Bowling Green State University Athletics
2024 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 8
Nathan Archer
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Lagrange, Ohio
- High School:
- Keystone
- Bats/Throws:
- L/L
Career Highlights
2024
2023
2022
HIGH SCHOOL
- 35 Career Home Runs, T-4th All-Time
- 10 Career Triples, T-6th All-Time
- 340 Career Total Bases, 7th All-Time
- 137 Career RBI, T-8th All-Time
- 2024 ABCA/Rawlings All-Region
- 2024 MAC Player of the Year
- 2024 First-Team All-MAC (OF)
- Two-Time MAC All-Defensive Team (OF) (2023, 2024)
- 2023 Second-Team All-MAC (OF)
- MAC Player of the Week (April 22, 2024)
- Two-Time Academic All-MAC (2023, 2024)
2024
- Only Falcon to start all 53 gamesÂ
- Set the program record for most at-bats in a game (8) against Ball State (March 16)
- Set the program record for at-bats in a season (247), leading the MAC
- Logged a team-leading and MAC-leading 66 runs, placing 4th all-time in program history
- Totaled a team-leading 64 RBI, placing 2nd all-time and third in the MAC
- Belted a team-leading 18 home runs, tied for third in program history and finished tied for fifth in the MAC
- Registered a team-leading 148 total bases, third in program history
- Posted a .599 slugging percentage, ranking 12th in the MAC
- Tallied a team-high 74 hits, finishing seventh in the conferenceÂ
- Knocked a team-high and career-high 14 doubles
- Tied for the team-lead and second in the MAC for triples (3)
- Logged a .994 fielding percentage with just one error on 163 chances
- Recorded a team-high 21 multi-hit games, including a season-high five-hit game against Akron (March 24)
- Totaled a team-leading 15 multi-RBI games, including a team-high five games with 5+ RBI
- Logged a season-high seven RBI against Memphis (Feb. 24)
- Registered multiple games with two home runs (Ball State, March 16; Xavier, March 28; Northern Illinois, April 6; Ohio, April 20; Oakland, May 1)
- Hit a grand slam against Memphis (Feb. 24)
- Scored a season-high five times against Ohio (April 20)
2023
- Only player on the Falcons to appear in and start all 50 games
- Posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage, one of just eight qualified players in the MAC to do so, on 137 chances, the most among non-pitchers
- Led the team in home runs with a career-high nine and total bases (90)
- Led the team and finished the regular season tied for second in the MAC in sacrifice flies (7)
- Led the team in at-bats with 181 and second on the team in hits (51)
- Finished the season second on the team in slugging percentage (.497), third in batting average (.282) and fourth in OPS (.854)
- Concluded the season third on the team in runs scored (32) and third in doubles (8)
- Tied for second on the team in triples (2), second in RBI (39) and second in stolen bases (10)
- Drew a career-high 24 walks with a .357 on-base percentage
- Assembled a nine-game hitting streak from March 22-April 7
2022
- Played in 51 of BGSU’s 52 games, making 50 starts
- Had a batting average of .317
- Had a nine-game hitting streak from 4/16-30
- Recorded 57 hits, 11 doubles, and five triples for 38 RBI
- Smashed eight home runs
- Went 3-for-4 with three runs, three RBI, one double, and two home run
- Finished 17th in the MAC in OPS with .962, which was second on the team
- Finished tied for fourth in the MAC in triples with five, which led the team
- Finished tied for 15th in the MAC in total bases with 102
- Finished 11th in the MAC in slugging percentage with .567
- Finished fourth in the MAC in steals with 20
- Tied for second in the MAC for steals in one game, having three steals against Akron on April 2 and again against Western Michigan on April 24
- Tied for second on the Falcons with a .364 batting average in conference play
- Led Bowling Green in runs scored in conference play with 34
- Tied for fourth in the MAC for total bases in one game with 10 against Central Michigan on April 15
HIGH SCHOOL
- Four-year varsity letter winner on the diamond for coach Bert Fitzgerald
- Also lettered in basketball
- All-Conference and All-County baseball player
- 2021 Lorain County Mr. Baseball
- As a senior, led the Lorain County League in batting average (.583), hits (21), RBI (16), multi-hit games (7) and home runs (3)
- Earned a spot on the High Honor Roll
- All-Academic selection
- Favorite athlete is Michael Jordan
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