Ryan Nagle

Drafted in the 27th round by the Pittsburgh Pirates and signed a professional contract
Third-team All-Big Ten outfielder and Big Ten All-Tournament Team selection
Hit .339 with three home runs, 45 runs, 34 RBI and five outfield assists
Over the final 14 games, Nagle boasted a .443 average (27-for-61)
Had a career-best 15-game hitting streak from (March 18- April 11)
Finished his career on a six-game hitting streak
Ranked second in the Big Ten in hits (86), T-3rd in doubles (19), 8th in batting average (.339) and T-13th in runs scored (45)
Hit a team-best .625 (5-for-8) in the NCAA Super Regional vs. Vanderbilt
Batted .333 in the Champaign Regional with a double and three RBI
Went 3-for-3 with two runs and a walk against Nebraska in the Big Ten Tournament (5/20)
Tied his career high with 4 RBI against Nebraska, including belting his third home run of the season (5/15)
Tied career-best hits (4) and had career-high runs (4) vs. Rutgers (5/10)
Went 2-for-5 and had three RBI at Ohio State (5/1)
Hit first career home run vs. Purdue (4/11)
Recorded five hits vs. Michigan State (March 28-30)
Recorded three hits and two runs vs. Kent State (3/25)
Had two walks, one run and one RBI at #10 Oklahoma State (3/6)
Scored Illinois’ only run in 1-0 win vs. Ball State (2/27)
Hit .438 (7-of-16) with three runs and an RBI at the season-opening Lamar Cardinal Classic
Academic All-Big Ten

Hit .295 with 23 RBI and 16 multi-hit games while playing 47 games (46 starts)
Scored 26 runs, tallied nine doubles and had eight stolen bases
Opening Day starter in right field, making first career start at the position, but switched to the primary left fielder, making 41 starts
Posted a career-best day at Georgia State (2/15), going 4-for-5 with two doubles, three runs and four RBI
Named Big Ten Co-Player of the Week on March 3 after hitting .625 (10-for-16) with four runs and three RBI vs. FGCU and Florida in Gainesville, sharing his first-ever honor with Indiana's Kyle Schwarber
Turned in a season-long seven-game hitting streak from Feb. 22 to March 8 in which he hit .536 (15-for-28), including a pair of three-hit performances
Missed time at the start of Big Ten play due to an illness but finished with a .270 average in conference games
Went 2-for-2 and scored twice against Michigan State (5/2)
Notched a three-run double in the 5-4 win at Coastal Carolina (2/22)
Had a career-high two stolen bases vs. Xavier (3/22)
Played for the Waterloo Bucks of the Northwoods League along with Illini teammates Drasen Johnson, David Kerian and Cody Sedlock during the summer

Played in 23 games and made six starts at first base, compiling six hits, three runs, five RBI and eight walks
Had five RBI in 16 pinch-hit opportunities
Brought home the winning run as a pinch hitter in Illinois' first two extra-inning games against Baylor (3/9) and SIU (3/16) before knocking in the tying run in the last extra-inning win vs. Southern Illinois (3/18)
Tied game in the eighth inning with a pinch-hit RBI single vs. Southern Illinois (3/18), which the Illini went on to win 2-1 in 10 innings
Plated the winning run in the top of the 10th in Illinois' 7-5 win at Southern Illinois (3/16) on an error by the SIU second baseman
Recorded a pinch-hit RBI single in the top of the 11th in game one of the doubleheader at Baylor (3/9), knocking in the winning run in a 5-4 victory
Scored first career run at Tennessee Tech (2/15) and crossed the plate at East Carolina (2/21) after a pinch-hit walk
Had a pinch-hit RBI single in Illinois' five-run seventh inning at Texas-Arlington (3/3)
Played for the Fayetteville SwampDogs of the Coastal Plain League along with Illini teammates Nick Blackburn and Adam Walton during the summer

Ranked the No. 27 overall prospect in the class of 2012 in Illinois by Prep Baseball Report
PBR lists him as one of the top two left-handed hitters and a top-5 overall hitter in the class of 2012 in Illinois
Hit .459 with 20 doubles, eight home runs and 41 RBIs in 2011
Named the 2011 Co-MVP of the Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference and first-team All-Conference

Born Aug. 7, 1994
Parents are Mike Nagle and Lynn Halgren
Has a brother, Tyler, and a sister, Brittnay
Majoring in recreation, sport and tourism with a concentration in sport management
Favorite athlete is Derek Jeter
Earliest baseball memory is winning the state championship in eighth grade
His father most influenced his athletic career because he taught him almost everything he knows