2021 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 29
Nathan Aide
- Position:
- OF
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 190
- Hometown:
- Franklin, Wis.
- High School:
- Franklin
- Prev School:
- Madison College
Career Highs
- Hits: 4, at Purdue, Apr 23, 2021
- Doubles: 1, 5 times - last at Iowa, May 16, 2021
- Triples: 1, Ohio State, Mar 06, 2021
- Home runs: 1, at Iowa, May 14, 2021 ; Milwaukee, Feb 14, 2020
- Total bases: 4, at Iowa, May 14, 2021 ; at Purdue, Apr 23, 2021 ; Milwaukee, Feb 14, 2020
- RBI: 2, 4 times - last at Rutgers, May 29, 2021
- Runs scored: 3, vs Michigan, May 02, 2021
- Walks: 2, at Iowa, May 15, 2021
- Hit by pitch: 1, at Iowa, May 15, 2021
- At bats: 5, 4 times - last at Iowa, May 16, 2021
- Stolen bases: 2, Penn State, May 21, 2021 ; vs Michigan, May 02, 2021
- Field chances: 5, at Iowa, May 16, 2021
Putouts: 5, at Iowa, May 16, 2021 - Assists: 1, Penn State, May 23, 2021 ; at Elon, Mar 06, 2020
Junior - 2021
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Appeared in 31 games with 25 starts in left field
- .286/.356/.374, 3 2B, 3B, HR, 9 RBIs, 9 BB, 6 SB
- Second on the team in stolen bases
- Hit .474 (9-19) when leading off an inning
- Hit his first home run of the season at Iowa 5/14/21
- 2-for-3, 2B, BB, career-high 3 R, 2 SB vs. Michigan 5/2/21
- Produced a career-high four hits at Purdue 4/23/21
Junior - 2020 (COVID-19 Shortened)
- Appeared in nine games with six starts in left field
- .276/.344/.448, 2 2B, HR, 6 RBIs
- Third on the team in slugging percentage
- Homered against Milwaukee in the season opener in his first career at-bat 2/14/20
- Transferred to Illinois with two years of eligibility remaining
Sophomore - 2019 (Madison College)
- 2019 NJCAA All-America second team
- 2019 All-Region IV first team
- 2019 Region IV Gold Glove
- .358/.430/.523, 13 2B, 3 3B, 2 HR, 38 RBIs, 15 SB
Freshman - 2018 (Madison College)
- 2018 All-Region IV second team
- .341/.413/.491, 10 2B, 3 3B, 3 HR, 40 RBIs, 37 R, 4 SB
- Helped Madison to a Region IV championship and a trip to the NJCAA Division II World Series
High School
- Played for head coach Jim Hughes at Franklin
- One-year letterwinner
- All-Greater Metro first team
- All-Suburban first team
- WBCA All-State second team
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel All-Area second team
Personal
- Born March 21, 1999
- Son of Rick and Shelly Aide
- One brother, Nick
- Plans to major in communications
- Chose Illinois because, "It's a winning program every year and has great academics."
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