Nick Vardaro   Bluefish Baseball Club

 

Nick Vardaro

  #23     Bats/Throws: R/R
  Position: SS/OF    Ht.: 5-11    Wt.: 190
  Hometown: Norwood, MA
  School: University of Southern Maine
  # of Seasons:  2

 

 

 

(2008): HONORS – 2008 Yawkey League All-Star ... played in 39 out of a possible 41 games ... third on team in hits (49) ... second on team in batting average (.380) ... fourth on team in home runs (2) ... third in RBI (27) ... tied for sixth in doubles (4) ... third in multi-hit games (15) ...<><> third in multi-RBI games (10) ... had team's second-longest hitting streak of the season (14 games, 2/8 through 3/5) ... in three-game sweep of West Florida on 2/8-9, went 5-13 with 5 RBI, 4 runs, 2 doubles and a home run ... went 7-16 with 5 RBI, 3 runs, 2 doubles, a triple and a home run vs. Nova Southeastern on 2/22-24 ... went 7-12 with 5 RBI, 3 runs, 3 doubles and a home run vs. Rollins on 3/28-30 ... in three-game sweep of Eckerd on 4/11-12, went 10-16 with 5 RBI, 8 runs, 2 home runs and a double ... went 6-13 with 3 RBI, 4 runs and 2 doubles vs. Lynn on 4/25-26 ... had multi-hit games in 12 of the last 18 ... hit .442 (23-52) over last 12 games of season. 

(2007): HONORS – 2007 Yawkey League All-Star ... Started all 60 games (40 at 2B, then 20 at SS) ... third on team in runs scored ... went 1-5 with double & three RBI in FSC debut vs. West. Fla. on 2/2 ... hit safely in seven of first eight games ... had 19 multi-hit games ... had 11 multi-RBI games ... was 3-6 with three runs, three RBI, double & HR vs. Bentley on 2/20 ... was 3-6 with four RBI vs. Eckerd on 2/28 ... was 3-7 with HR & six RBI vs. Warner Southern on 4/17 ... went 8-13 with six runs, six RBI, double & HR in three-game sweep of Lynn on 5/4-5 ... went 8-19 with seven runs, four RBI, HR in NCAA South Regional ... finished season with 11-game hitting streak.

Previous Seasons: 2006 graduate of Pasco High School ... four-year player in baseball ... first-team all-conference selection as a junior and senior ... Pasco County Player of the Year as a senior ... hit .553 with 18 home runs and 40 RBI ... named to school's academic honor roll every year.

PERSONAL: son of John and Pam Shields ... majoring in finance ... was hitting .349 with 2 HR and 11 RBI in 12 games for Cotuit in last summer's Cape Cod League before an injury sidelined him for the rest of the summer ... born 12/7/87. 

 

 Career Hitting Stats

SEASON TEAM G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS PO A E FLD%

2007

BLUE 23 69 15 20 24 2 1 0 6 17 18 0 7 3 .290 .430 .348 .778 29 42 7 .910

2009

BLUE 11 29 6 9 9 0 0 0 8 8 8 3 4 0 .310 .500 .310 .810 17 22 2 .951

CAREER

  34 98 21 29 33 2 1 0 14 25 23 3 11 3 .296       46 64 9 .924