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AJ Nessler - 2026 Fall Baseball Roster
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Jersey Number 13
AJ Nessler
- Position:
- OF
- Year:
- Fifth Year
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 190
- Hometown:
- Tampa, Fla.
- High School:
- Jesuit
- Previous School:
- Pitt, UCF
PRIOR TO FLORIDA STATE – AT PITT AND UCF
2026 / AS A SENIOR AT PITT
2025 / AS A JUNIOR AT PITT
2024 / AS A SOPHOMORE AT UCF
2023 / AS A FRESHMAN AT PITT
HIGH SCHOOL
PERSONAL
2026 / AS A SENIOR AT PITT
- ABCA Academic All-Region
- ACC All-Academic Team
- Played in and started 59 games with 75 hits, nine home runs, nine doubles, five triples and 42 RBI with a .310 batting average, a .490 slugging percentage and 64 runs scored
- Had 23 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI contests
- Registered four hits and four RBI with two runs scored vs. Virginia on April 25
- Posted five RBI with two hits and a home run at West Virginia on April 21
- Scored five runs on three hits with an RBI and two walks at Louisville on March 29
- Drove in three runs with a homer, two runs scored and two walks on March 20 vs. Georgia Tech
- Homered as part of a two-hit, three-RBI, two-run game at San Jose State on March 7
- Opened the season with three hits, three RBI and two runs scored on February 13 vs. Western Michigan
2025 / AS A JUNIOR AT PITT
- ACC All-Academic Team
- Played in and started all 55 games and led the team with 67 hits while hitting .324 with 44 RBI, 10 doubles, five home runs and a .893 OPS
- Registered 17 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI contests
- In the ACC Tournament, went 2-3 with an RBI and scored two runs in a win over Louisville on May 20
- Notched a career-best five hits with four RBI capped by a walk-off single vs. Virginia Tech on May 4
- Posted a career-high seven RBI on three hits with a triple vs. Youngstown State on March 12
- Had four hits vs. Monmouth on February 23
2024 / AS A SOPHOMORE AT UCF
- Heart of the Tiger Award
- Played in 36 games with 19 starts and hit .276 with 21 hits, 12 RBI, 17 runs scored, five doubles, one home run and one triple
- Had five multi-hit games and three multi-RBI contests
- Registered a nine-game reached-base streak and an eight-game hit streak
- Drove in a season-best three runs with a home run and scored four runs with five total bases vs. Florida Gulf Coast on April 23
- Had two hits, two RBI and five total bases vs. Central Michigan on April 20
- Posted a season-best three hits vs. North Florida on April 16
2023 / AS A FRESHMAN AT PITT
- Played in and started 27 games and hit .293 with 28 RBI, four doubles, three triples, two home runs and 11 runs scored
- Went 3-5 with a double and an RBI triple at Duke on April 1
- Hit a three-run home run vs. Kent State on March 22
- In his second collegiate game, hit first collegiate homer, a two-run shot, vs. Maine on February 18
HIGH SCHOOL
- Graduated from Tampa Jesuit
- Hit .433 with 56 hits, 49 RBI, seven home runs and 41 runs scored at Tampa Jesuit
- Team captain in 2022
- Won a state championship in 2019 and 2022
- Hit .420 with 33 hits, 31 RBI and five homers as a senior in 2022
- Florida Region Second Team selection by Perfect Game
- Preseason All-America by Perfect Game
- Also played football
PERSONAL
- Majoring in Sports Management
- His parents are Liz and Tony
- Has three siblings, Maddy, Brady and Evie
- Older sister, Maddy, attended Florida State, and younger sister, Evie, is an FSU freshman in 2026-27
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