Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

AS A JUNIOR IN 2025
Saw action in 22 games and made three starts … went 1-2 with a 6.33 ERA across 58 1/3 innings … struck out 55 and walked only 17 … held No. 23 Kentucky (March 4) to one run on two hits in three innings during his first start of the season … allowed one run and struck out four in three innings against Northern Kentucky (April 8) … College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District … Atlantic Sun Conference Honor Roll.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2024
Appeared in 15 games and started 14 times … went 4-5 with an 8.16 ERA … struck out 42 and walked 26 in 64 innings of work … was chosen as the Atlantic Sun Conference Pitcher of the Week on March 25 after pitching a 7-inning, complete game, 2-hit shutout in a 10-0 win over North Alabama (March 22) … he walked one, had six strikeouts and held the Lions to a 0.95 team batting average … turned in his second quality start of the season at FGCU (May 11), allowing one run on two hits, walked two and struck out three in six innings ... Atlantic Sun Conference Honor Roll.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2023
Made 18 appearances and started five times during his freshman season … went 4-1 with a 6.17 ERA … struck out 33 batters and walked 15 in 42 and one-third innings … won his first collegiate start, shutting out Presbyterian (March 11) on one hit in four innings … struck out a season-high four batters in three and one-third innings of scorless relief at Jacksonville (April 7) … pitched a season-high five innings and picked up the win at Western Kentucky (May 9) after limiting the Hilltoppers to one run and striking out three ... Atlantic Sun Conference Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL
First team all-state as a senior in 2022 … finalist for Mr. Baseball, All-State Tournament Team and PBR Kentucky Player of the Year after hitting .470 with 13 home runs, 15 doubles, 48 RBIs and going 11-2 on the mound with a 0.78 ERA and 123 strikeouts in 72 innings as a senior … led Russell County High School to a 31-7 record and a district and region championship on the way to a state runner-up finish in 2022 … picked up first team all-state honors after hitting .442 with nine home runs, 14 doubles and 53 RBIs while pitching to a 1.95 ERA and striking out 91 in 64 and two-thirds innings as a junior.

PERSONAL
Full name is Nathan Andrew Lawson … son of Barry and Nenna Lawson … has one brother – Brannon … majoring in accounting.