Stevens Institute of Technology Athletics

Coach Taps says: "Nate is a leader on our team. And is arguably our most talented offensive and defensive player. He is one of the top catchers in all of Division III."

2021: Frank J. Misar Award, which is granted annually to the member of the senior class who has contributed most to the game of baseball during his four years at Stevens ... First Team CoSIDA Academic-All District ... First Team MAC Freedom All-Conference … Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Division III Player to Watch … Appeared and started in 35 games, posting a .339 batting average ... Led team in runs scored (31) and sacrifice hits (8) ... Second in walks (24), hit by pitches (8), and on base percentage (.473) ... Tied for second in games, games started, and sacrifice flies (3) ... Third in batting average, OPS (.908) and hits (39) ... Tied for third in RBI (27) and stolen bases (3) ... Went 4 for 6 (2 R, 2 RBI, BB, HBP) in a MAC Freedom doubleheader sweep vs. King’s (3/7) … Combined to go 5 for 8 (4 R, 2B, 6 RBI, 2 BB, SF) in a MAC Freedom doubleheader sweep vs. Delaware Valley (3/13) … Combined to go 3 for 6 (4 R, 2 RBI, SF, BB, 2 HBP) in a MAC Freedom doubleheader sweep vs. Delaware Valley (3/14) … Combined to go 2 for 6 (R, BB, HBP, SB) in a MAC Freedom doubleheader vs. Misericordia (4/10) … Combined to go 4 for 6 (R, HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, SH, SF) in a MAC Freedom doubleheader vs. Misericordia (4/13) … 2 for 5 (R, 2B, 4 RBI) in the second game of a MAC Freedom contest vs. FDU-Florham (4/17) … Went 2 for 5 with a run scored in the second game of a MAC Freedom doubleheader sweep vs. FDU-Florham (4/18) … Combined to go 3 for 7 (2 R, RBI, 2 BB, SH) in a MAC Freedom doubleheader vs. DeSales (4/24) … 1 for 3 (R, RBI, HBP) in the first game of a MAC Freedom Quarterfinal doubleheader sweep vs. FDU-Florham (5/1) … Combined to go 3 for 6 (R, 2 RBI, BB, 3 SH, SB) in a MAC Freedom Semifinal doubleheader vs. DeSales (5/9) … Went 3 for 3 (3 R, HR, 2 RBI, 3 BB) in a MAC Freedom Semifinal clinching victory vs. DeSales (5/10) … 1 for 3 (3 R, RBI, 2 BB, HBP, SB) in the first game of a MAC Freedom Championship Final doubleheader vs. Misericordia (5/16) … Went 3 for 5 with a sacrifice hit in the third game of the MAC Freedom Championship Final vs. Misericordia (5/16).

2020: Named Team MVP ... Appeared in 12 games and started 11, while posting a .286 batting average … Led team in games started, OPS (.939), runs (13), triples (1), walks (11), hit by pitches (5), on base percentage (.510), and stolen bases (4) … Third in hits (10), home runs (1), and total bases (15) … Went 1 for 2 (2 R, BB, HBP) vs. Drew (2/19) … Scored the game winning run after getting hit by a pitch in a pinch hit appearance vs. NJCU (2/21) … 2 for 3 (R, HR, RBI, HBP, SB) vs. William Paterson (2/22) … Went 3 for 4 (3 R, 3B, BB) vs. Endicott (3/1) … 1 for 3 with two walks vs. Stockton (3/4) … Went 0 for 1 (2 R, 4 BB, 2 SB) vs. New Paltz (3/8).

2019: Appeared in 19 games and started 12, while posting a .138 batting average … Second on the team in hit by pitches (7) … Third in sacrifice flies (2) … Went 1 for 3 vs. No. 22/24 Salisbury (2/17) … Scored a run and was hit by a pitch in the second game of a conference doubleheader vs. NR/RV Ithaca (3/27) … Walked in his only at bat in a conference game vs. Utica (4/6) … Combined to go 1 for 2 (R, 2 HBP) in a conference doubleheader vs. Houghton (4/27) … Went 1 for 2 (R, 2B) vs. NYU (5/2).

2018: Appeared in 38 games and started 36, while posting a .196 batting average ... Led team in sacrifice hits (10) ... Finished second on the team in walks (25) and third on the team in sacrifice flies (3) ... Committed only 3 errors behind the plate and threw out 16 base stealers, while posting a .991 fielding percentage ... Collected his first collegiate hit and went 2 for 5 (R, SB) vs. Kean (2/17) … Went 2 for 5 (R, HBP) vs. Drew (2/21) … Went 1 for 2 with two walks vs. Endicott (3/4) … Finished 2 for 4 with two RBI’s vs. No. 17/12 Johns Hopkins (3/11) … Went 1 for 2 (2 RBI, SH, SF, SB) vs. Emory (3/16) … Produced a 1 for 3 (2 R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB) effort in the second game of a conference doubleheader vs. Ithaca (3/25) … Went 2 for 3 (2 R, SH) vs. Ithaca (3/26)… Finished 1 for 3 (RBI, SF) in the second game of a conference doubleheader vs. Elmira (4/5) … Went 1 for 2 (R, RBI, 2 BB) in a conference game vs. Houghton (4/6) … Finished 1 for 3 (R, RBI, BB, SH) in the second game of a non-conference doubleheader vs. Oneonta (4/21) … Combined to go 2 for 4 (2 R, HR, 5 RBI, 2 BB, SH) in a conference doubleheader vs. Utica (4/28) … Went 1 for 3 (R, 2 RBI, BB, 2 SB) in a conference game vs. Utica (4/29)… Finished 2 for 2 (2 R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB) vs. Scranton (5/1).
 
High School: National Honors Society … Academic Excellence Award in Chemistry … Chairman of the Scholar Athlete Club … Played for coach Carm Mazza at American Heritage … Co-captained team to a 2017 State Final Four and a 2017 Regional Championship … Won the 2015 District Championship … Named to the 2017 Palm Beach County Senior All Star Team, was a 2017 Dick Howser All-Star, won the 2017 American Heritage Baseball Gold Glove Award, and the 2016 American Heritage Baseball Stallion Award … Played summer baseball for Sergio Ambros and Juan Bustabad of Florida Elite Squad … Attended George Washington, Georgetown, and Harvard College prospect camps … Played in the Perfect Game World Wood Bat tournament and Headfirst Honor Roll Camp.
 
Personal: Son of Anne Dufour Zuckerman and P. Benjamin Zuckerman … Has four siblings, Casey, Elizabeth, Noah and Eli Zuckerman … Twin brother Eli plays baseball at Stevens, sister Casey played lacrosse at Brown, and dad played lacrosse at Harvard ... Majoring in Business & Technology … Picked Stevens because of the academic prestige, internship opportunities, and the ability to continue his baseball career … Favorite MLB team and player are the Boston Red Sox and Jackie Bradley Jr … Favorite book and movie are Kite Runner and Anchorman.
 
Summer Internships: Every summer in high school was an Intern with the Office Depot Foundation Summer of Service Program.
 
Summer Collegiate Baseball: Played his summer baseball in 2018 for the Phipps Park Barracudas of the South Florida Collegiate League ... Has played for the Jupiter Wave in the Collegiate League of the Palm Beaches.
 

HITTING
Year	GP-GS	AVG	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SB
2018	38-36	.196	97	18	19	2	1	23	25	4
2019	19-12	.138	29	6	4	1	0	2	8	1
2020	12-11	.286	35	13	10	0	1	1	11	4
2021	35-35	.339	115	31	39	2	3	27	24	3
Totals	104-94	.261	276	68	72	5	5	53	68	12