GENERAL: Co-Captain... All-MAAC performer and ranks among top players in the region... extremely hard worker... one of the fastest players in the conference... hits for both power and average... strong defensively with a good throwing arm... a lead by example player... program's all-time leader in triples... great baseball IQ... quickly climbing Manhattan's career hits list which is topped by his brother Eric Nieto '08.
2010: Preseason MAAC Player of the Year... Lowe's Senior CLASS Award Top-30 Finalist... Named Louisville Slugger Preseason All-America Third Team by Collegiate Baseball newspaper... selected to PING!Baseball All-America Third Team.
2009: Named to All-MAAC First Team... selected to American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) All-America Third Team and the ABCA Northeast Region First Team... All Ping!Baseball.com Honorary Mention... led NCAA Division I with 1.57 runs per game... started 45 of 46 appearances... led the MAAC in runs scored (72) and slugging percentage (.754)... ranked in the top-5 of the MAAC in triples (2nd - 6), on-base percentage (2nd - .480), batting average (2nd - .396), stolen bases (3rd - 25), home runs (4th - 13) and total bases (4th - 141)... broke MAAC single season runs record (72) and tied his own single season program triples record (6)... posted 72 hits and tied for third on the team with 54 RBI... had 23 multi-hit games, including a team-high six four hit performances... scored a season-high five runs leading Manhattan to a extra inning victory at Albany (4/29)... rode an 11 game hit streak in the regular-season... notched 16 doubles and walked 24 times... went 4-for-5 with a season-high six RBI and a home run in a win over Fairfield (4/18)... posted five multi-steal games, including a season-high three steals in wins over Fairleigh Dickinson (4/15) and Canisius (4/25)... delivered five RBIs twice, versus Saint Peter's (3/21) and Fordham (4/28)... hit 2-for-3 in the MAAC Tournament victory over Rider (5/21)... recorded a .948 fielding percentage... Preseason All-MAAC selection... Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Watch List... All-Ping!Baseball Preseason honoree... played summer ball for the Vermont Mountaineers of the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL).
2008: Started 42 of 43 appearances... named First Team All-MAAC... selected to ECAC Division I All-Star Second Team and American Baseball Coaches Association Northeast Region First Team... appointed to MAAC Championships All-Tournament Team after going 4-for-6, including a home run and double while driving in two RBI... led conference in batting average (.386) and triples (6)... finished in the top-5 of the league in stolen bases (third, 21-for-21), slugging percentage (fourth, .595), on-base percentage (fourth, .467) and RBI (fifth, 47)... tied for third on the squad with 59 hits, including 14 doubles... third on team with 50 runs scored... named MAAC Player of the Week on May 12, after posting a .438 batting average, seven RBI and two triples... set program single season triples record and registered the 10th of his career vs. Saint Peter's (5/11) becoming all-time leader in Manhattan baseball history... recorded 15 multi-hit games, including three hit performances on four occasions... was a perfect 4-for-4 and scored three runs in win at Rider (3/22)... drove in a season-high four RBI vs. Rider (3/21) and Saint Peter's (5/11)... held a 16 game hit streak in late April... blasted first career home run at Rider (3/21)... finished third on team with .976 fielding percentage... played summer ball with Vermont Mountaineers of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, starting 23 of 24 appearances... tied for third in NECBL in stolen bases... finished tied for first on team with four home runs, was second with .314 batting average... scored 21 runs and 27 hits... named to NECBL All-Star Team.
2007: Started all 54 games... was .267 from the plate with 16 RBI... led the team and the MAAC with 24 stolen bases... a Second Team All-MAAC selection... tallied 14 multi-hit games... made first collegiate start in season opener at South Florida (2/23)... recorded first collegiate hit at Liberty (3/3)... named MAAC Rookie of the Week on March 26 and April 9... selected to College Baseball Foundation National Honor Roll on April 12... was 3-for-4 with two runs scored in series opener vs. Canisius (3/25)... went 3-for-3 with three runs, two RBI, and two stolen bases at Albany (4/3)... was 2-for-4 with three runs and three stolen bases in the series opener at Niagara (4/21)... went 4-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored vs. Rider (4/28)... played his summer baseball for the Amsterdam Mohawks of the New York Collegiate Baseball League (NYCBL)... named to the NYCBL All-Star team... led the team with 34 stolen bases.
BEFORE MANHATTAN: Named First Team All-Dade County as a senior after batting .420, with seven home runs and 27 RBI... served as team captain his senior season... won the Marist Award for leadership and team spirit... posted a .350 batting average as a junior, with three home runs and 17 stolen bases... team advanced to the State Regional Round as a junior.
PERSONAL: A finance major... the son of Antonio and Elizabeth Nieto... has a brother, Eric '08, who is the program's career hits leader (219).