2018 Baseball Roster
Nick Kanavas
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 215
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Brookfield, Wis.
- High School:
- Brookfield East
- Prev School:
- Madison College
2018 SENIOR SEASON
- Named to All-MAC First Team
- Named College Sports Madness Mid-American Baseball Player of the Week for his performance at the Dirt Classic in Tennessee
2017 JUNIOR SEASON
• Played in 41 games with 34 starts
• Hit .308 with eight doubles, one homerun and 13 RBI
• Stole seven bases in 11 attempts
• Was 3-for-5 with a double, homerun,one RBI and two runs scored at Western Carolina on March 18
• Went 3-for-4 with a walk at Bowling Green
• Picked up three hits in back-to-back games at Youngstown State and Pittsburgh
• Final three-hit performance came May 18 at Ohio
• Earned Lewandowski Baseball Endowed Scholarship
PRIOR TO KENT STATE
• Spent one year at the University of Arizona before transferring to Madison College
• Led the team by hitting .362 in 2016 with 6 homeruns, 1 triple and 18 doubles
• Finished with 37 RBI and stole 13 bases in 14 attempts
• Lettered three years in baseball at Brookfield East High School and also earned letters in basketball and soccer
• Also played for the Indiana Prospects
PERSONAL
• Born October 13, 1994 in Milwaukee, Wisc.
• Parents are Ted and Mary
• Has two sisters, Kelly and Kate
• His grandpa played professional baseball in the Chicago Cubs farm system
• Enjoys hanging out with friends and going to Chipotle
• Lists as dad as the person he most admires because he always knows what to do and is a fighter
• Is creeped out by snakes
• Pre-game ritual is to have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a sugar free Red Bull
• Would like to visit Santorini, Greece
• Majoring in political science
