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Nick Lopez - Baseball - University of Kentucky Athletics 9

NickLopez

  • position INF
  • height 6-2
  • Weight 215
  • class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Santa Ana, Calif.
  • Previous School Southern Cal
BIO Stats

• First Team All-Conference (Santa Ana College)
• Team MVP (Santa Ana College)

*Years of Eligibility Remaining: 1

PRIOR TO KENTUCKY
Has appeared in 109 career games, starting 97…Has 102 hits and a .273 average…Has 24 doubles, 13 home runs and 60 RBI with a career OPS of .787 at the Division I level.

2023 (Southern Cal)
Appeared in 49 games, starting 21…Slashed .273/.328/.465 for the Trojans…Crushed seven home runs and added 12 doubles with 27 RBI…Had four three-hit games…Had season-high four hits vs. Washington State.

2022 (Southern Cal)
Appeared in 48 games, starting 47…Slashed .282/.363/.460 for the Trojans… Contributed the fourth best slugging-percentage on the squad…Tallied 17 extra-base hits (11 doubles and 6 home runs), 33 RBIs and earned 22 walks…His 33 RBIs placed him fourth on USC for the most RBIs…Posted two three-hit games against UC Santa Barbara (Apr. 26) and Washington (May 14), and scored three times against the Huskies…Hosted two eight-game hit streaks during the 2022 season (Feb. 20 – March 6) and (May 1 – May 14)…Plated three runners against Arizona (May 6)…Produced 11 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games…Led the defense in both putouts (433) and double plays (36) and did so with limited errors, as he concluded the season with a .991 fielding percentage.

2021 (Santa Ana C.C.)
Batted .380 in 92 at bats across 25 games…Had eight doubles, one triple and eight home runs…Scored 24 runs and drove in 31…walked 13 times and only struck out twice…Slugged .750…First Team All-Conference and Team Most Valuable Player.

2020 (Illinois-Chicago)
Appeared in 12 games with nine starts, all as a designated hitter … Batted .237 with nine hits, including a double … Posted two multi-hit games and one multi-RBI effort.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played for coaches Theo Cortes and Brett Kay in high school…First Team All-Orange…Orange League champions (2016)…Two-time Honor Roll member and Dean’s List honoree.

PERSONAL
Son of Raymond and Rosalina…Has three siblings – Christian, Elena and Pablo…Christian played collegiate and pro baseball……Major is Communication…Hosts a podcast called, The Leisure House.
*Southern Cal athletics communications contributed to this bio

 

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