2009: Baseball America Midseason All-American… Second Team All Ping!Baseball… NCBWA National Hitter of the Week (April 7)… two-time OVC Player of the Week (March 16 and April 6)… College Baseball Foundation National All-Star Lineup (March 18 and April 8… Nommensen had started each of the first 28 games when he suffered a wrist injury on April 10 that sidelined him for a month… returned to pinch run in the May 12 game at Butler, pinch hit and played the outfield in the OVC Tournament opener and returned to the starting lineup for the OVC Tournament loss to Murray State… was leading the nation in on-base and slugging percentage while ranking second in batting average at the time of his injury… reached base safely in five of his seven plate appearances at the OVC Tournament, including a 3-for-5 showing in the game he started… Eastern was 23-6 in the games he started… established new EIU single-season records for batting average (.525) and on-base percentage (.652)… recorded the highest slugging percentage (1.010) of any Panther in the OVC era (1997-present)… led off a game with a home run four times… one of four regulars that walked more than he struck out… went deep once every 9.2 at-bats, the best ratio on the team among regulars… accounted for seven of EIU’s 13 intentional walks… reached base safely 63 percent of the time to began an inning… hit safely in 26 of the 30 games in which he batted, posting a career-best 15-game hitting streak from March 7 to 29… reached base safely in all 30 games he batted… hit seven of his 11 homers in true road games and batted .578… recorded 17 extra-base hits in 65 March at-bats and led the team with 24 runs scored… had reach base safely in 15 of his 20 plate appearances in the month of April when he was injured… led the way with a 19-for-32 showing on the spring break trip, reaching safely 27 times and scoring 11 runs… was 14-for-22 with five homers in midweek action… batted .605 with 12 extra-base hits and 13 walks during the 13-game win streak… went 4-for-4 with two doubles and a homer in the season-opening win at Southeastern Louisiana, which intentionally walked him three times in the series… had four hits and scored a career-high five times in the series-opening win at Morehead State… went 4-for-4 with four RBIs in the win at Saint Louis… posted multi-homer games at Indiana State and SLU, leading off the game with a long ball on both occasions… also hit leadoff homers against Oklahoma and Illinois State… tripled home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning of the win against Indiana… went 8-for-13 with four extra-base hits and four runs scored to lead EIU to the team title at the Bulls Baseball Classic and earn OVC Player of the Week honors… was 10-for-13 with three homers and nine RBIs the first week of April to earn National Hitter of the Week honors for the NCBWA… tied the EIU all-time record for runs scored in the final game of the season… EIU Single-Season Rankings: first in batting average… EIU All-Time Rankings: first in runs scored, second in hits and walks, third in stolen bases, fifth in batting average and sixth in doubles.
2008: First Team All-OVC... NCAA Lincoln Regional All-Tournament Team... OVC All-Tournament Team... OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll... College Baseball Foundation National All-Star Lineup (May 7)… CollegeBaseballHub.com Heartland Region Hitter of the Week (May 5)… Nommensen was one of two Panthers to play in all 57 games, starting 56 times in center field… batted an impressive .557 (34-for-61) in May to raise his average from .336 on May 1 to .402 at the end of the season, becoming the 15th player in program history to bat .400 or better… led the team in batting average, hits, multi-hit games, runs scored, doubles, slugging percentage, walks, on-base-percentage, stolen bases and outfield assists… led the OVC in on-base percentage in both all games and conference play, establishing a new EIU single-season record in the program’s OVC era in the process… one of four Panthers that walked more than he struck out… batted .432 with a .538 on-base percentage in OVC play, ranking second in the league in average… reached safely to begin an inning 55 percent of the time, and 64 percent of the time in OVC play… held his own against left-handed pitching, batting .339… batted a team-best .426 against right-handed pitchers… led the team in batting average with runners on (.422) and runners in scoring position (.436)… collected 16 of his 36 RBIs with two outs… finished the season riding a career-best, 12-game hitting streak, batting .540 (27-for-50) with 19 runs scored during the streak… the only game in May in which he did not hit safely he did not start… also ended the year having hit safely in the final eight OVC games of the season… collected a hit in 22 of the 26 conference contests altogether… reached base safely at least once in 52 of the 56 games for the year… batted .486 with an .829 slugging percentage at home… struck out just once in 61 at-bats in March… led the way with a 13-for-25 (.520) showing in the postseason, going 8-for-15 with eight runs scored at the OVC Tournament and 5-for-10 with six RBIs at the NCAA Regional… reached base safely in 12 of his 19 plate appearances at the OVC Tourney… registered multiple hits in each of the final five games of the regular season and the final four games of the year overall… played a key roll in both of EIU’s walk-off wins, delivering the game-winning hit in the OVC opener against Morehead and scoring the deciding run in the rubber game of the SEMO series… also came through with a two-out, two-run triple in the seventh inning to lift EIU to victory against Monmouth College… hit the first home run of the season by a Panther and also homered in the final game of the year… posted three four-hit games, including a 4-for-5 showing in the victory against regular-season champ Jax State at the OVC Tournament… went 4-for-4 and reached base safely in each of his five plate appearances in the opener of the series at Tech… reached base safely twice during the eight-run inning in the opener of the JSU series, capping the rally with a three-run double… was practically unstoppable in the SEMO series, finishing the three-game set 7-for-10 while reaching safely in 12 of his 14 plate appearances… recorded a multi-hit effort, scored a run and drew a walk in all three game of that series vs. SEMO… doubled three times, including a key ninth-inning two-bagger, in the rubber game win against SEMO… went deep twice during the season-long, six-game homestand, hitting his first career home run at Coaches Stadium in the win against Chicago State… reached safely twice and knocked in a run during the 10-run sixth inning in the win against Evansville… hit a two-run homer, led off the ninth inning with a single (his 200th career hit) and scored the game-tying run in the Regional contest against Oral Roberts… Top 10 OVC Rankings: first in on-base percentage; third in batting average; fourth in hits, doubles and slugging percentage; fifth in stolen bases; sixth in total bases; seventh in runs scored; and eighth in walks… Top 100 National Rankings: 14th in on-base percentage, 38th in batting average, 55th in toughest to strikeout and 70th in hit by pitch… EIU Single-Season Rankings: second in hits, fifth in stolen bases, eighth in doubles and 17th in batting average.
2007: AutoZone Classic All-Tournament Team… He played in 48 games, starting 46 times in center field… started all 26 OVC games in center… led outfielders in defensive assists (8) while committing just one error in 118 chances… made a number of highlight-reel catches and throws for the second year in a row as well… also led the team in triples and runs scored while ranking second in stolen bases, and third in hits and batting average… batted at least once in eight of the nine spots in the lineup, all but cleanup… batted .350 and recorded six outfield assists in OVC play… reached base 42 percent of the time when leading off an inning… reached base on an error a team-high 10 times… posted an eight-game hitting streak in April and went on to hit safely in 22 of the final 25 games of the season in which he played… posted a team high 11-game hitting streak in OVC play and also finished the year having hit safely in six straight league games… batted a team-high .436 with 12 runs scored during the 12-game stretch in which Erik Huber was limited to a pinch-hitting role… went 5-for-10 with three runs scored and a pair of stolen bases in Memphis to represent EIU on the All-Tournament Team… batted .361 with a team-high 15 runs scored in April… batted .371 with a team-high 19 runs scored at home… collected 11 of his 15 RBIs in true road games… scored 26 of his 39 runs in EIU wins… doubled twice en route to a three-hit effort at SIU, becoming the first Panther with two triples in a game since 1999… collected a season-high three RBIs thanks to a two-hit effort and a pair of sacrifice flies in the opening game of The Citadel series… went 6-for-12 with three extra-base hits and five runs scored in the first OVC series… tripled, walked twice and scored three times in the win at Jax State… went 8-for-10 in the Samford series thanks to consecutive three-hit efforts in the final two games of the set…closed the year strong, going 3-for-5 with two RBIs in the season finale and 6-for-13 total in the Morehead series… Top 10 OVC Rankings: fourth in triples.
2006: OVC All-Freshman Team… He played in 52 games and started 51 times, primarily in center field… batted leadoff in every game he started… led the team in triples, runs, walks and stolen bases… third on the team in on-base percentage (.429) while ranking 10th in the league, as well as second among OVC freshmen… walked more than he struck out… posted four outfield assists vs. just two errors while also making a number of highlight-reel catches… single-handedly changed the scope of the Austin Peay sweep, robbing the same Governor of a home run and run-scoring double in back-to-back innings of game one… posted a 10-game hitting streak early in the season, igniting the streak with a three-hit effort at Kansas State… hit safely in all eight games of the spring break trip, highlighted by a four-RBI performance in the comeback win over Indiana… doubled, homered, scored twice and walked twice in that win, his first of five straight multi-hit games… batted .412 with a team-high nine runs scored during the spring break trip… posted the first five-hit game by a Panther, collecting a quintet of singles in the opener of the Jax State series… registered three hits and scored twice in key game-three win of the Samford series… scored a career-high four times in the opener of the EKU series… hit safely in 15 of the last 17 games of the season, including both OVC Tournament contests… also hit safely in all three games of the Murray, SEMO, EKU and Morehead series… walked three times in the opener of a pair of OVC series… reached as the leadoff man in an inning 43 percent of the time… solid situational hitting statistics: .347 with runners on, .431 with RISP (second best on the team) and seven two-out RBIs… batted .337 and scored a team-high 25 runs in OVC play… batted .391 against OVC lefthanders… hit the ground running, batting .313 while driving in a team-high 13 runs in February and March… scored a team-high 13 runs in May while batting .326… Top 10 OVC Rankings: sixth in runs scored, eighth in triples, ninth in walks and 10th in stolen bases and on-base percentage.
HIGH SCHOOL: He played for coach Don Sutherland... two-time Northwest Herald All-Area and All-Fox Valley Conference pick... team MVP... CGHS won its regional in 2004.
PERSONAL: No. 1 sports highlight was "hitting a home run at a tournament in Cooperstown, NY when I was 12"... his father and brother have been a major influence on his sports career because "they always pushed me to become a better player"... most admires Grady Sizemore... son of Don and Lori Nommensen... MAJOR: Kinesiology & Sports Studies (with a Teacher's Certification).
