Hall of Fame
For four straight seasons, three as a starter, he was Mr. Consistent atop the Saints' batting order. In developing into one of the two greatest leadoff batters in the 27-year history of the program, Nick Weis helped guide CSF teams to two of their top three World Series finishes and a school record 52 wins in 1989. That season, when the Saints registered a second-place finish in the nation (their best-ever finish at the time), he landed all-tournament honors at the Series batting .375, while also starting what turned into a three-year reign as the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference's best second baseman. Weis hit no less than .326 in any one season highlighted by a senior campaign in which he batted a personal-best .349. That same year, he led the team in runs (47), hits (74), triples (6), home runs (10), slugging percentage (.609) and runs batted in (42) enroute to claiming NAIA All-America honorable mention accolades, not to mention all-district and all-area recognition. One year earlier, Weis finished among the top three individuals on that squad's third-place national finisher with his 90 hits, 78 runs scored and 19 doubles. Each of those three numbers still rank among the top 12 for a single-season in the school's record books as does his six triples in 1991. For his career, coincidentally, Weis wound up producing the same .337 batting average as Scott Markley, the program's other top leadoff man. That mark makes them both the ninth-best hitters in school history, while Weis also ranks among the elite in doubles (46/5th), hits (251/6th), triples (12/11th) and runs scored (199/11th). Defensively, he was just as solid recording a .950 career fielding average. Weis, who also claimed NAIA National Player of the Week honors on one occasion, graduated as a 3.31 student with a degree in Finance in 1991. In May of 1998, he added a Master of Business Administration to an already-impressive resume.
