Hall of Fame
Carlos Asuaje
Baseball, 2011-13
A career 0.356 hitter during his time at Nova Southeastern, Carlos Asuaje is one of the most decorated Sharks Baseball players in program history. Beginning his career in 2011, Asuaje was recognized as the Sunshine State Conference Freshman of the Year, as well as earning second-team All-SSC honors and second-team Daktronics All-South Region recognition. Asuaje elevated his game in his sophomore season, earning Sunshine State Conference Co-Player of the Year honors and was recognized to the first-team All-SSC, as a second-team Daktronics and second-team ABCA All-American, while also earning first-team honors to the Daktronics All-South Region and ABCA All-South Region teams. Asuaje was also recognized as an ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove recipient at second base in 2012.
In his final season of collegiate baseball, Asuaje earned his third consecutive All-Sunshine State Conference honor, being named to the second-team, while also being recognized to the second-team Daktronics All-South Region and second-team ABCA All-South region teams.
Asuaje was an 11
th round draft pick of the Boston Red Sox in the 2013 Major League Baseball first year player draft and made his major league debut in 2016 for the San Diego Padres. For his professional career, Asuaje was a 0.240 hitter in the major leagues and collected 125 hits.
