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third on team with 50 runs scored… named MAAC Player of the Week on
May 12, after posting a .438 batting average, seven RBI and two triples… set
program single season triples record and registered the 10th of his career vs.
Saint Peter’s (5/11) becoming all-time leader in Manhattan baseball history…
recorded 15 multi-hit games, including three hit performances on four
occasions… was a perfect 4-for-4 and scored three runs in win at Rider (3/22)…
drove in a season-high four RBI vs. Rider (3/21) and Saint Peter’s (5/11)… held a
16 game hit streak in late April… blasted first career home run at Rider (3/21)…
finished third on team with .976 fielding percentage… played summer ball
with Vermont Mountaineers of the New England Collegiate Baseball League,
starting 23 of 24 appearances… tied for third in NECBL in stolen bases…
finished tied for first on team with four home runs, was second with .314
batting average… scored 21 runs and 27 hits... named to NECBL All-Star Team.
GENERAL: Co-Captain… All-MAAC performer and ranks among top players
in the region… extremely hard worker… one of the fastest players in the
conference… hits for both power and average… strong defensively with a
good throwing arm… a lead by example player… program’s all-time leader in
triples… great baseball IQ… quickly climbing Manhattan’s career hits list which
is topped by his brother Eric Nieto ’08.
2010: Preseason MAAC Player of the Year… Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award Top-30
Finalist… Named Louisville Slugger Preseason All-America Third Team by Collegiate
Baseball newspaper… selected to PING!Baseball All-America Third Team.
2009: Named to All-MAAC First Team… selected to American Baseball Coaches
Association (ABCA) All-America Third Team and the ABCA Northeast Region
First Team… All Ping!Baseball.com Honorary Mention… led NCAA Division I
with 1.57 runs per game… started 45 of 46 appearances… led the MAAC in
runs scored (72) and slugging percentage (.754)… ranked in the top-5 of the
MAAC in triples (2nd – 6), on-base percentage (2nd - .480), batting average
(2nd - .396), stolen bases (3rd – 25), home runs (4th – 13) and total bases (4th
– 141)… broke MAAC single season runs record (72) and tied his own single
season program triples record (6)… posted 72 hits and tied for third
on the team with 54 RBI… had 23 multi-hit games, including a team-high six
four hit performances… scored a season-high five runs leading Manhattan
to a extra inning victory at Albany (4/29)… rode an 11 game hit streak in the
regular-season… notched 16 doubles and walked 24 times… went 4-for-5 with
a season-high six RBI and a home run in a win over Fairfield (4/18)… posted five
multi-steal games, including a season-high three steals in wins over Fairleigh
Dickinson (4/15) and Canisius (4/25)… delivered five RBIs twice, versus Saint
Peter’s (3/21) and Fordham (4/28)… hit 2-for-3 in the MAAC Tournament victory
over Rider (5/21)... recorded a .948 fielding percentage… Preseason All-MAAC
selection… Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Watch List… All-Ping!Baseball
Preseason honoree… played summer ball for the Vermont Mountaineers of the
New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL).
2007: Started all 54 games... was .267 from the plate with 16 RBI... led
the team and the MAAC with 24 stolen bases... a Second Team All-MAAC
selection... tallied 14 multi-hit games... made first collegiate start in season
opener at South Florida (2/23)... recorded first collegiate hit at Liberty (3/3)...
named MAAC Rookie of the Week on March 26 and April 9... selected to
College Baseball Foundation National Honor Roll on April 12... was 3-for-4
with two runs scored in series opener vs. Canisius (3/25)... went 3-for-3 with
three runs, two RBI, and two stolen bases at Albany (4/3)... was 2-for-4 with
three runs and three stolen bases in the series opener at Niagara (4/21)... went
4-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored vs. Rider (4/28)... played his summer
baseball for the Amsterdam Mohawks of the New York Collegiate Baseball
League (NYCBL)... named to the NYCBL All-Star team... led the team with 34
stolen bases.
BEFORE MANHATTAN: Named First Team All-Dade County as a senior after
batting .420, with seven home runs and 27 RBI... served as team captain his
senior season... won the Marist Award for leadership and team spirit... posted
a .350 batting average as a junior, with three home runs and 17 stolen bases...
team advanced to the State Regional Round as a junior.
PERSONAL: A finance major... the son of Antonio and Elizabeth Nieto... has a
brother, Eric ’08, who is the program’s career hits leader (219).
2008: Started 42 of 43 appearances… named First Team All-MAAC… selected
to ECAC Division I All-Star Second Team and American Baseball Coaches
Association Northeast Region First Team… appointed to MAAC Championships
All-Tournament Team after going 4-for-6, including a home run and double
while driving in two RBI… led conference in batting average (.386) and triples
(6)… finished in the top-5 of the league in stolen bases (third, 21-for-21),
slugging percentage (fourth, .595), on-base percentage (fourth, .467) and RBI
(fifth, 47)… tied for third on the squad with 59 hits, including 14 doubles…
Overall Career Statistics
Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%
2007 .267 54-54 206 37 55 9 4 0 16 72 .350 16 10 32 4 .348 1 2 24-29 18 4 4 .968
2008 .386 43-42 153 50 59 14 6 2 47 91 .595 20 6 25 0 .467 3 2 21-21 80 3 2 .976
2009 .396 46-45 187 72 74 16 6 13 54 141 .754 24 11 29 2 .480 5 1 25-28 90 1 5 .948
TOTAL .344 143-141 546 159 188 39 16 15 117 304 .557 60 27 86 6 .503 9 5 70-78 288 8 11 .964
MAAC Career Statistics
Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%
2007 .291 26-26 103 24 30 5 2 0 9 39 .379 6 7 19 0 .371 0 1 16-18 48 1 2 .961
2008 .352 24-24 91 30 32 6 3 1 28 47 .516 4 4 14 0 .396 2 2 12-12 45 1 1 .979
2009 .343 17-16 67 19 23 8 1 3 21 42 .627 5 2 8 1 .395 2 1 7-7 31 0 3 .912
TOTAL .326 67-66 261 73 85 19 6 4 58 128 .490 15 13 41 1 .433 4 4 35-37 124 2 6 .955
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