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Warm welcome to this Alaska native @c_niclai #ForksUp /// #Onward pic.twitter.com/bC9lA4QfBj
PRIOR TO ASU
Freshman (2025, Oregon)
- Played in 28 games making eight starts, all behind the plate
- Batted .242 (8-for-33, 2 BB, 2 HBP) with a home run, four RBI, four doubles and three runs scored
- Reached base at a .324 clip while slugging .455
- In Big Ten games, batted .222 (2-for-9) with a double, RBI and a run scored
- vs. Toledo (Feb. 15): Made first career start in game one of a doubleheader … Went 1-for-3 with first career hit a fifth-inning single
- vs. Rhode Island (Feb. 21-23): Played in three of four games in the series … Pinch hit in the series opener … Got the start behind the dish in game one of a Saturday doubleheader before entering the nightcap as a defensive replacement
- vs. Columbia (Feb. 28-March 2): Played in both games of a doubleheader in the middle two games of the four-game series. Went 2-for-5 with a home run, double, three RBI and walk in the two twin bill … Went 1-for-2 in a 35-1 win in game one after entering as a defensive replacement in right field in the eighth inning … Doubled for first career extra-base hit in the ninth … Started game two of the double dip behind the plate … Reached base three times (1-for-3, BB, HBP) with a home run, three RBI and a run scored in an 8-3 win … Belted a two-run home run in the second inning to give Oregon a 2-0 lead … Added an RBI on a ground out in the fifth to make it 5-0 … Walked in the seventh and reached on a hit-by-pitch in the eighth
- at USC (March 7): Had first career multiple-hit while starting the series opener in a 7-2 win … Went 2-for-2 with a double, RBI and run scored … Singled before coming around to score in Oregon’s three-run second inning … Added an RBI double in the fourth inning to push UO’s lead to 5-0
- vs. Grand Canyon (March 11): Made fifth start of the season
- at Maryland (April 12): Got the start in Oregon’s 5-4 series-opening win
- vs. Saint Mary’s (March 6-7): Started both games in a two-game series sweepWent 2-for-5 with two doubles and a run scored in the two wins … Doubled and scored on an Anson Aroz three-run home run in the top of the first of the series opener … In game two, doubled in the first inning for the second consecutive day
- vs. Cal Poly (May 31): Delivered a pinch-hit single in the seventh inning in the Eugene Regional Tournament.
HIGH SCHOOL / Club - The No. 1 overall player and catcher in Alaska, and the No. 12 catcher in the nation according to Perfect Game
- A two-time Alaska Gatorade Player of the Year
- A three-time first-team All-Cook Inlet Conference selection
- As a senior, hit .412 with 21 hits, 12 RBI, seven stolen bases and a .583 on-base percentage
- Slugged .306 as a junior with 11 hits, 20 RBI and two home runs
- Totaled 16 hits as a sophomore with 16 RBI, seven stolen bases, a .314 batting average and a .514 on-base percentage
- Also lettered in football and basketball
- High school coach was Willie Paul.