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2026 Baseball Roster

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44 Nick Spaventa

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Pitman, N.J.
  • Highschool Gloucester County Institute of Technology

Biography

Career Honors
2026: Second-team All-Ivy
Ivy League Player of the Week (4/6/26)
Ivy League Player of the Week (4/20/26)
2025: Honorable mention All-Ivy (1B)
Ivy League Rookie of the Week (5/6/24)
Ivy League Rookie of the Week (3/11/24)
Ivy League Rookie of the Week (3/4/24)

2026: Second-team All-Ivy selection … Started all 42 games at first base … Stellar junior campaign, leading the team in doubles (14) and home runs (8), which were tied for fourth and second in the conference, respectively … Hit .293 on the season with 49 hits and finished second on the team in RBIs (38), total bases (89), slugging percentage (.533), and OPS (.896) … Ranked Top 10 in the Ivy League in slugging percentage (fifth), OPS (tied for eighth), RBIs (seventh), doubles (tied for fourth), at-bats (10th, 167), and sac flies (tied for third, five) … Raked .330 during conference action and ranked Top 10 in slugging percentage (fourth, .602), OPS (tied for fourth, .994), RBIs (tied for first, 26), home runs (tied for second, six), and sac flies (second, three) … Great year in the field, recording the second-most putouts in the conference (346-360) with 10 assists and just four errors for a .989 fielding percentage … Had a perfect day at the plate against Mercer (2/28), going 2-for-2 with two walks and a double … Went 2-for-5 and scored a run vs. in Game 1 vs. UMBC (3/7), before launching his first home run of the season in Game 3 (3/8) … Dialed up another homer at East Carolina (3/13) … Walked twice and drove in a run vs. Lehigh (3/18) … Raked a two-run home run vs. Dartmouth (3/22) … Registered two hits (2-for-4), two RBIs, and two runs scored at Yale (3/28) … Notched two hits and three RBIs on the road at Delaware St. (3/31) … Put together a monster series at Columbia (4/3-4/4), homering in each game (3) and finishing with totals of four hits, five RBIs, five runs scored, and two walks … Went 2-for-4 with a double, a triple, two RBIs, and a run scored in a dominant win over Lafayette (4/7) … Hit a walk-off single to secure the series sweep over Cornell (4/12) … Posted an 11-game hitting streak from 3/28 to 4/12 … Drove in six runs on eight hits (8-for-14) with a run scored and two doubles over the series at Princeton (4/17-4/18), including a 4-for-5 day in Game 3 … Launched his seventh home run of the season at Harvard (4/25) during a 2-for-4 hitting performance that included two RBIs and two runs scored … Racked up five hits, a home run, five RBIs, three runs scored, and two walks over three games vs. Brown (5/1-5/2) … Tallied three hits, two doubles, an RBI, and a run scored during the Ivy League Tournament against Brown (5/15) and Columbia (5/16) … Finished the season on a seven-game hitting streak.

2025: Honorable mention All-Ivy … Made a start in 40 games, playing first base … Registered the most putouts (312) of Ivy League defenders on the season, ranking second-most in league play with 166 … Induced the third-most double plays in the conference … Finished the year batting .293 with 46 hits, five home runs, nine doubles, and drove in 29 runs. Slugged .446 with an on-base percentage of .386 … Posted a .308 batting average with 24 hits and 18 RBIs in Ivy play … Hit first home run of the year against Delaware (3/7) … Went 4-for-5 with a home run at Lehigh (3/19), scoring three runs during the game … Picked up a pair of hits and a double in three consecutive games against Lafayette (4/1) and Princeton (4/4) … Totaled a five-RBI game, while going 2-for-5 at the plate with a homer at Cornell (4/14) … Had two highlight reel catches in foul territory, earning a spot on SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays list for the first at Lafayette on April 1.

2024: Made 43 starts as the team’s starting first baseman, recording 45 total games … Finished fourth on the team in batting average (.318), second in home runs (7), and third in RBIs (40) … Led all Ivy League freshmen in home runs and RBI … Had nine games in which he drove in two runs or more … Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week three times including back-to-back weeks (3/4 & 3/11) … Hit two home runs as part of a 4-for-5 day at the plate and drove in four runs in the win over USC Upstate (3/2) … Swatted a homer and collected three hits against the College of Charleston (3/10) … Launched a homer and drove in four runs in the win over Dartmouth (5/4) … Tallied a home run and RBI against Princeton (5/19) in an Ivy League Tournament victory.

High School: Four-year letter winner in baseball … Two time first-team All-Conference selection in 2022 and 2023 … Member of 2023 and 2022 Tri-Cape Carpenter Cup teams.
 
Personal: Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
 
Why Penn?: “I chose Penn to play Division I baseball and to attend one of the top colleges in the country.”

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2024Freshman

    INF
    6'1" 210 lbs
    44
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    2025Sophomore

    INF
    6'1" 220 lbs
    44
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    2026Junior

    INF
    6'1" 222 lbs
    44