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Jersey Number 12
Nolan Schanuel
- Position:
- Infielder/Outfielder
- Bats/Throws:
- L/R
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Boynton Beach, Fla.
- High School:
- Park Vista
- Birthday:
- 2/14/02
- Major:
- Business Entrepreneurship
- Selected by the Los Angeles Angels with the 11th pick of the first round in the 2023 MLB Draft
- Became the first Florida Atlantic student-athlete to be selected in the first round of a professional sports draft
- Became the third player in program history to be named Conference USA Player of the Year
- One of 25 amateur baseball players in the country to be named a semifinalist for USA Baseball's Golden Spikes Award
- Also named one of four semifinalists for the Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award as the best offensive player in Division I
- Selected as a First Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, Perfect Game USA, ABCA/Rawlings, Baseball America, and D1Baseball
- Selected as a Second Team All-American by the NCBWA
- Named to the First Team All-Southeast Region by the ABCA/Rawlings
- Earned First Team All-C-USA recognition for the second straight season
- Fourth student-athlete overall, second from baseball to be named an Academic All-American (first to be named to the First Team)
- Led all of Division I in on base percentage, batting average, and walks and finished third in slugging percentage
- Finished first in C-USA in OPS, runs scored, and hits
- Reached base safely 54 straight games (longest streak in DI and all but one game in 2023)
- Twice earned C-USA Hitter of the Week award (March 13, April 10)
- Finished his three-year FAU career first in career batting average (.385), second in home runs (46) and walks (138), and third in total bases (433)
- Set a new single season C-USA record for on base percentage (.615)
- Set a new FAU single season record with 71 walks (previous record was 57)
- Named as a Preseason All-American by Perfect Game USA (1st Team), Baseball America (1st Team), D1Baseball (3rd Team), and Collegiate Baseball Newspaper (3rd Team)
- Named by C-USA coaches as the league's Preseason Player of the YearÂ
- Three multi-homer games in 2023 -- hit two against No. 22 Miami on February 28, three at No. 6Â Florida on March 7, and two against FIU on April 30
2022Â (Sophomore)
- On the heels of a dominant first year, was named as a Preseason All-American by Perfect Game/Rawlings
- Led the Owls with a .369 average 83 hits, and a 1.135 OPSÂ
- Finished third on the team in HRÂ (16) and RBI (56)
- Hit .387 against C-USA opponents (second in the league)
- Recorded his 100th career run batted in on May 7 against La. Tech
- Named to the mid-season watch list for the Golden Spikes award and the Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger award
- Along with teammate Hunter Cooley, earned a place on the C-USA All-Academic team
- Postseason accolades included First Team All-C-USA and Southeast All-Region Second Team
- Superlative true freshman campaign, ranking at the top of the Conference USA leaderboard in nearly every hitting category while being named Freshman All-America by Collegiate Baseball and by Perfect Game (for the latter, one of just 13 players earning First Team honors), ABCA/Rawlings Second Team All-Region, and Second Team All-C-USAÂ
- Led the Owls, and finished ninth in C-USA and just outside the top 50 in all of Division I, with 56 RBI
- Second on the team with a .343 average, 10th in the league
- Other C-USA rankings included eighth with 54 runs and a .444 OBP, 10th in slugging at .576, 12th with 68 hits and 13th with 11 home runs
- Also tops on the team with a .409 average with runners in scoring position (27-for-66 with six HR and 49 RBI) and with 24 multi-hit games, while placing second with 16 games having two or more hits
- He did not fall off one bit once league play started, hitting .346 in non-conference games (28-of-81), and .346 against C-USA foes (36-of-104)
- Also finished the season with more walks than strikeouts, 28 to 21, and was second on the team with six stolen bases in eight attempts
- After opening weekend, was named C-USA Hitter of the Week, recording three multi-hit, multi-RBI games in a series win over No. 24 UCF
- In those first three games, he had three doubles, a home run, eight RBI and four runs scored, a slash line of .533 (8-for-15)/.588/.933
- He began the season - and his career - reaching in the team's first 10 games; then had the team's longest streak of games reaching base, with 19 (March 11-April 10); and ended the year reaching in the final six
- Had two two-home run games, as part of larger showings: 3-for-6 with three runs and six RBI on Feb. 27 vs. Seton Hall; 4-for-4 with three runs and four RBI on April 4 at Charlotte
- Despite never having played it before, was a tremendous defensive 1B. He committed just two errors in 454 total chances for a .996 fielding %, second highest in program history
- His chances ranked second in C-USA, 426 putouts were also second, and his being part of 38 double plays was the most
- Began his senior campaign at a .520 clip, 13-for-25, with 10 RBI and 14 runs scored
- Did not strike out and earned 13 walks in the shortened season
- Had an OBP of .692 and was slugging .720
- Named to the Class 7A-11 All-District Team
- The year prior, was a First Team All-American outfielder and Class 9A-10 Hitter of the Year, batting .446 with 22 RBI, 27 runs scored and 12 extra base hits
- Also struck out just eight times versus 14 walks, and stole 13 bases
- In three years, struck out only 16 times in 175 at-bats
- Scholar Athlete with a 3.65 GPA and 4.1 HPA (Honors Point Average)
- Ranked by Perfect Game as follows: No. 6 outfielder in Florida and No. 22 Floridian overall; No. 18 outfielder nationally and No. 95 overall recruit in the country
- Son of Erin Schanuel and Ryan Schanuel
- Born in Boca Raton
- Majoring in Business Entrepreneurship
- Favorite pro team is the Boston Red Sox, and athlete is Trea Turner
- Top movie is Bull Durham
- Loves Chipotle
- Enjoys golfing and fishing
- Most people don't know that he has a birthmark shaped like a dog's paw
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