2020 Baseball Roster
Nussbaum, Zach
Jersey Number 36
Zach Nussbaum
- Class:
- Senior
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Seattle, Wash.
- High School:
- Roosevelt
Bio
2020 (Shortened by COVID-19): Played 13 games, starting 12 behind the plate • Hit .270 with two doubles, two RBIs and six runs scored • Matched his career-high with three hits against Siena (3/8) • Had two hits, including a double, and scored a run in the walk-off win over Duke (3/10).
2019: Started 21 of 22 games he played, with a .986 fielding percentage behind the plate • Threw out seven of the 15 runners attempting to steal • Hit .203 with a home run, three doubles, eight RBIs and 10 runs scored • Had three hits, including a solo homer to left, in the season-opening win over Towson • Had two hits, including a double, and scored the game-winning run, after walking, in the 12-inning 6-5 win over Saint Louis (4/26) • At St. Bonaventure (5/17), drove in the game-winning run in the top of the ninth on a double to right • Drove in runs on a sacrifice bunt and a double against N.C. A&T (5/1) • Had two hits against USC Upstate (2/27) • Stole a base at St. Bonaventure (5/16).
2018: Played in 23 games, with 10 starts, all coming at catcher • Recorded first collegiate homer (and first hit of the season) on a 425 foot long ball at Wake Forest (4/3), also driving in three • Scored twice vs. NC Central (3/14) • Doubled at Saint Joseph’s (4/14) • Finished with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage, with 81 putouts and nine assists • Gunned down a runner attempting to steal second twice.
2017: Appeared in 16 games, making eight starts, all at catcher • Caught first runner stealing vs. NC A&T (4/22) • Caught two runners stealing vs. Presbyterian (5/2) • Recorded two hits and scored twice against Siena (3/11) • Drove in two vs. Hartford (3/4) • Finished with a .206 average and seven hits.
Before Davidson: Played four seasons at Roosevelt High for coach Shea Tonkin, where he helped lead the Rough Riders to a 19-6 record during his senior season... selected as Team Offensive MVP and named to first-team all-conference as a catcher in 2016... earned all-state honorable mention in 2015.
Personal: Born on September 3, 1997... has one sister, Zoe.. Majoring in computer science.
2019: Started 21 of 22 games he played, with a .986 fielding percentage behind the plate • Threw out seven of the 15 runners attempting to steal • Hit .203 with a home run, three doubles, eight RBIs and 10 runs scored • Had three hits, including a solo homer to left, in the season-opening win over Towson • Had two hits, including a double, and scored the game-winning run, after walking, in the 12-inning 6-5 win over Saint Louis (4/26) • At St. Bonaventure (5/17), drove in the game-winning run in the top of the ninth on a double to right • Drove in runs on a sacrifice bunt and a double against N.C. A&T (5/1) • Had two hits against USC Upstate (2/27) • Stole a base at St. Bonaventure (5/16).
2018: Played in 23 games, with 10 starts, all coming at catcher • Recorded first collegiate homer (and first hit of the season) on a 425 foot long ball at Wake Forest (4/3), also driving in three • Scored twice vs. NC Central (3/14) • Doubled at Saint Joseph’s (4/14) • Finished with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage, with 81 putouts and nine assists • Gunned down a runner attempting to steal second twice.
2017: Appeared in 16 games, making eight starts, all at catcher • Caught first runner stealing vs. NC A&T (4/22) • Caught two runners stealing vs. Presbyterian (5/2) • Recorded two hits and scored twice against Siena (3/11) • Drove in two vs. Hartford (3/4) • Finished with a .206 average and seven hits.
Before Davidson: Played four seasons at Roosevelt High for coach Shea Tonkin, where he helped lead the Rough Riders to a 19-6 record during his senior season... selected as Team Offensive MVP and named to first-team all-conference as a catcher in 2016... earned all-state honorable mention in 2015.
Personal: Born on September 3, 1997... has one sister, Zoe.. Majoring in computer science.
2024 Davidson Baseball Alumni Game Will DuBose message
Wednesday, August 14
Baseball Wins at Kannapolis
Thursday, March 16
Baseball - A-10 Regular Season Champions
Monday, January 30
Baseball - Parker Nolan Mic'd Up
Monday, January 30
