Santa Clara University

WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll "Bronze" Honors (2024-25)

AT SANTA CLARA: Completed his first season with the Broncos in 2025 after playing at two junior colleges in two years -- Chandler Gilbert CC (2024) and Odessa College (2023) ... Earned "Bronze" honors on the 2024-25 West Coast Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll ... Has shown a propensity for improvement, both at the junior college level and while at Santa Clara ... In his first two seasons of junior college ball, he dropped his season ERA from 20.25 in 2023 to 4.73 in 2024 ... Did the same thing in his one year at Santa Clara, not recording an out in his first two appearances while surrendering six earned runs, then striking out nine and only walking three over his final five games ... Has a 1-0 record, 11.25 ERA and nine strikeouts in eight innings pitched and seven appearances (three starts) as a Bronco.

AS A JUNIOR (2025): Garnered "Bronze" honors on the WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll ... Produced a season that was a microcosm of his first two years in junior college ball, in which he vastly improved later in the year after struggling early ... Appeared in seven games with three starts, going 1-0 and striking out nine in eight total innings pitched ... Walked seven and gave up two hits with six earned runs without recording an out in his first two appearances ---- but then only walked three and struck out nine over his final five games (eight innings) ... Earned his first victory as a Bronco versus UC San Diego (March 29) with 3 1/3 shutout innings of relief, striking out a season-high four ... Also struck out two in two shutout innings in a start on the road at Stanford (April 1) ... Made his Santa Clara debut as part of the weekend rotation, throwing in the third game of the season versus CSUN (Feb. 16) ...Finished the year with an 11.25 ERA.

AT CHANDLER GILBERT COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Played his sophomore season of 2024 at Chandler Gilbert Community College in Chandler, Ariz., pitching on the Coyotes' starting rotation with 10 starts in 13 total appearances ... Went 2-2 and made huge improvements in ERA and WHIP from the prior season ... Lowered his ERA year-over-year by more than 15 1/2 runs to 4.73, and dropped his WHIP from the year before by more 2.4 runners per inning with a 1.68 mark ... Recorded 55 strikeouts in 59 total innings pitched ... Tallied at least six strikeouts in five of his outings and had multiple Ks in 11 of 13 appearances ... Punched out a career-high eight in 5 1/3 innings versus South Mountain Community College (March 30) ... Threw a career-long 7 1/3 innings at Scottsdale Community College (Feb. 24).

AT ODESSA COLLEGE: Began his collegiate career at Odessa (Texas) College in 2023 ... Appeared in six games for the Wranglers, all in relief ... Went 1-0 with six strikeouts in only 2 2/3 innings pitched (a 20.25 K/9 rate) ... Helped lead Odessa College to the NJCAA Region V postseason tournament ... Had a 20.25 ERA, giving up six earned runs (seven total) and a 4.13 WHIP in his limited time.

HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-year varsity player at Kuna (Idaho) High School ... Played in 15 games his junior year making eight pitching appearances ... Was a two time 5A Southern Idaho second team all-conference Selection.

GET TO KNOW NICK: Majoring in biology ... Loves to fly fish and hunt in his free time.