2006 - Hit .250 (42-of-168) with one home run and a career-best 17 RBI ... Played in 49 games (starting 47) for USF at second base ... Crossed home plate 20 times, setting a new career mark for the Tampa native ... Registered a personal-best eight doubles, including a career-high two doubles at Jacksonville (2/18) ... Hit .220 (9-of-41) versus left-handers and .260 (33-of-127) versus right-handers ... Went 15-for-49 (.306) with runners in scoring position ... Hit .270 (20-of-74) in BIG EAST Conference action ... Played in 23 conference games scoring 10 runs and driving in seven ... Tied a career-high with three hits (3-for-4) vs. Georgetown (4/29), scoring a run and driving another in ... Scored two runs in a 2-for-5 performance vs. Stetson (4/25) ... Went 1-for-5 at UCF (4/18), including a run scored and his seventh double of the season ... Scored a run, going 2-for-4 vs. Louisville (4/14) ... Hit 2-for-4 while registering the game-winning RBI (a sacrifice fly) vs. Louisville (4/13) ... Drove in a run, going 2-for-4 at UCF (4/11) ... Blasted first home run of the season, going 3-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored at Cincinnati (4/2) ... Drove in a run and scored another in a 1-for-3 performance at Cincinnati (3/31) ... Hit .417 (5-for-12) with two runs scored in three-game series with Seton Hall (3/24-3/26) ... Scored two runs, batting 2-for-5 vs. Seton Hall (3/26) ... Batted 2-for-3 vs. Seton Hall (3/24) ... Went 1-for-4 with two RBI vs. UConn (3/18) ... Recorded a career-high three hits in a 3-for-4 outing with an RBI and a run scored vs. Army (3/14) ... Went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored in USF's 17-2 win over UMass (3/10) ... Drove in a run, going 1-for-5 vs. Illinois (3/5) ... Registered fourth double of the season, going 2-for-4 with an RBI at Stetson (2/26) ... Went 1-for-4 with a double, driving in and scoring a run vs. North Florida (2/21) ... Scored a run and drove one in, going 2-for-4 with two doubles in USF's 11-6 loss at Jacksonville (2/18) ... Went 2-for-4 with two RBI in USF's 9-8 win over Northwestern (2/12) ... Scored first run of the season as the Bulls took game one versus the Wildcats (2/10) ...
2005 - Appeared in 39 games (starting in 37) during his sophomore campaign ... Missed time due to nagging hamstring injury, including the final 10 games of the 2005 season ... Registered a .220 (28-of-127) batting average with 16 RBI and nine runs scored ... Hit .250 (7-of-28) versus left-handers and .212 (21-of-99) versus right-handers ... Notched five multiple-hit games and five multiple-RBI contests ... Registered a career-best six-game hitting streak (3/1 - 3/27) ... Tied a career high in at-bats with five, registering his second double of the season in USF's 5-3 loss to Tulane (4/30) ... Went 2-for-4 with a run scored versus Tulane (4/29) ... Scored a season-high two runs in a 1-for-3 performance, driving in one run versus UAB (4/16) ... Went 2-for-2 with three walks and an RBI versus UCF (4/5) ... Hit 2-for-4 in the Bulls' 6-5 win over Memphis (3/27) ... Drove in two runs, going 2-for-4 versus Army (3/15) ... Registered first double of the season, going 1-for-2 with two RBI and a run scored versus Quinnipiac (3/11) ... Batted .444 (4-of-9) with two RBI and two runs scored during USF's three-game series with Eastern Michigan (2/18 - 2/20) ... Tallied first home run of the season, going 1-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored versus the Eagles (2/18) ... Notched two RBI at Miami while setting a career mark in at-bats (5) ... 2004, Summer - Played in 14 (starting in 11) games for the Keene Swamp Bats of the New England Collegiate Baseball League ... Hit .211 (8-of-38) with two RBI and three runs scored, helping the Swamp Bats to a first-place finish in the Northern Division.
2004 - Saw action in 29 games (starting in seven) for the Bulls, batting .222 (10-of-45) with nine RBI and seven runs scored ... Registered a team-high two pinch-hit home runs ... All three of his pinch-hit at-bats resulted in extra base hits (two home runs and one double) for a total of six RBI ... Hit .200 (1-of-5) versus left-handers and .225 (9-of-40) versus right-handers ... With two outs, drove in three runs while hitting .222 (4-of-18) ... Recorded a career-high three-game hit streak (5/9 - 5/15) ... In 18 Conference USA games, recorded six RBI while batting .269 (7-of-26) ... Recorded a pinch-hit home run in the bottom of the ninth versus Louisville (5/21), scoring two runs in USF's 13-4 loss to the Cardinals ... Went 1-for-1 as a pinch hitter in USF's 13-3 win over Stetson (5/11) ... Tied ballgame for USF on a three-run, pinch-hit home run in the bottom of the eighth versus TCU (4/17) ... Hit first-career home run (a walk-off) in USF 10-8 victory over Stetson (4/6) in the bottom of the 14th ... Registered a career-high in runs (2) and RBI (2) versus the Hatters ... Went 1-for-4 with an RBI in USF's 14-2 win over Cincinnati (3/21) ... Scored a run in USF's 11-4 win over UMass (3/13) ... Made first start of the 2004 season versus Northeastern (3/2) ... Doubled to left center field as a pinch hitter for Devin Ivan, driving in Jeremy Brand versus Jacksonville (2/17).
2003 (Redshirt) - Underwent Tommy John surgery (4/3) ... Was red-shirted during his freshman year, playing in nine games (starting five) ... He hit .095 with two hits in 21 at-bats. ... Both of his hits were for extra bases, including a triple against Central Michigan (3/2) in his first career start and a double against Columbia (3/20).
High School - Named honorable mention All-Hillsborough County by The Tampa Tribune and the St. Petersburg Times after hitting .397 as a senior with 27 hits in 68 at-bats ... Also named team MVP as well as the club's top defensive player as a senior ... Ranked second in the county as a senior with four home runs and 15 RBIs ... Hit .324 as a junior with 24 hits in 74 at-bats ... Had five extra-base hits including four doubles and a triple ... Tied for the team lead as a junior with six stolen bases ... Second team all-county selection as a junior and a senior ... A four-year varsity letter winner ... Coach was Ron Brown ... Also played in the Florida Collegiate Instructional League the summer following his senior season; was a starter in the league's all-star game ... Participated in the East Coast Professional Showcase at Wilmington, N.C., and Team One at Clemson, S.C., in the summer of 2001 as well as the Baseball America/Perfect Game World Wood Bat Championship at Jupiter, Fla., in the fall of 2001.
Personal - Full name is Nicholas Edward Cardieri ... Born Feb. 15, 1984 at Tampa, Fla. ... Son of Eddie and Kim Cardieri ... Has younger brother, Joel (21)... Is majoring in criminology ... Father is former USF head baseball coach Eddie Cardieri ... Uncle, Ronnie, played baseball at the University of Florida and in the Baltimore Orioles minor league system ... Enjoys fishing and playing golf ... One of 24 USF baseball players named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll in 2005; also on the list in 2004.
