#34 Nate Hardman Baseball Roster

HONORS & AWARDS

• Named to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award Watch List (2023 and 2024)

GRADUATE STUDENT SEASON (2024)

• Closed out the first two games of the season-opening sweep of Rice (February 16-18). Serving as the team’s closer, Hardman notched 2 saves in 2 ⅓ innings of work, retiring all three batters he faced in Friday’s 3-1 victory and working out of potential trouble to retire four of the six batters he faced en route to closing out Saturday’s 9-5 victory. 

Prior to Notre Dame

At University of Evansville

SENIOR YEAR (2023)

• Made a career-high 30 appearances in the 2023 season.
• Finished up the season with a 4.38 ERA, 2-1 record through 37 innings pitched with 50 strikeouts.
• Made 10 saves this season and only allowed 1 home run.
• Faced 164 batters and held them to a .218 batting average.
• Had strikeouts in 26 out of 30 games played in.
• Landed top 6 in most innings pitched for the Purple Aces.
• Struck out a season-high 5 batters against Bradley. (5/14/23)
• Did not allow a hit or a run in a season-high 3 innings pitched against Bradley. (5/14/23)

JUNIOR YEAR (2022)

• Made a team-high 24 appearances out of the UE bullpen in his first season as a Purple Ace
• Went 2-3 with a save and a 5.02 ERA in 28.2 innings of work
• Held teams to a .206 opposing batting average, with 26 strikeouts
• Made his UE debut in game three at #10 N.C. State (2/20/22), issuing two walks and recording a strikeout in 0.1 innings of work
• Opened his UE career making five-straight scoreless relief appearances, including at #5 Vanderbilt (2/23/22) and at Kentucky (3/2/22)
• Threw a season-high 3.0 innings of scoreless relief work against both Dayton (2/27/22) and Michigan State (4/3/22)
• Struck out a season-high five men against Dayton (2/27/22)
• Earned his first career victory with the 3.0 scoreless, no-hit outing of relief against Michigan State (4/3/22)
• Also worked a season-high 3.0 innings, allowing a run on three hits with three strikeouts against Bradley to earn a win (5/1/22)
• Allowed multiple earned runs only three times in 24 relief appearances
• Made 14 scoreless relief appearances
• Earned his first career save with a scoreless, hitless inning at Missouri State (4/15/22)
• Did not allow a hit or run in 2.1 innings of work against Missouri State in the MVC Tournament in his only Valley Tournament appearance (5/28/22)

At Lincoln Land Community College

SOPHOMORE YEAR (2021)

• Played his second season of collegiate baseball at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, Illinois
• Made 11 appearances on the mound, with eight starts, for a Loggers team that went 44-12 and advanced to the NJCAA DII Baseball World Series
• Went 6-2 with a 4.28 ERA in 54.2 innings of work on the mound
• Struck-out a team-high 70 batters against just 25 walks
• Best outing was a 6.0-inning scoreless outing against Joliet when he struck out a season-high nine men without issuing a walk (3/13/21)
• Also started two games at first base, going 2-for-7 (.286) with a run scored and an RBI

At Saint Louis University

FRESHMAN YEAR (2020)

• Did not see action in the COVID-shortened season
• A member of the Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

PREP & PERSONAL

• A standout on the diamond at University High School in Normal, Illinois
• An All-State (2019), All-Conference (2018-19), Bloomington Pantagraph Area All-Star (2019) and Illinois Coaches Association All-Star (2019) in baseball
• Also earned academic all-conference honors twice (2018-19)
• In 2019, went 5-0 with a 1.41 ERA in 39.2 innings of work, striking out 43 and walking just 11
• Also hit .395 with three home runs and 34 RBI as a senior
• Wants to go into sports-related marketing when his baseball playing days are done