John Nett

Photo by: Kaitlyn Zuehl

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Position:
Outfielder
Ht./Wt.:
5-10 / 190
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Appleton, Wis.
High School:
Kimberly
Bats/Throws:
R/R

CAREER NOTES
Academic: Two-time Academic All-NSIC honoree (2021, 2022)…NSIC Academic Team of Excellence (2021)…
Athletic: Two-time First Team All-NSIC selection (2021, 2022)…NSIC Player of the Week (Apr. 18, 2022)…Northwoods League Rawlings “Big Stick” (2022)…Northwoods League Rawlings “Finest in the Field” (2022)…Northwoods League Midseason All-Star (2022)…Northwoods League Postseason All-Star (2022)…St. Cloud Rox Player of the Year (2022)…

2022 (ST. CLOUD ROX) | SOPHOMORE SUMMER:
Summer: Joined the St. Cloud Rox for his debut season in the Northwoods League and enjoyed a campaign for the ages, earning a Rawlings “Big Stick” award and a “Finest in the Field” nod while being named to both the Midseason and Postseason All-Star Teams and leading the Rox to 50 wins and a Great Plains-West Subdivision Championship…broke the Rox single-season records for runs scored and walks drawn while being named the team’s Player of the Year…started 64 games as the everyday centerfielder and leadoff man, slashing .352/.495/.468 for a .963 OPS with nine doubles, three triples, four home runs and 33 RBI…scored a whopping 78 runs in his 64 games played while stealing 27 bags at an 84.4% success rate…put his plus approach on full display, drawing walks at a phenomenal 21.6% clip while striking out in just 9.5% of his plate appearances…drew 68 walks to just 30 strikeouts…59 of his starts came in center where he logged 506.0 innings, converting all 110 chances with three outfield assists and a 1.96 range factor/9…also made three starts in right and converted all six chances in 27.0 innings with one outfield assist…played an inning in left without a chance…led the Northwoods in runs scored while finishing second in base hits and on-base percentage, placing sixth in the batting race…produced 23 multi-hit games, eight three-hit contests and one four-hit game…scored multiple runs 19 times…reached base in 59 of 64 games played…invited to participate in the Northwoods League Major League Dreams Showcase, going 1-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI…stole five bases against the Mankato MoonDogs on August 3 to set a new franchise single-game record…tied the franchise’s single-game record with four runs scored on July 17 against the Rochester Honkers…

2022 | SOPHOMORE SEASON:
Season: Earned his second straight First Team All-NSIC selection after tablesetting the Huskies lineup, starting all 50 games in center…slashed .359/.426/.549 for a .975 OPS with 17 doubles, five triples, four home runs and 37 RBI…scored 58 runs and stole 15 bases on 23 tries…produced a .449 wOBA and walked in 8.7% of his trips to the plate, striking out just 14.7% of the time…committed just two errors across 397.2 innings in center, fielding a .979 with three outfield assists and a 2.10 range factor/9…scored the fifth-most runs in the NSIC while collecting the fifth-most hits, blasting the sixth-most doubles while tying with Sam Riola for the second-most triples…tied for ninth in stolen bases across the NSIC…led the Huskies in doubles and triples while ranking second in base hits, runs scored and wOBA…was a monster in conference play, leading the NSIC in batting average (.432) and base hits (57) while ranking second in doubles (13) and runs (45), reaching base at the third-best clip (.497)…produced 21 multi-hit games with six three-hit games and four four-hit contests…scored multiple runs 16 times…held separate hitting streaks of nine and 10 games throughout the course of the season…

HSU Invitational (2/10-13): Struggled out of the gate, going 1-for-18 with a run scored and a walk in the season-opening series… Colorado Trip (2/26-3/1): Tripled and went 1-for-4 with a run scored against Mary…stole a base, doubled in two runs and was 1-for-5 with two runs scored at UC-Colorado Springs… Florida Trip (3/7-3/13): Found his swing with a big trip to Florida, going 11-for-26 with six runs scored, three doubles, two triples, a home run and three RBI…went 2-for-3 with a run scored against West Virginia Wesleyan…crushed a homer, doubled and drove in two while scoring twice and going 3-for-4 against Ashland, drawing two walks to reach base five times… Augustana (3/19-20): Had a hit in all three games, going 7-for-13 with three runs scored, two doubles and three RBI…went 2-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored in game two…had his first collegiate four-hit game in the finale, going 4-for-5 with two doubles, a run and one RBI… Winona State (3/24): Drew a walk and went 1-for-4 in game two… Wayne State (3/26-27): Raised his season average above .300 with another strong series, going 7-for-13 with four runs scored, a double and two RBI…had a 2-for-4 day in the opener, scoring once and driving another run in…produced a 4-for-5 day at the dish in game two, scoring three runs and doubling home another… Sioux Falls (4/3-4): Collected three multi-hit games in the series, going 7-for-12 with six runs, two doubles, a triple and two RBI…scored three times as part of a 3-for-4 opener, cracking a double and stealing two bases…went 2-for-4 with a run scored, a double and a triple while plating two in game two…scored twice as part of a 2-for-4 final… Concordia-St. Paul (4/10-11): Had a hit in all three games with two three-hit contests, going 7-for-13 with five runs scored, two doubles, five RBI and two stolen bases…doubled and drove in two while going 3-for-4 with a run scored in the opener…stole a bag and was 1-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI in game two…closed the series with a 3-for-5 day, scoring three runs and cracking a double while plating two… Upper Iowa (4/12): Enjoyed a 3-for-3 finale with two doubles, two stolen bases and three runs scored… Southwest Minnesota State (4/15-16): Delivered a multi-hit game in all three games of the series with a homer in each game, going 7-for-11 with seven runs scored, a double, three home runs and seven RBI while stealing three bags…homered and went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and four RBI, adding a double for a monster game one…blasted a home run and was 2-for-4 with a run scored in game two…homered again in the finale, going 2-for-3 and scoring three runs while driving in one and stealing a bag…earned NSIC Player of the Week honors for his incredible week, going 10-for-18 with 11 runs scored, three doubles, three home runs and eight RBI across the sweeps of Upper Iowa and SMSU… Northern State (4/21): Went 5-for-9 with three runs scored and three RBI…enjoyed a 4-for-6 finale, scoring two runs and driving in two… Bemidji State (4/23-24): Had a hit in all three games, going 3-for-12 with five doubles, two doubles and one RBI…reached four times in the finale, going 1-for-3 with three walks and two runs scored… Minnesota Duluth (4/27): Drove in three and went 2-for-4 with a triple and a run scored… Minnesota Crookston (4/29): Had a hit in both games of the doubleheader…went 1-for-3 with a two-run double… Mary (5/4): Provided a pair of multi-hit games, going 4-for-8 with two stolen bases and a pair of runs…went 2-for-3 with a pair of runs scored in the opener…stole two bags as part of a 2-for-5 finale… Minot State (5/6-7): Scored two runs and plated another in game two…had a 2-for-5 day in the finale, scoring a pair of runs… NSIC Tournament (5/13): Had a hit in all three games, going 3-for-14 with three runs scored and two RBI…

2021 | FRESHMAN SEASON:
Season: Enjoyed a phenomenal second season with the Huskies, earning First Team All-NSIC honors as the everyday centerfielder and leading the NSIC with a .515 on-base percentage…started all 36 games in the leadoff spot and slashed .378/.515/.575 for a 1.090 OPS with nine doubles, two triples and four home runs while driving in 27…scored 45 runs and stole 15 bases at a 78.9% success rate…flashed a plus approach at the plate, punching out just 12.5% of the time while working walks at an eye-popping 20.8% clip to produce a massive .488 wOBA…32 of his starts came in center, patrolling the outfield with a 2.77 range factor/9 and two outfield assists across 256.2 innings…committed just three errors to field a .963…also made four starts at second base, fielding a .938 over 30.0 innings with one error and a 4.50 range factor/9…led the NSIC in on-base percentage while finishing second across the league in walks drawn, fifth in runs scored and eighth in batting average…led St. Cloud State in on-base percentage, walk rate, runs scored and walks drawn while finishing second in batting average, OPS, wOBA and total bases…opened the season with an 11-game hitting streak…added a 14-game hitting streak in conference play…produced 12 multi-hit games…added four three-hit contests…scored multiple runs 14 times…had a hit in 32 of 36 games and reached base in 35 of 36 games…held on-base streaks of 15 and 20 games, closing the season by reaching base in 20 straight contests…

Kansas Trip (3/7-10): Manufactured runs aplenty in the season-opening weekend, scoring 11 runs in five games while going 5-for-15 with two home runs and six RBI…had a hit in all five games…drew 10 walks on the week with multiple free passes in four games, striking out just once…scored a career-high four runs on Opening Day against William Jewell, going 1-for-3 with three walks and three stolen bases…went 1-for-4 with two walks and a pair of runs scored against Minnesota Crookston…was 1-for-4 with two runs scored and a two-run homer in the second game against Minnesota Crookston…went 2-for-4 with three runs, a homer and four RBI in two games versus Bemidji State… Augustana (3/20-21): Began conference play with a 4-for-11 weekend, scoring a run and stealing two bags…had a hit in all three games…went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases in the final… Wayne State (3/25): Went 1-for-4 with a double in game one…doubled, drove in two and scored twice as part of a 3-for-4 finale… Concordia-St. Paul (3/30): Homered and went 3-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBI while drawing a walk to reach base four times… Minnesota State-Mankato (4/2-3): Reached base in all three games, going 4-for-12 with four runs scored, a double and a triple…scored twice in the opener…enjoyed a 3-for-4 day with a run scored and an RBI in the finale, finishing a home run shy of the cycle… Winona State (4/6): Blasted two doubles and drove in four as part of a 2-for-3 day in game one, stealing a base and scoring once… Sioux Falls (4/10-11): Had a hit in all three games, going 3-for-11 with two runs scored and a stolen base… Minnesota Duluth (4/19): Stole three bags and went 1-for-3 with two walks and a pair of runs scored, driving in one… Bemidji State (4/21): Recorded a hit in both games of the midweek series, going 2-for-9 with two runs scored, a double and two RBI…stole a base in each game… Minnesota Crookston (4/24-25): Was locked-in at the dish for a huge weekend series, going 5-for-9 with five runs scored, a double, a triple and two RBI…went 2-for-3 with a triple and an RBI in the opener…scored three times and stole a base while going 2-for-3 in the finale, drawing three free passes to reach base in five of six trips… Minot State (4/28): Again had a hit in both games, going 3-for-6 with three runs scored and two RBI…went 2-for-3 and drew a pair of walks while scoring twice and knocking in a run in the opener… Northern State (5/1-2): Crushed Wolves pitching in a weekend sweep, going 6-for-9 with six runs scored, a double, a home run and four RBI with a hit in all three games…went 3-for-5 with a double, a home run and three RBI while driving in two in the opener…reached base five times in game two by going 2-for-2 with three walks, stealing a bag and scoring twice with an RBI…reached three times in the finale, going 1-for-2 with two free passes, a run scored and an RBI… Mary (5/5): Drew five walks in nine trips to the dish, adding a single in game two to reach six times… NSIC Tournament (5/13-20): Went 3-for-10 with two runs scored and a double in the Opening Round series against Mary…had two multi-hit games in the Tournament…went 2-for-5 against Augustana…

2020 | FRESHMAN SEASON:
Season: Burst onto the scene as a true freshman, earning the starting job in center while starting eight games prior to the pandemic cutting the season short…led the Huskies with a .357 average, slashing .357/.455/.429 for an .883 OPS with two doubles and three RBI…stole three bags in four tries and scored seven runs…produced a .403 wOBA with a healthy 12.1% walk rate, striking out in just 18.2% of his plate appearances…all eight of his starts came in center, logging 62.1 innings with a 2.45 range factor/9 and just one error…recorded one outfield assist…led St. Cloud State in batting average and on-base percentage while stealing the second-most bases…reached base in seven of eight games played…produced three multi-hit contests with one three-hit game…had a hit in six of eight games played…scored a run in five of eight games while crossing home two times twice…opened his collegiate career with a four-game hitting streak…

Missouri Trip (2/14-17): Began his collegiate career in breakout fashion, going 7-for-15 with three runs scored, two doubles and two RBI over the season-opening trip…became just the second Huskies true freshman to start on Opening Day since 2013 by drawing the nod in center against Washburn, going 1-for-4 with two runs scored and his first collegiate outfield assist…drove in a pair and went 2-for-5 with a walk-off single against Northwest Missouri State…scored a run, stole his first collegiate bag and went 1-for-2 at Missouri Southern State…closed the trip with his first college three-hit game, going 3-for-4 with two doubles and a stolen base while drawing a walk to reach four times against Missouri Western… Northern State (2/25): Reached base three times in the opener by drawing a pair of walks and being hit by a pitch, scoring two runs in the game… Concordia-St. Paul (2/26): Had a hit in both games of the doubleheader to go 3-for-8 with a run scored and an RBI…provided a two-hit finale, going 2-for-4 with a run scored…

Prep: A 2019 graduate of Kimberly High School…two-time WBCA All-State honoree…three-time WBCA All-North East District and All-Fox Valley Association selection…hit .508 over his prep career…led Kimberly to a WIAA D1 State Championship in his sophomore year while earning All-District and All-Conference honors…earned WBCA Second Team All-State accolades and was named Fox Valley Association Player of the Year as a senior…2018-19 Post-Crescent Athlete of the Year…picked up WBCA Third Team All-State honors as a junior…led Kimberly football to three WIAA D1 State Championships…

Personal: The son of Todd and Lynn Nett…Business major…enjoys hunting and fishing…