Nate Soria

Position:
Catcher
Height:
5-10
Weight:
175
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Homer Glen, Ill.
High School:
St. Rita of Cascia
B/T:
R/R

2018 (As A Senior):
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
• Johnny Bench Award Watch List
Made 52 appearances with 50 starts... hit .270 with a career-high eight homers and 26 RBI... ranked third on team with 21 walks, posting a .358 on-base percentage... sneaky speed for a catcher and went 13-for-14 in steals this season... was hit by a pitch seven times and finished XU career tied for third with 35 career HBP... finished just outside the program's top-10 for appearances with 213 in career... had an outstanding season defensively, catching 17 would-be basestealers and posting a .983 fielding percentage behind the plate... homered in three of last four collegiate appearances... went 1-for-5 with a solo homer and two runs scored in a loss to Villanova (5/18)... went 2-for-5 with a homer and four RBI in addition to three runs scored in a 23-1 win over Villanova (5/17)... had a big day in a 14-3 win over NKU, going 3-for-6 with two runs scored and a solo homer (5/15)... posted three RBI in XU's 11-1 win at Penn State (5/11)... homered as part of a 2-for-4 day in a loss to St. John's (4/28)... went 6-for-9 (.667) in midweek action at NKU and vs. EKU (4/24-25)... had a big day in XU's win at NKU, going 4-for-5 with a pair of runs scored (4/24)... was 1-for-4 with a solo homer against Wright State at the Joe Nuxhall Classic (4/11)... went 2-for-4 with a homer in BIG EAST opener at Georgetown (4/6)... was 1-for-3 with a homer and two RBI in a 22-14 win at EKU (4/3)... went 2-for-5 with a run scored in a 6-1 win over Southern (3/30)... produced one of XU's two runs with a sacrifice fly in a 2-0 win over Wright State (3/27)... had a solid west coast road trip, collecting hits in six of eight games... went 3-for-4 with a grand slam and five RBI at San Francisco (3/10)...

2017 (As A Junior):
• Preseason All-BIG EAST
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Appeared in 60 games with 57 starts... tied for third on team with seven homers... fifth on team with 30 RBI... tied for team lead with 10 HBP... preseason All-BIG EAST selection... named to 2017 Johnny Bench Award Watch List... fourth straight year XU has had a catcher on the list... returned to catcher role after serving as an outfielder/DH during sophomore season... threw out 44% of attempted base stealers (11-for-25)... has reached base in 108 of 139 games going back to 2015... finished season on a six-game hitting streak... went 6-for-15 (.400) with six RBI in the NCAA Tournament... went 2-for-4 with two RBI in 7-2 loss against Oklahoma (6/2)... went 2-for-4 with three RBI in the regional final against Louisville (6/4)... went 1-for-4 with an RBI triple, his first of the season, in the BIG EAST Championships title game (5/28)... went 1-for-4 with a double and scored the eventual game-winning run in seventh inning of a 7-6 win over Creighton in opening game of the BIG EAST Championships (5/25)... hit seventh homer of season, a solo shot, in a 13-1 win over Georgetown (5/19)... hit a three-run homer off the bench in the ninth inning of a 10-8 loss at UC (5/9)... hit .333 (3-for-9) with three runs scored, a homer and two RBI in the Butler series... hit a solo homer in a 3-2 win over Butler (4/23)... went 1-for-3 with two runs scored and a two-run homer in a 9-4 win against Miami (OH) on April 5... hit .500 (5-for-10) with a a homer and five RBI in the Fairleigh Dickinson sweep... rebounded from a tough series (1-for-15) against Penn State to hit .333 (3-for-9) with a homer at Charlotte... also went 3-for-9 in a pair of midweek games at Georgia (3/7-8)... put together a .308 (4-for-13) series with a homer and three RBI in XU's opening weekend trip to Troy...

2016 (As A Sophomore):
• All-BIG EAST First Team
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Played in 57 games with 55 starts... fifth on team with a .260 batting average... fourth on team with 12 doubles... third on team with 16 multi-hit games... tied for first on team with a .333 (20-for-60) batting average in BIG EAST play... had a streak of five straight multi-hit games snapped on April 19 at NKU... had first career multi-HR effort on April 23 in game two win against St. John's (2-for-3, 3 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI)... reached in all four games and drove in five runs at the NCAA Tournament... went 3-for-5 with a solo homer in the regional final against UCSB (6/6)... has reached base in 75 of last 92 games going back to 2015... ended season by reaching base in each of last 10 games...

2015 (As A Freshman):
• Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American
• BIG EAST Freshman of the Year
• All-BIG EAST Second Team
• 2014-15 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
• BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (5/4)
Appeared in 43 games with 42 starts... collected 52 hits, two homers and 27 RBI... led Xavier in batting average (.335), doubles (11), on-base percentage (.420) and finished the season with a team-leading streak of 32-straight games reaching base... led the BIG EAST with 16 runners caught stealing and erased 44.4 percent of would-be base stealers... voted BIG EAST Freshman of the Year, marking the first major award for baseball in the BIG EAST... first Rookie of the Year for Xavier since Jay Johnson in 2002... named Xavier's first All-American, collecting Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American honors...

Prior to Xavier: Played for Saint Rita of Cascia in Illinois... started as catcher for two years... had a batting average of .312... in 2014 helped lead the team to State Runner-Up finish with a record of 36-4... 2014 Perfect Game Preseason Central Region All-High School Honorable Mention...

Personal: Majoring in Business... son of Deborah and Robert Soria... has two brothers, Zack and Blake... father played baseball and football at St. Xavier University... brother, Zack, plays baseball at Florida International...