2008 Baseball Roster
Roster
Buss, Nick

Jersey Number 17
Nick Buss
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Clinton Township, Mich.
- High School:
- De La Salle
Bio
2008
Buss will be the Trojans[apos] starting center fielder as a 2008 junior and has the tools that has already impressed major league scouts for the draft in June. Summer
He played for the Peninsula Oilers of the Alaska Baseball League...named to the Alaska Baseball League Post Season All-Star Team after leading the league with a .369 batting average and 29 stolen bases...played in 42 games, going 58-for-157 with six doubles, a league-leading five triples, two home runs and 23 RBI...was 29-for-34 on the basepaths and walked 24 times against only 11 strikeouts for a .445 OBP. 2007
In his 2007 junior season, Buss batted .290 (53-for-183) with 14 doubles, a triple, a home run and 13 RBI with six stolen bases...made 47 starts in 54 games for the Trojans...had a season-high four hits on May 20 at California...hit two doubles on April 5 at No. 9 Oregon State...hit his first home run as a Trojan on Feb. 13 at Pepperdine with an opposite-field solo shot...on Feb. 6 at Loyola Marymount, he recorded his first three-hit game for the Trojans. San Diego Mesa CC
Buss earned All-Southern California and All-Pacific Coast Conference first team honors as a 2006 freshman after leading San Diego Mesa CC with a .382 (66-for-173) batting average...played for coach Kevin Hazlett...scored 30 runs and recorded 22 RBI...stole 21 bases in 25 attempts...selected in the 35th round of the 2006 amateur draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers. High School
He played two seasons at De La Salle High in Warren, Mich., for coach Brian Kelly...earned Division I all-state first team honors in his senior season...also played three seasons on the golf team...graduated as a member of the National Honor Society. Personal
He is majoring in public policy and development...parents are Greg and Sally...has two brothers, Brad and Andrew, and one sister, Stacy...favorite movie is The Shawshank Redemption...favorite television shows are Seinfeld and Arrested Development...birthdate is Dec. 15, 1986.
Buss will be the Trojans[apos] starting center fielder as a 2008 junior and has the tools that has already impressed major league scouts for the draft in June. Summer
He played for the Peninsula Oilers of the Alaska Baseball League...named to the Alaska Baseball League Post Season All-Star Team after leading the league with a .369 batting average and 29 stolen bases...played in 42 games, going 58-for-157 with six doubles, a league-leading five triples, two home runs and 23 RBI...was 29-for-34 on the basepaths and walked 24 times against only 11 strikeouts for a .445 OBP. 2007
In his 2007 junior season, Buss batted .290 (53-for-183) with 14 doubles, a triple, a home run and 13 RBI with six stolen bases...made 47 starts in 54 games for the Trojans...had a season-high four hits on May 20 at California...hit two doubles on April 5 at No. 9 Oregon State...hit his first home run as a Trojan on Feb. 13 at Pepperdine with an opposite-field solo shot...on Feb. 6 at Loyola Marymount, he recorded his first three-hit game for the Trojans. San Diego Mesa CC
Buss earned All-Southern California and All-Pacific Coast Conference first team honors as a 2006 freshman after leading San Diego Mesa CC with a .382 (66-for-173) batting average...played for coach Kevin Hazlett...scored 30 runs and recorded 22 RBI...stole 21 bases in 25 attempts...selected in the 35th round of the 2006 amateur draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers. High School
He played two seasons at De La Salle High in Warren, Mich., for coach Brian Kelly...earned Division I all-state first team honors in his senior season...also played three seasons on the golf team...graduated as a member of the National Honor Society. Personal
He is majoring in public policy and development...parents are Greg and Sally...has two brothers, Brad and Andrew, and one sister, Stacy...favorite movie is The Shawshank Redemption...favorite television shows are Seinfeld and Arrested Development...birthdate is Dec. 15, 1986.
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