What nationality is Sean Manaea?

Sean Manaea is an American by nationality. Sean Anthony Manaea was born on February 1, 1992, in Valparaiso, Indiana, United States of America.

Sean Manaea attended South Central Junior-Senior High School in Union Mills, Indiana, for his first three years of high school.

Sean Manaea transferred to Andrean High School in Merrillville, Indiana where he played for the baseball team at Andrean.

Sean Manaea enrolled at Indiana State University (ISU), where he played college baseball for the Indiana State Sycamores baseball team.

As a sophomore, Sean Manaea was 5–3 with a 3.34 ERA, recording 115 strikeouts (13th in the nation) in 105 innings pitched for the Sycamores.

Following his sophomore year at Indiana State, Sean Manaea competed for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks in the Cape Cod Baseball League.

In his rookie season in 2016, Sean Manaea pitched to a 7–9 win–loss record and a 3.86 ERA in 25 games (24 starts) covering 144.2 innings.

On April 21, 2018, Sean Manaea no-hit the Boston Red Sox 3–0 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, becoming the first Athletics pitcher to throw a no-hitter since 2010.