#26 James Nevant 2014-15 Baseball Roster
OF/1B
HONORS & AWARDS: Monogram (letter) Winner (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016), Team Co-Captain (2016) … ACC Academic Honor Roll (2015).
CAREER STATS (2013-16): Played in 65 career games with 15 starts … totaled 10 hits, two doubles, one triple, one home, six RBI, 17 total bases, 11 walks, four hit by pitch, one stolen base, one sac fly, one sac bunt and 10 runs scored … had 39 career putouts and one assist with no errors (1.000 FLD%) on defense.
SENIOR SEASON (2016): Played in 15 games with four starts during final year with the Irish … recorded three hits, one homer, two RBI, four walks, two hit by pitch, one sac fly and four runs scored on season … hit first career homer at No. 13 NC State (March 18) … tallied a sac fly at Virginia Tech (March 25) … posted a hit, walk and two runs scored the next day against the Hokies (March 26) … had a hit by pitch in final collegiate game versus No. 16 Clemson (May 21) … served as a team co-captain alongside fellow senior Lane Richards … participated in the Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) and the Rosenthal Leadership Academy … earned a monogram.
JUNIOR SEASON (2015): Played in 11 games during third campaign … made two pinch hit appearances at the Irish Alamo Invitational against Incarnate Word (Feb. 19 & 22) … earned pinch hit and designated player opportunities against Western Michigan (March 25) and thrived … cracked a double, earned a walk and scored a run in three plate appearances against the Broncos … was issued a walk in a pinch hit at-bat in game one of a doubleheader against No. 12 Virginia (March 28) … produced first RBI of season versus Valparaiso (April 8) … entered game against Chicago State (April 22) as a defensive replacement in the ninth inning and made a diving snag to end the game … entered as a pinch hitter against No. 6 Miami in the ACC Tournament … participated in the Rosenthal Leadership Academy … named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll … earned a monogram.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2014): Appeared in 17 games, making three starts … scored two runs, drew three walks and was hit by one pitch … made 12 putouts and assisted on another between the outfield and first base … went 1-for-3 with a triple and an RBI against Boston College (April 12) … member of the Rosenthal Leadership Academy … earned a monogram.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2013): Played in 22 games during inaugural Irish season, making eight starts in the Notre Dame outfield … recorded a pair of two-out RBI during the campaign, and added one double and scored three runs … roped a base hit in first career start against Florida Gulf Coast (Feb. 16) … added first RBI, stolen base and run scored later in the day versus Ohio State (Feb. 16) … knocked a base hit and drove in second career run at Pittsburgh (April 14) … clocked first career double in only appearance against Quinnipiac (April 20) … 1-for-1 with a run scored at Toledo (April 23) … drew a walk and scored a run in series finale against Connecticut (April 28) … earned a monogram.
HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL: Four-time all-conference selection … named all-Western North Carolina as a senior … team captain … selected as team MVP as a sophomore and senior … won conference regular season and tournament titles as a junior and senior … finished second in state as a junior … named T.C. Roberson Male Athlete of the Year as a senior … batted .458 with 27 RBI and 38 runs scored as a senior … started every varsity baseball game since seventh grade … earned six letters in baseball … also played four years of basketball, starting every game for four years … named all-conference as a junior and senior … teamed team MVP and team captain both years as well … earned four letters … earned a full scholarship to the Carolina Day School for freshman and sophomore year, before attending T.C. Roberson High School as a junior and senior … played club baseball for the Spartanburg Phillies … helped team finish in third place in 2010 and eighth place in 2011 at the WWBA in East Cobb, Georgia … full name is James Patrick Nevant … born in Marion, North Carolina … son of Chris and Christine Nevant … has a younger brother, Chris, and a younger sister, Suzanne … uncle, John Ebert, played baseball at Notre Dame from 1978-82 … grandfather, Jack Ebert, attended Notre Dame from 1953-54 … graduated from the Mendoza College of Business with a degree in finance.