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2013 NCBWA honorable mention All-America
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2013 ABCA first team all-South Central Region
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2013 NCBWA first team all-South Central Region
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2013 Daktronics second team all-South Central Region
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2013 first team all-RMAC
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2013 RMAC male athlete of the month (April)
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2013 NCBWA national player of the week (May 1)
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2013 D2 Baseball News national player of the week (May 1)
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2013 NCBWA South Central Region player of the week (April 30)
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2013 RMAC player of the week (April 30)
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2013: Named NCBWA honorable mention All-America, ABCA and NCBWA first team all-South Central Region, Daktronics second team all-region, and first team all-RMAC ... led the South Central Region and RMAC with 12 home runs ... played in 40 games and started 39 at third base, designated hitter and first base ... batted .370 with 50 hits in 135 at bats ... drove in 40 runs and scored 38 times with 11 doubles ... walked 26 times and struck out just 23 times ... had an on-base percentage of .482 with a slugging percentage of .719 for an OPS of 1.201 ... led the team in average, runs, home runs, RBIs, total bases (97), slugging percentage, and on-base percentage ... totaled 17 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games ... ranked fifth in NCAA Division II in home runs per game (0.30), eighth in slugging percentage, 14th in total home runs, 60th in RBIs per game (1.05) and 67th in on-base percentage ... in conference games, led the RMAC in slugging percentage (.782), runs batted in (40), home runs (12) and total bases (93), finished third in on-base percentage (.510), fourth in batting average (.403) and walks (24), fifth in runs scored (36), and 10th in doubles (9) ... went 2-for-5 with two doubles at Eastern New Mexico on Feb. 24 for his first hits of the season ... went 3-for-4 with four RBIs and his first home run of the season on March 16 at New Mexico Highlands in Game One ... connected on three hits and scored three times with two doubles in a win over Regis on March 28 ... had his first two-homer game of the season and drove in four runs on March 29 in Game Two against Regis ... homered against Colorado Christian in Game One on April 5 and went 2-for-3 in each game against CCU on April 6 with a total of four RBIs ... homered and went 3-for-4 against No. 7 Colorado Mesa on April 14 ... named NCBWA and D2 Baseball News national player of the week on May 1 after going 9-for-15 (.600) with 18 RBIs, five home runs, two doubles and 10 runs scored in four games at Adams State, April 26-28 ... hit two home runs against ASU and was 3-for-4 with five RBIs and two runs on April 26 ... drove in five runs and scored three times in a 3-for-4 performance in Game One on April 27 and was 1-for-2 with two RBIs and two runs in Game Two ... drove in six runs and scored three times in a 2-for-4 performance on April 28 at ASU ... continued torried pace with 2-for-3, three runs, three RBIs, a home run and a double in Game One on May 4 against New Mexico Highlands, and 3-for-4 with three runs and a home run in Game Two ... broke the school record with a home run in six consecutive games with that Game Two performance against NMHU ... had an eight-game hitting streak from April 21 to May 5.
Before Metro State: Played three seasons at the University of New Mexico ... batted .190 in 25 at bats with two RBIs in 2012 ... played in 44 games with 28 starts as a junior ... batted .208 in 101 at bats with 11 RBIs ... homered against BYU on May 24 ... allowed two hits in 3.1 innings of relief ... batted .378 with three home runs and eight RBIs in 37 at bats with eight starts as a freshman in 2010 ... hit a home run against BYU (twice) and at No. 7 Cal State Fullerton in a 3-for-5 performance on June 6 at the NCAA Tournament.
High School: 2009 graduate of Wheat Ridge High School ... four-time all-conference ... coached by Adam Miller.
Personal: Born Arthur Jacob Nelson on Sept. 4, 1990 ... son of Scott and Mary Beth Nelson ... has an older brother Lucas ... majoring in communications and journalism.
2013 Game-By-Game Statistics
