Prior to NSU:
• Played two seasons at Hinds Community College.
• appeared in seven games in 2018, hitting .250 and stealing three bases in as many tries, before earning a medical redshirt.
• lettered as a freshman, batting .295 with a home run and 18 RBIs.
High School:
• Three-year letterman for coach Eddie Lofton at Biloxi High School.
• played in the Mississippi All-Star Game as a junior.
• played in the State Games Tournament in both his sophomore and junior seasons.
• graduated with a 3.5 grade-point average.
Personal:
• Born May 19, 1998.
• son of Melanie and Joe Nelson.
• one brother, Aaron Lockett, and one sister, Skye Nelson.
• majoring in nursing and wants to become a nurse practitioner.
• life’s ambition is to “provide for my family like my parents did for me.”
