2015 CUBA TRIP
Only Nittany Lion to post a 1.000 batting and on-base percentage for the trip after hitting a double, drawing a walk and getting hit by a pitch in three plate appearances over two games … Entered in historic 9-3 win over Mayabeque – the first win for a U.S. team against a Cuban National Series team – drawing a walk … Started at catcher at Matanzas hitting a double and getting hit by a pitch in two plate appearances.
2015 (FRESHMAN)
Season: Started 24 of 32 games played. At Elon (2/13-14): Made debut as defensive replacement in season opener … Drew start at catcher in second game. At No. 23 Texas A&M (2/22): Hit RBI-single for first career hit, going 1-for-3. At Liberty (3/14): Hit two-RBI single. Central Connecticut State (3/29): Reached base three times going 2-for-4 with a walk, RBI and run scored. Bucknell (4/7): Factored in on three of the four Penn State runs scored in two-run win, including the go-ahead run – an RBI-single in the sixth inning … Added an insurance run in the eighth inning on an RBI-groundout … Scored a run after reaching on a walk … Reached base three times. Michigan (4/10-12): Started all three games of series … Doubled, drove in two runs, scored a run and walked in series opener … Went 1-for-3 in second game. Illinois (4/26): Went 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored. Rutgers (5/1-3): Started all three games of series … Went 1-for-1 with two RBIs and two walks in second game.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner as a catcher at Chambersburg Area High School under head coach Merle Guyer ... Was a team captain as a junior in 2013 ... Missed senior season due to injury ... Posted a .325 batting average as a junior ... Threw out 60 percent of all runners in 2013 season ... Named an Under Armour All-American (2012) and Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American (2011) ... Played summer ball for the Mid-Atlantic Red Sox ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Was also a two-year letterwinner as a guard in basketball.
PERSONAL
Full name is Nicholas Joseph Graham ... Born on September 19, 1995 in Chambersburg, Pa. ... Parents are Theresa and William Graham ... Has two older brothers, Billy and TJ, and one older sister, Mackenzie ... Father, Bill, attended Penn State and graduated in 1984 ... Intends to major in kinesiology.