Jordan Nwogu

Class:
Junior
Position:
OF
Ht./Wt.:
6-3 / 235
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Hometown:
Ann Arbor, Mich.
High School:
Pioneer

Updated through 2020 season

Junior (2020)
The 2020 season was cancelled after 15 games due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
• Started all 15 games in the Michigan outfield and led off every game
• Led the Wolverines with a .353 batting average, a .456 slugging percentage and two home runs
• Finished the season with 24 hits, 11 runs scored, two home runs and a double
• Started the 2020 campaign on an eight-game hit streak
• Reached base in all but one game on the season, including 12-straight to start the season
• Had eight multi-hit games, including a four-hit performance against Cal Poly (March 1)
• Scored a season-best two runs on two occasions, against UConn (Feb. 22) and at No. 24 Pepperdine (March 7)
• Went 2-for-5 with two runs scored and a double against UConn (Feb. 22)
• Hit first home run of the season against UConn (Feb. 21)
• Had a 3-for-4 day against Cal Poly (Feb. 15) with a run scored and stolen base

Sophomore (2019)
• ABCA All-America Second Team selection (designated hitter)
• ABCA All-Mideast Region First Team selection (designated hitter)
• All-Big Ten First Team selection (designated hitter)
• Big Ten Conference Player to Watch (preseason)
• Academic All-Big Ten selection
• Finished the season with a .321 batting average and a team-leading 58 runs scored
• Led Michigan with a .557 slugging average and a team-leading .435 on-base percentage
• Posted 22 multi-hit games and 12 multi-hit efforts on the year
• Posted a 30-game reached-base streak (March 23-May 16)
• Drove in three runs in a win over Texas Tech at the College World Series (June 21)
• Posted two hits, a run scored and a stolen base at UCLA (June 8)
• Notched two hits, two walks and two runs scored in a 6-0 victory over Creighton (May 31)
• Hit leadoff home runs against Indiana State (April 9), Rutgers (April 26), Maryland (May 5)
• Hit a two-out, two-RBI game-winning double in a Big Ten Conference elimination game vs. Illinois (May 23)
• Drove-in a career-high four runs in an 18-8 victory over Nebraska in a Big Ten Tournament game (May 25)
• Broke a 5-5 tie in the 6th inning at Nebraska (May 17) with a three-run homer, helping the Wolverines secure a 10-8 victory
• Scored three runs on two hits and a walk in a victory at Maryland (May 5)
• Went 3-for-4 with a run scored in back-to-back games against Northwestern (April 20-21)
• Recorded a career-high four hits against Manhattan (March 16) and scored three runs

Freshman (2018)
• Collegiate Baseball News Freshman All-America selection
• All-Big Ten Second Team Selection
• All-Big Ten Freshman Team Selection
• Collegiate debut: against Army (Feb. 16)
• Big Ten Freshman of the Week (May 14)
• Big Ten Freshman of the Week (March 19)
• Played 46 games in his debut season, making 35 starts in the outfield and as a designated hitter
• Posted a .349 batting average with a .571 slugging percentage and a .442 on-base percentage
• Knocked two home runs and tallied three RBI in a 10-2 win at Michigan State (May 9)
• Went 3-for-4 with two runs scored in a win at Central Michigan (May 8)
• Led off with a solo home run at Rutgers (May 4)
• Totaled a career-high four hits in a 10-2 win at Iowa (April 28)
• Went 2-for-2 with two runs scored and two RBI in a win over Penn State (April 22)
• Homered in a 14-2 win over Penn State (April 22)
• Went 2-for-3 with an RBI in a 10-4 victory over Maryland (April 13)
• Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored in a 3-0 win at Northwestern (April 7)
• Went 2-for-4 with a walk and an RBI in a win over Central Michigan (March 28)
• Scored the winning run in a ninth-inning walk-off victory over Western Michigan (March 21)
• Recorded three hits in a win over Bowling Green (March 18)
• Hit his first career home run in a victory over Bowling Green (March 17)
• Registered a career-high four RBI against Bowling Green (March 17)
• Stole a career-high two bases at Stanford (March 3)

Prep
• 2017 Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American Central - All Region 1st Team
• 2017 Named top-25 baseball player in Michigan by MLive
• 2016 All-State
• 2016 All-Region
• 2016 All-District
• 2016 All-Conference
• 2015 All-District
• 2015 All-Conference
• Alpha Phi Alpha Leadership Award
• National Honor Society
• Alpha Kappa Alpha Ann Arbor Young Man of Promise

Personal
• Is a recruited walk-on
• Jordan Chijioke George-Nwogu was born March 10th, 1999
• Enrolled in College of Engineering as a Computer Science Engineering major
• Son of Okey Nwogu and Uche George-Nwogu
• Has two brothers