Lakeland University Athletics

Lakeland: Nielsen is a transfer to Lakeland from Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, where he played for the Mustangs in 2020 before the team’s season was ended by the COVID-19 virus. He also spent three years as a member of the program at the University of Sioux Falls in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Morningside: Played in four games for the NAIA Mustangs, starting all four, and batted 0-for-6 with a run batted in…. Walked five times and also was hit by a pitch for a .500 on-base percentage.

Sioux Falls: Played in 23 games as a junior for the NCAA Division II Cougars in 2019, starting 22… Posted five hits in 62 at bats (.081 average) with four runs batted in, four runs scored and one stolen base.

High School: Four-year letter winner on the baseball team and was a first team all-state selection in Iowa in addition to first team all-conference.

Personal: Born Sept. 10, 1997… Son of Roy Nielsen III and Marie Bio and has two brothers (Billy and Tony)… Pursuing his master’s in business administration.


Career ambition/goal: General manager of a Major League Baseball team
Favorite TV show: How I Met Your Mother
Favorite athlete: Muhammad Ali
Greatest sports accomplishment: Winning the gold glove down in Texas in the Metro Summer Collegiate League
When not playing sports you will find me: Fishing, hunting, playing fantasy football, playing board or card games, playing video games, and/or watching sports.
Something people may not know about you: I am the self-proclaimed Connect Four champ of the world. I am also bilingual!