NDSU

2009 SEASON (JUNIOR): Played 37 games and made 20 of his 28 starts at third base...Hit .269 with eight extra-base hits but was .341 with runners in scoring position and had 18 RBIs...Hit safely in the first seven games of the season and was named Summit League Player of the Week after hitting .533 in a four-game series at Murray State, where he had nine RBIs, four runs and three doubles...Had the eventual game-winning RBI in the 8-3 victory and hit a three-run go-ahead homer in the 13-11 loss...Went 2-for-2 with two triples off the bench in the 19-2 win over New Jersey Tech...Named to the Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic Team and Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence...2008 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Played in 40 games and made 35 of his 37 starts at third base...Hit .268 with five doubles and 23 RBIs...Had two six-game hitting streaks, including three 2-hit games to end the year...Hit .500 (7-for-14) with five RBIs on the final weekend series against South Dakota State...Hit .378 with runners in scoring position...Had 11 RBIs in 17 chances with runners on third and less than two out...Season-high three hits in the first game of the Centenary doubleheader... Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic Team...BEFORE NDSU: Played infield for coach Blair Kubicek and the Canadian Prairie Baseball Academy in 2007 while attending Lethbridge College in Alberta...Hit .315 with 28 RBIs and 12 stolen bases...MVP of the Cranbrook Bandits American Legion team in 2005 and 2006 for coach Nick Schuerman...Five-year starting pitcher and infielder...Hit .428 his junior year and .471 his senior year...Set club records for hits and batting average, and single-season records for hits, runs, stolen bases, ERA and saves...Graduated in 2005 from Prince Charles High School in Creston, British Columbia...PERSONAL:  Full name is David Eric Nutzhorn...Son of Scott and Brenda Nutzhorn of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan...Majoring in sport and recreation studies...Plans to intern with the Western Hockey League.