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PRONUNCIATION:
Release: Nathan Culley Makes Professional Debut with Sioux Falls Canaries
MSU Career Notables: Tied Minnesota State record for wins in a season with 12 in 2025 (led NSIC)... Finished career ninth in MSU history innings pitched (219.2)... First Minnesota State male to be named CSC Division II Baseball Academic All-American Team Member of the Year.
2025: CSC Division II Baseball Academic All-American Team Member of the Year... CSC First Team Academic All-America... NCBWA All-America Second Team... D2CCA All-America Third Team... NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence, NSIC Pitcher of the Week... NSIC Outstanding Senior Athlete... NSIC Pitcher of the Year... All-NSIC First Team... NSIC All-Tournament Team... NCBWA All-Central Region First Team... D2CCA All-Central Region First Team... ABCA/Rawlings All-Region First Team... Made 13 appearances, all starts with conference-best four complete games and 82.0 innings pitched (led NSIC)... Led NSIC with 2.52 earned run average... Held opposing hitters to .226 average (third in NSIC)... Struck out 98 hitters (led NSIC)... Struck out 22 hitters looking (third in NSIC)... Allowed 24 runs to opposing teams (led NSIC)... Season high 11 strikeouts vs. Northern State on Feb. 24... Season best 9.0 innings pitched vs. Grand Valley State on Mar. 8 and UMary on May 7... Tossed 7.0 innings in NCAA Central Region tournament vs. Arkansas Monticello on May 15 with three earned runs allowed on eight hits... Recorded first career at bat vs. Bemidji State and hit a double on Apr. 12.
2024 Summer: Mankato MoonDogs (Northwoods League)
2024: NSIC Academic Team of Excellence... Did not appear in a game for the Mavericks.
2023: NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence... NSIC All-Tournament Team... All-NSIC Second Team... CSC Academic All-District Team... ABCA/Rawlings All-Central Region Second Team... Held a 3.16 ERA in 16 appearances for the Mavericks, including 15 starts... Threw 79.2 innings and had a 9-3 record with a team-best 104 strikeouts (seventh in single season in MSU history)... Tossed two complete games and one shutout... Hitters batted .223 against Culley.
2022: Named ABCA/Rawlings Division II All-Central Region Second Team pitcher...Earned All-NSIC Second Team honors...Led the Mavericks with a 1.28 ERA and had a 4-1 won-loss mark...Fanned 56 batters in 42.1 innings of work during 2022 season...Owned a .214 opponent batting average...Named to NSIC Spring All-Academic Team of Excellence.
2021: Made 14 relief appearances in his first season of college baseball...Sported 0-0 record with 4.60 earned run average...Fanned 27 batters in 15.2 innings of work.
THE CULLEY FILE: Anoka (Minn.) High School product was named all-conference and all-section during his junior season...Registered an 11-1 record with a 111 strikeouts over 82 innings, while collecting two saves between the high school and summer seasons in 2019...Led Northwest Suburban Conference in strikeouts, while holding a 1.17 ERA and keeping opponents to a .180 batting average...Threw a one-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts in the 2019 section playoffs, was selected to the All-Tournament team and was voted the Minnesota Baseball Hub Player of the Week & Star Tribune top athletic performer of the week.
