Nick LaBrasca

Height:
6-5
Weight:
235
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Year:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
DuBois, Pa.
High School:
DuBois Area
Position:
1B
Major:
Finance

2020 (R-Sophomore): Played in one game… Did not record a hit in two at-bats.

2019 (Sophomore): Played in seven games and made four starts as the designated hitter before having his season cut short due to injury… Awarded a medical redshirt... Batted .143 with two hits and two walks in 14 at-bats… Recorded a pair of singles in the second game of a doubleheader at nationally-ranked Mississippi State (2/16).

2018 (Freshman): Played in 32 games, starting 15 of them — 12 as the designated hitter and three at first base… Named to the Horizon League All-Freshman Team… Batted .277 and slugged .422 with six doubles, two home runs, 18 RBIs and 13 runs scored… Hit .289 with two doubles, a home run and six RBIs in 17 Horizon League games… Did not commit an error in 26 chances in the field… Recorded five multi-hit games and four with multiple RBIs… Went on a seven-game hitting streak from the second game of a doubleheader at Oakland (5/6) through May 15… Batted .429 with runners in scoring position and .296 with two outs… Doubled, hit a two-run home run and scored twice against Niagara (4/24)… Recorded two hits including a double and four RBIs at Toledo (5/8)… Scored four runs and notched a season-high four hits including an RBI double and a two-run home run at Northern Kentucky (5/11).

High School: Ranked the 36th-overall prospect and third overall first baseman in Pennsylvania by Perfect Game USA... Threw a perfect game as a freshman while being named second-team all-conference during his freshman season as a designated hitter... Named first-team all-conference during his junior season as a first baseman and right-handed pitcher... Batted .406 as a senior, .393 as a junior and .401 as a freshman… Finished his high school career ranked second in DuBois Area history in both hits and RBIs… All-district honoree following his freshman, junior and senior seasons… Helped lead the Beavers to the state quarterfinals his freshman year… Also named MVP of the basketball team his senior year… Averaged 19 points and 14 rebounds per game.

Personal: Parents are Rudy and Laura… Has two sisters (Cara and Dana) and a brother (Luke)… Major is finance... Recipient of a 2019-20 Penguin Club Athletic Scholarship.