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2024 Baseball Roster

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7 Nick Forney

  • Hometown Pembroke, MA
  • High School Pembroke
  • Position Outfielder
  • Bats/Throws Right / Right
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Major Finance
  • Ht./Wt. 6-0 / 185

Biography

AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2024):
  • MAAC All-Academic Team Selection
  • Played and started in 13 games
  • Hit a home run in his final at bat in season finale against Siena (May 18)
AS A SENIOR (2023):
  • MAAC All-Academic Team Selection
  • Played in and started 45 games
  • Registered 52 hits, nine doubles, one triple, two HRs, 31 runs scored, 21 RBI and 14 stolen bases across 178 at-bats
  • Led the team in stolen bases
  • Second on the team in hits, runs scored and total bases; third in homers, doubles and batting average
  • Had 16 multi-hit games and four multi-RBI contests
  • Four-hit performance vs. Niagara (May 13)
  • Finished 3-5 at the plate with four RBI vs. Saint Peter's (April 6)
AS A JUNIOR (2022):
  • MAAC All-Academic Team Selection
  • Played in 43 games, making 43 starts 
  • Finished tied for the team lead with a career-high 53 hits 
  • Led the team with 24 runs scored 
  • Second on the team with a .298 batting average 
  • Had a career-high four hits in a win over Saint Peter's (Apr 14)
AS A SOPHOMORE (2021):
  • MAAC All-Academic Team Selection
  • Played in six games, making a lone start
  • Recorded one hit in five at-bats
  • His lone hit came against Manhattan (Apr. 7)
AS A FRESHMAN (2020):
  • MAAC Academic Honor Roll honoree
  • Appeared in six games with one game started
  • Had four hits in 11 at-bats with a double and triple
  • Had a triple, walk and RBI in a start at Stony Brook (Mar. 10)
  • Season suspended due to 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic
BEFORE IONA:
  • 2017 All-Star
  • 2019 All-Star
  • 2019 All-Scholastic
GET TO KNOW NICK:
  • Why Did I Choose Iona?: The opportunity to play division 1 sports and a great business curriculum 
  • Favorite Food: Lobster
  • Favorite Athlete: Francisco Lindor
  • Nickname: Nicky
  • Career Goals: To graduate from Iona with a business degree
  • Person I'd Most Like To Meet: Bill Gates
  • After Iona I Plan To: Work In The Business Field
  • I Try To Mold My Game After: Byron Buxton
  • Community Service: Volunteered at youth baseball camps

Statistics

Season:
2024

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

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Career Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 7

    2020Freshman

    Outfielder
    6'0" 168 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2021Sophomore

    Outfielder
    6'0" 185 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2022Junior

    Outfielder
    6'0" 185 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2023Senior

    Outfielder
    6'0" 185 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2024Graduate Student

    Outfielder
    6'0" 185 lbs
    7