Ochoa Excited To Make Purdue College Home
April 6, 2020
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Ochoa Excited To Make Purdue College Home
Nathaniel Ochoa
Class of 2022 / SS
Player Information
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Graduating Class: 2022
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Primary Position: SSSecondary Position: 3B
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High School: Notre Dame CatholicState: ON
- Summer Team: Fieldhouse Pirates
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Height: 6-4Weight: 215lbs
- Bat/Throw: R/R
Statistics
Pitching
84
Max FB
(09/17/21)
82 - 84
FB
(09/17/21)
62 - 64
CB
(04/07/19)
72 - 73
CH
(04/07/19)
Position
6.71
60-yard
92
INF Velo
(02/06/22)
89
OF Velo
(02/17/20)
100
Exit Velo
(02/06/22)
Power Speed Score
(02/06/22)
Trackman - Hitting
99.5
Exit Velocity (max)
(02/06/22)
93.0
Exit Velocity (avg)
(02/06/22)
267
Distance (avg)
(02/06/22)
373
Distance (max)
(02/06/22)
Hard Hit %
(02/06/22)
Sweet Spot %
(02/06/22)
Line Drive %
(02/06/22)
Fly Ball %
(03/24/21)
Ground Ball %
(02/06/22)
Super 60 Pro Showcase
Feb 6, 2022
Trackman - Hitting
Exit Velocity (max)
99.5
Exit Velocity (avg)
93
Distance (avg)
267
Distance (max)
373
Hard Hit %
Sweet Spot %
Line Drive %
Fly Ball %
Ground Ball %
TM Practice Sessions 1
Mar 24, 2021
Trackman - Hitting
Exit Velocity (max)
96
Exit Velocity (avg)
75.5
Distance (avg)
237
Distance (max)
309
Hard Hit %
Sweet Spot %
Line Drive %
Fly Ball %
Ground Ball %
Blast - Hitting
26.4
Hand Speed (max)
(02/06/22)
24.2
Hand Speed (avg)
(02/06/22)
79.6
Bat Speed (max)
(02/06/22)
75.4
Bat Speed (avg)
(02/06/22)
Rot. Acc (max)
(02/06/22)
Rot. Acc (avg)
(02/06/22)
On Plane Eff (avg)
(02/06/22)
MaxOnPlaneEfficiency
(02/06/22)
Super 60 Pro Showcase
Feb 6, 2022
Blast - Hitting
Hand Speed (max)
26.4
Hand Speed (avg)
24.2
Bat Speed (max)
79.6
Bat Speed (avg)
75.4
Rot. Acc (max)
Rot. Acc (avg)
On Plane Eff (avg)
MaxOnPlaneEfficiency
Vizual_Edge
Swift
Swift
1.69
10-yd
(02/06/22)
3.82
30-yd
(02/06/22)
6.75
60-yd
(02/06/22)
21.0
Run speed (max)
(02/06/22)
8.9
Run Speed (avg)
(02/06/22)
1.79
RSi (max)
(02/06/22)
0.90
RSi (avg)
(02/06/22)
2027
Jump Power (max)
(02/06/22)
27.7
Jump Height (max)
(02/06/22)
27.3
Jump Height (avg)
(02/06/22)
Super 60 Pro Showcase
Feb 6, 2022
Swift
10-yd
1.69
30-yd
3.82
60-yd
6.75
Run speed (max)
21
Run Speed (avg)
8.9
RSi (max)
1.79
RSi (avg)
0.9
Jump Power (max)
2027
Jump Height (max)
27.7
Jump Height (avg)
27.3
Videos
(2/17/20)
T12 2019
(7/30/19)
(7/30/19)
Player News
- Future Games Rewind: Drafted Canadians - Feb 11, 2024
- Super 60: Canadian Rewind (2021-2023) - Feb 5, 2024
- Ochoa Excited To Be Part Of The Nationals - Jul 25, 2022
- Arnold, Ochoa, & Bucknam intertwined by baseball experiences - Feb 16, 2022
- Canadians at the Super 60 - Analytical Breakdown - Feb 14, 2022
- Bucknam, Ochoa Perform Well At Super 60 - Feb 11, 2022
- Super 60: Statistical Analysis - Feb 10, 2022
- Super 60: Draft Perspective - Feb 9, 2022
- Canadian Super 60 Breakdown: Nate Ochoa & Micah Bucknam - Feb 8, 2022
- 2022 Super 60 Breakout Candidates - Feb 2, 2022
- The Super 60 - Past and Present Canadians - Jan 29, 2022
- Super 60 Spotlight: Nathaniel Ochoa - Jan 11, 2022
- Ontario's Most Viewed Profiles of 2021 - Jan 5, 2022
- Updated 2022 Rankings - Analyzing The Top Ten - Dec 13, 2021
- Coast II Coast - The Shortstops of Canada - Feb 8, 2021
- Ochoa Excited To Make Purdue College Home - Apr 6, 2020
- 2020 New Year Open - Quick Hits - Feb 24, 2020
- 2020 New Year Open - Top Performers - Feb 24, 2020
- 2020 New Year Open - Unsigned Seniors - Feb 21, 2020
- Results from 2020 New Year Open - Feb 19, 2020
- New Faces For Team Canada - The Infield - Jan 16, 2020
- 2022s On The Rise - Dec 4, 2019
- Team Canada: Future Games 'A Can't Miss Event' - Aug 15, 2019
- 2019 Future Games - Team Canada Day 1: Workout Notes - Aug 1, 2019
- 2019 Future Games Preview - Team Canada - Jul 28, 2019
- 2019 Future Games Preview - Team Canada Positional Prospects - Jul 28, 2019
- 2019 Future Games Preview - Team Canada Pitching Rotation - Jul 26, 2019
- 2022 Shortstops - May 16, 2019
- Results from 2019 Ontario Procase - May 10, 2019
- 2019 Future Game Trials - Road To Atlanta - Top Performers - Apr 17, 2019
- Results from 2019 Future Game Trials - Road To Atlanta - Apr 8, 2019
- Canadian Spring Training 2019 - Mar 9, 2019
- 2019 Ontario New Year Open - Top Performers - Feb 25, 2019
- 2019 Ontario New Year Open - Quick Hits - Feb 25, 2019
- Results from 2019 Ontario New Year Open - Feb 22, 2019
- The Friele 5: 2019 Ontario New Year Open - Five Uncommitted Prospects - Feb 22, 2019
- Results from Ontario's 2018 Fieldhouse Pirates Scout Day - Sep 24, 2018
- 2018 New Year Open Notes - Unsigned Senior Position Players - Mar 2, 2018
- 2018 New Year Open - Quick Hits - Feb 21, 2018
- Results from Ontario's 2018 New Year Open - Feb 20, 2018
- New Year Open Preview: Quick Hits - Feb 16, 2018
Ochoa Excited To Make Purdue College Home
BURLINGTON, Ontario - Nate Ochoa has done a lot of traveling thanks to the sport of baseball. But the Notre Dame Catholic sophomore has never been to the state of Indiana.
That will change in the near future after the top-ranked 2022 in Canada committed to Purdue.
“I started talking to them just after the Future Games last year,” Ochoa reflected about the Big 10 school located in West Lafayette, Ind. “I’ve been talking to them ever since. Coach Cooper (Fouts) and I started forming a good relationship and everything else just fell into place.
“When they gave me an offer it felt right. It’s been my number one school for awhile now. All the factors were perfect: the distance from home isn’t bad, the coaching staff is fantastic and the team is good.”
A recent call to the Purdue assistant coach ended with a commitment by the 43rd-rated 10th-grade shortstop in North America.
“My (school) coach was talking to them prior about my personality and what they thought of me,” Ochoa said. “My coach told me to call them at a certain time. My mom and I did a facetime call with coach Cooper and he took us through the offer. I committed on the spot. I knew that was where I wanted to go, it was just a matter of the right offer.”
At 6-4 and 180 pounds, Ochoa has qualities that stand out.
“One of the biggest things is my size,” Ochoa said of what was attractive to Purdue. “They think over the next couple of years I will gain weight and get a little more size. They think I can come in and make an impact right away.”
The drive to get better became strong for Ochoa after participating in the Future Games last August.
“That was definitely an eye opener,” the 143rd-ranked 2022 in North American admitted. “That was a realization of how hard the game will get. Up until then I had not seen anything more than low-to-mid-80s, but there it was low-90s. It was a hard week for me. I didn’t hit well.
“So this offseason I made adjustments. The Future Games helped me realize what the next level is going to be like. Seeing the best competition changed my mindset on the future and on what I’ve got to do as a player.”
Michigan, Florida State, Oregon, Alabama and Iowa were others that reached out to Ochoa after the PBR event, with Iowa the only other to give an offer.
“There was nothing bad there at all,” Ochoa said of Iowa. “I liked them alot, I just think Purdue is the better fit.”
While soccer and basketball were sports of interest for Ochoa growing up, baseball eventually came to the front.
“I started house league baseball at nine, but at 11 I started playing field house and I’ve been there ever since,” Ochoa noted. “I’ve been playing that for five or six years.”
Trips as close as Michigan and as far away as North Carolina have been part of the travel, with Ochoa more recently being a member of Team Canada and with it a week in St. Petersburg, Fla., in early March. A week to Palm Beach next week has been cancelled with a May trip to the Dominican in May an uncertainty.
“It was a great experience playing pro teams and seeing that competition,” Ochoa said of the week in St. Petersburg. “I felt comfortable and that I belonged. I learned I’m a better player than I sometimes think I am. After that week I’m feeling in place and that I belong at the higher level.”
It is something that Ochoa hoped would be the case from a young age.
“I always knew I wanted to play for as long as I could,” Ochoa related. “Division I was a dream, but it became a reality a couple of years ago. I just knew it was a path I was going to go.
“I remember coach George (Halim) said I could be a special player. He’s been in coaching and a PBR scout for awhile and I guess he was right about me being Division I.”
The PBR Canada Assistant Director of Scouting helped out Ochoa in more ways than conversation.
“Coach George has always had my back at Fieldhouse,” Ochoa said. “He’s always helping me with a bunch of stuff. He’s stayed with me after midnight helping out, and he’s helped me with recruiting.”
It has Ochoa committed to play a Big 10 school with plans for continued improvement along the way.
“The biggest thing with me now is I’m 6-4, 180 and still a little skinny,” Ochoa said. “But I’m only 16. I know I can hit well, swing it well and my fielding is good. I just need to add some strength.”
And then there is that matter of taking a visit to the Hoosier state for the first time.
“I have some teammates that have been to Indiana but I’ve never been there,” Ochoa said. “My plans are I’m going to go there my senior year.”
A year later it will become home.