2026 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 26
Jimmy Nugent
- B/T:
- R/R
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 210
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- High School:
- Badin
- Prev School:
- Lincoln Trail College
CAREER HONORS
• 2026 Buster Posey Award Midseason Watch List
• 2026 Academic All-ACC Team
• 2026 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team
2026: Played in 48 games, starting 47 (39 at C, 8 at DH) in his first season at Louisville ... Hit .315 and was second on the team with 14 doubles and 11 homers ... Drove in 39 runs and scored 41 ... Went 9-for-13 on stolen bases ... Threw out 41.4 percent (12-of-29) of potential base stealers ... Made his Louisville debut at catcher on Opening Day against Michigan State ... Recorded his first hit and RBI on Feb. 14 against Michigan State ... Went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and three runs scored in the win over Xavier on Feb. 17 ... Had his best night to date as a Card against EKU on Feb. 25, going 3-for-4 wiht a double and three driven in ... Went 5-for-9 reaching base nine times in the Seton Hall series, hitting his first home run in the finale ... Homered, doubled and drove in three in the win over Notre Dame on March 15 ... Went 2-for-4 with a homer and two RBIs at Cal on April 18 ... Reached base in all six plate appearances against Kentucky on April 21, driving in two and scoring twice ... Went 3-for-4 with a homer and two RBIs in the win over Clemson on April 25 ... Hit two homers, including a walk-off blast in the 10th inning, in the finale versus Clemson on April 26 ... Homered for the fourth time in three games against Indiana on April 28 ... Homered in the final two games of the series at Wake Forest, giving him six in a six-game stretch ... Hit a first-inning grand slam at Vanderbilt on May 5 ... Hit a homer at Miami on May 8 ... Had two doubles and scored twice against Bellarmine on May 12.
Lincoln Trail College: Played two seasons at Lincoln Trail … Played in 46 games as a sophomore in 2025, hitting .346 overall and leading the team with 12 homers and 41 RBIs to earn All-GRAC honors … Also tallied 13 doubles, two triples, 47 runs scored and stole seven bases … Hit .285 with nine doubles, six homers and 33 RBIs in 2024.
Penn State: Began his college career at Penn State, taking a redshirt season in 2023.
High School: Lettered three years at Badin High School, where he was a teammate with Lucas Moore … Helped Badin to state semifinal appearances in 2021 and 2022, earning All-State honors in both seasons … Named Ohio’s Johnny Bench Award winner in 2022.
Personal: Son of Jim and Tammy Nugent … Has one older sister – Hannah … Enjoys lifting and video games in his spare time … Fan of the Cincinnati Reds … Favorite movie is The Prestige … Favorite TV show is Severance … Bryce Harper is his favorite athlete.
• 2026 Buster Posey Award Midseason Watch List
• 2026 Academic All-ACC Team
• 2026 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team
2026: Played in 48 games, starting 47 (39 at C, 8 at DH) in his first season at Louisville ... Hit .315 and was second on the team with 14 doubles and 11 homers ... Drove in 39 runs and scored 41 ... Went 9-for-13 on stolen bases ... Threw out 41.4 percent (12-of-29) of potential base stealers ... Made his Louisville debut at catcher on Opening Day against Michigan State ... Recorded his first hit and RBI on Feb. 14 against Michigan State ... Went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and three runs scored in the win over Xavier on Feb. 17 ... Had his best night to date as a Card against EKU on Feb. 25, going 3-for-4 wiht a double and three driven in ... Went 5-for-9 reaching base nine times in the Seton Hall series, hitting his first home run in the finale ... Homered, doubled and drove in three in the win over Notre Dame on March 15 ... Went 2-for-4 with a homer and two RBIs at Cal on April 18 ... Reached base in all six plate appearances against Kentucky on April 21, driving in two and scoring twice ... Went 3-for-4 with a homer and two RBIs in the win over Clemson on April 25 ... Hit two homers, including a walk-off blast in the 10th inning, in the finale versus Clemson on April 26 ... Homered for the fourth time in three games against Indiana on April 28 ... Homered in the final two games of the series at Wake Forest, giving him six in a six-game stretch ... Hit a first-inning grand slam at Vanderbilt on May 5 ... Hit a homer at Miami on May 8 ... Had two doubles and scored twice against Bellarmine on May 12.
Lincoln Trail College: Played two seasons at Lincoln Trail … Played in 46 games as a sophomore in 2025, hitting .346 overall and leading the team with 12 homers and 41 RBIs to earn All-GRAC honors … Also tallied 13 doubles, two triples, 47 runs scored and stole seven bases … Hit .285 with nine doubles, six homers and 33 RBIs in 2024.
Penn State: Began his college career at Penn State, taking a redshirt season in 2023.
High School: Lettered three years at Badin High School, where he was a teammate with Lucas Moore … Helped Badin to state semifinal appearances in 2021 and 2022, earning All-State honors in both seasons … Named Ohio’s Johnny Bench Award winner in 2022.
Personal: Son of Jim and Tammy Nugent … Has one older sister – Hannah … Enjoys lifting and video games in his spare time … Fan of the Cincinnati Reds … Favorite movie is The Prestige … Favorite TV show is Severance … Bryce Harper is his favorite athlete.
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