory with the 3.0 scoreless, no-hit outing of relief against Michigan State (4/3/22)
• Also worked a season-high 3.0 innings, allowing a run on three hits with three strikeouts against Bradley to earn a win (5/1/22)
• Allowed multiple earned runs only three times in 24 relief appearances
• Made 14 scoreless relief appearances
• Earned his first career save with a scoreless, hitless inning at Missouri State (4/15/22)
• Did not allow a hit or run in 2.1 innings of work against Missouri State in the MVC Tournament in his only Valley Tournament appearance (5/28/22)

At Lincoln Land Community College

SOPHOMORE YEAR (2021)

• Played his second season of collegiate baseball at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, Illinois
• Made 11 appearances on the mound, with eight starts, for a Loggers team that went 44-12 and advanced to the NJCAA DII Baseball World Series
• Went 6-2 with a 4.28 ERA in 54.2 innings of work on the mound
• Struck-out a team-high 70 batters against just 25 walks
• Best outing was a 6.0-inning scoreless outing against Joliet when he struck out a season-high nine men without issuing a walk (3/13/21)
• Also started two games at first base, going 2-for-7 (.286) with a run scored and an RBI

At Saint Louis University

FRESHMAN YEAR (2020)

• Did not see action in the COVID-shortened season
• A member of the Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

PREP & PERSONAL

• A standout on the diamond at University High School in Normal, Illinois
• An All-State (2019), All-Conference (2018-19), Bloomington Pantagraph Area All-Star (2019) and Illinois Coaches Association All-Star (2019) in baseball
• Also earned academic all-conference honors twice (2018-19)
• In 2019, went 5-0 with a 1.41 ERA in 39.2 innings of work, striking out 43 and walking just 11
• Also hit .395 with three home runs and 34 RBI as a senior
• Wants to go into sports-related marketing when his baseball playing days are done