Longwood University Athletics

2026: Flamethrowing righthander who was a top-level relief arm out of the bullpen for Longwood…Recorded a 4-2 record with one save with a 4.26 ERA in 44.1 innings spread over 19 appearances, two starts…Struck out 59 to 18 walks…Big South Relief Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 17)…Struck out at least four batters in an outing six times…Had seven scoreless relief appearances…Did not give up an earned run in five of his final six outings…Helped Longwood win five games in the Big South Tournament for the first time in team history, advancing to the Big South Championship game and finishing as runner-up…The team won 34 games, tying its Division I record…Struck out a career-best nine against NJIT (Feb. 14) to earn the win with 4.0 scoreless relief frames in his first appearance as a Lancer…Got the save against UMBC (Feb. 20) with 3.0 scoreless relief frames…Also recorded wins against Presbyterian (April 19), at High Point (May 3), and against Radford (May 20)…In the outing against Radford, set a career best with 6.0 shutout innings while striking out seven against eight hits and no walks to give Longwood the win…Also made a 2.0 inning appearance against High Point (May 23) to help Longwood advanced to the Big South Championship game, surrendering one unearned run on two hits and a walk against three strikeouts…
 
Prior to Longwood: Played for two seasons at Cleveland Community College...As a sophomore, made 15 appearances, with 10 starts, while going 5-0 in 53.0 innings of work with a 4.42 ERA...Struck out 65 and held opponents to a .249 batting average...Had seven appearances where he worked at least 5.0 innings...As a freshman, made 17 appearances and had two saves in 30.0 innings of work while going 0-3...Struck out 41...

High School: Played baseball at Parkwood, where he was the MVP of the team in 2023...Two-time all-conference team honoree...

Personal: Son of Richie and Alycia Nash...Has one sibling, Emma...Sister, Emma, played volleyball at Averett...Two time Dean's List honoree at Cleveland CC...Beta Club and National Honor Society member in high school...Outside of pursuing professional baseball, is considering taking over the family construction business...Favorite athletes are Chipper Jones and Greg Maddux...Hobbies include golfing, fishing and hunting...