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Mike
Nesseth • RHP • Nebraska • Sophomore
 Honors
& Awards
2008 Husker Power Baseball Lifter of the Year
2008 No. 2 Prospect in Northwoods League
Baseball America’s No. 63 Prospect for 2009 MLB Draft
Baseball America’s No. 29 College Prospect for the 2009 MLB Draft
2009: One of the
proven commodities on the Husker pitching staff, sophomore Mike
Nesseth enjoyed a breakthrough 2008 season • Reworked his delivery
prior to the season and enjoyed the fruits of his labor, going 4-1
with four saves and a 3.58 ERA in 27 appearances • Showed the
ability to dominate at times with a fastball in the mid-90s and a
plus slider as he continued to gain confidence • Posted a 2-0 mark
with a 2.11 ERA in his final 13 outings while averaging nearly two
strikeouts per inning in that stretch • Will be moved into the
weekend rotation and is penciled in as the Huskers’ top starter
entering spring drills • Has worked hard to improve his variety of
pitches in making the transition and is diligent about making
improvements every time he is on the mound • Worked exclusively as
a starting pitcher for Duluth (Minn.) in the Northwoods League over
the summer • Went 0-2 with a 2.93 ERA in six starts, striking out
27 in 30.2 innings and holding foes to a .212 average • Started
NU’s exhibition against Iowa in the fall, working two shutout
frames and allowing only one ball out of the infield • Rated the
No. 2 prospect in the Northwoods League by Baseball America and
among the top 100 prospects for the upcoming draft.
2008: Nesseth put
together a strong redshirt freshman campaign, emerging as one of the
Huskers’ top bullpen workers down the stretch • Went 4-1 with
four saves and a 3.58 ERA in 27 appearances, as he fanned 53 over
37.2 innings • Ranked second on the squad in saves and appearances
and held foes to a .201 average • Established NU’s freshman
record with 27 appearances, breaking the school mark of 25 set by
Tim Schoeninger in 2003 • Was at his best down the stretch, going
2-0 with two saves and a 2.11 ERA in his final 13 outings, fanning
31 over 17.2 innings and holding opponents to a .151 average •
Didn’t allow a run in two NCAA Lincoln Regional appearances,
highlighted by a five strikeout effort over 2.2 innings of one-hit
ball against Oral Roberts on June 1 • Threw twice in the Big 12
Tournament, allowing one earned run in 3.2 innings of work,
including three strikeouts over two innings against Baylor on May 21
• Went 2-0 with a save in 13 conference appearances, while posting
an impressive 25-to-5 strikeout-to-walk ratio • Pitched twice
against No. 12 Missouri, fanning three over two perfect innings on
May 18 after allowing three runs in 0.2 innings on May 16 • Threw
twice against ninth-ranked Texas A&M, allowing one hit and
striking out six over 3.2 innings of work • Earned the win in the
series finale against the Aggies, fanning five and allowing one hit
over the final 2.2 innings of a 13-10 win • Tossed a career-high
3.2 innings of no-hit relief with a season-high six strikeouts
against Louisiana-Lafayette on May 3, a game NU won 4-3 in 14
innings • Collected his fourth save against Western Illinois on
April 29, fanning two in a perfect inning of relief • Preserved
Nebraska’s 4-3 win over Creighton on April 22 with 1.1 shutout
innings, fanning two and allowing no hits for his third save •
Went a then-career-long 2.1 innings against Kansas on April 19,
striking out three and allowing a pair of runs on four hits •
Tossed a perfect ninth inning with a strikeout in the series finale
at No. 21 Oklahoma State on April 13 • Pitched twice against
Oklahoma, earning the save in the series clincher on March 22 •
Collected the win in the series finale against Kansas State on March
16, fanning four over two innings of shutout relief in a 5-3,
10-inning victory • Picked up his first college win against
Northern Colorado on March 9, working two innings of no-hit relief
and fanning two in a 3-2 victory • Collected his first career save
against UC Riverside on March 1, fanning a pair over a hitless frame
of relief • Pitched twice in the series at Stanford, allowing one
hit over 1.1 innings of shutout ball.
2007: Nesseth
redshirted as a true freshman in the Husker program • Spent the
summer pitching for the Duluth Huskies in the Northwoods League •
Made 17 appearances out of the bullpen, going 0-1 with a 4.08 ERA,
as he struck out 14 and walked four in 17.2 innings.
Windom Area High
School: Nesseth was one of the top prospects in the state of
Minnesota, pitching for Coach Brad Schlomann at Windom Area High
School • Garnered first-team All-Minnesota Class AA honors from
the Minnesota State High School Baseball Coaches Association, going
3-4 with a 2.47 ERA as a senior • Struck out 78 and allowed only
18 walks over 51 innings • Was a two-time, first-team All-Section
3AA and All-Southwest Conference selection, going 8-4 with a 2.21
ERA and 94 strikeouts over 69.2 innings as a junior • Finished his
four-year career with a 14-10 record, a 2.55 ERA and 249 strikeouts
over 187 innings • Struck out a career-high 18 in a Class 3AA
state playoff game as a junior • Totaled 11 letters in high
school, as he also played football and basketball at Windom Area
High School • Earned all-conference honors in each of his last two
seasons in basketball, where he finished as the school’s all-time
leading scorer • Captained the football, basketball and baseball
teams at WAHS in 2005-06 and was tabbed the school’s Male Athlete
of the Year • Was a member of the National Honor Society and on
the honor roll throughout his high school career.
Personal: Born on
April 19, 1988, in Worthington, Minn. • Parents are Larry and Deb
Nesseth • Has one sister (Nicole) and one brother-in-law (Brent
Staples) • Majors in business administration.
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