NORTHRIDGE – Senior third baseman Nolan Bumstead has been named to the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America Second Team for Division I Baseball, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced on Thursday. Bumstead, who has earned academic all-district honors each of the last two seasons, is the third Matador on record to earn academic all-america accolades and the first since 2001.

A four-year letterman from Calgary, Alberta, Bumstead has earned a cumulative 3.90 grade point average over his time at CSUN. Bumstead received a pair of Big West All-Academic Team honors in his career, and helped the Matadors post a program record 3.05 GPA last fall. He will earn his degree in electrical engineering this fall.

Competing in all 58 games in 2018, Bumstead finished third on the team in batting average (.291), hits (59) and home runs (6). He posted new career highs in several categories including runs (29), RBI (29), walks (20), hits and home runs. The hard-nosed third baseman tied for seventh place in the Big West in sacrifice flies (4) and tied for ninth in homers. During the year, Bumstead collected 14 multiple-hit games and hit safely in 41 contests.

Bumstead made 209 career appearances for the Matadors including 199 starts. He hit .281 at the plate with 204 hits, 97 RBI, 84 runs, 30 doubles and 13 home runs. His nine sacrifice flies in his career are tied for eighth place in CSUN history. As a junior, Bumstead earned an All-Big West Honorable Mention award after hitting .302 with four homers and 25 RBI.

Bumstead is one of two student-athletes from the all-district 8 squad to be named to the academic all-america team. A total of 33 student-athletes across all of Division I baseball were named to the complete team. As a group, the team produced an average GPA of 3.90.