Nick Palmiero Award Performer Week Of 4/27/2015 Sport Baseball School Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Year Senior Position Short Stop Hometown Patterson, N.Y. High School Carmel RPI senior shortstop Nick Palmiero hit a team-best .625 (5 for 8) with two doubles, a run scored and seven runs batted in as the Engineers split a non-league doubleheader at Western New England last week.