2022 Baseball Roster
Nick Marinconz
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- San Jose, CA
- High School:
- Valley Christian HS
Listed No. 1 on preseason depth chart at second base in third season as a Mustang.
2021 -- Played in 37 games with 29 starts -- 27 at second base and two at third base ... a .283 hitter with 30 hits, including six doubles, a triple and two home runs with 19 RBIs ... home runs were solo shots against UC Riverside and UC Santa Barbara while his triple came against Cal State Fullerton ... eight multiple-hit games, including four three-hit contests, and four multiple-RBI games ... 7-for-15 with five RBIs in Cal State Fullerton series 6-for-18 in UC Davis series ... was hitting .135 in late April before going 25-for-69 (.362) over final five weeks of the season, lifting his average 148 points ... hit .304 in Big West games ... hit single off the left-field wall for walk-off single against UC Irvine on April 17 ... played summer ball for Eau Claire Express in Northwoods League, hitting .262 in 55 games with 59 hits, including nine doubles and a pair of home runs with five steals ... knocked in 34 runs.
2020 -- A .215 hitter in first season at Cal Poly with 14 hits in 16 games ... three doubles, one home run (two-run shot versus Michigan) and six RBIs ... four two-hit games ... drew seven walks ... played in all 16 games, all starts, including three at third base and the other 13 at shortstop ... played summer ball for St. Cloud in Northwoods League ... hit .241 with three doubles, one home runs and seven RBIs ... stole five of five bases and produced four multiple-hit games.
High School -- A 2019 graduate of Valley Christian High School in San Jose, Calif. ... hit .308 during an injury-shortened senior season with eight hits (three doubles) and four RBIs in eight games ... Valley Christian earned three straight CIF-Central Coast Section titles from 2017-19 ... as a junior under head coach John Diatte, Marinconz hit .318 with seven doubles and 17 RBI, helping the Warriors to a 29-3-1 record, first-place tie in the West Catholic Athletic League and second straight CIF-Central Coast Section Open Division championship ... Marinconz also hit .412 with 12 doubles and 22 RBI as a sophomore and .253 with five RBI as a freshman ... produced a .334 career average, 27 doubles, 48 RBIs and 34 steals in 38 attempts ... struck out just 33 times in 382 career plate appearances ... as a junior, Marinconz's postseason awards include Prep2Prep All-CIF-Central Coast Section third team and All-West Catholic League first team ... was a second-team Prep2Prep All-CIF-Central Coast second-team, All-NorCal Preps second-team, San Francisco Chronicle All-Metro first-team and MaxPreps All-Northern California first-team selection after his sophomore campaign as the Warriors were 22-11-1 and CIF-Central Coast Section Open Division champs ... Marinconz was an All-WCAL honorable mention in 2016 and also earned Perfect Game Underclass All-American honorable mention praise ... the four-year varsity letter winner also played for the Lamorinda Spartans under-14 team and in the 2017 Area Code Games ... played summer ball for the Eau Claire Express in the Northwoods League ... hit .284 with a double, two home runs and eight RBIs to help the Express reach the championship game of the Northwoods League playoffs ... in addition to Cal Poly, Marinconz was recruited by Santa Clara, Cal, UCLA, Saint Mary's and Nevada, choosing to be a Mustang because of "the excellent coaches, competitive conference and my brother (Kyle) played at Cal Poly."
Personal -- Son of Robert and Debbie Marinconz ... one brother, Kyle, who played baseball at Cal Poly and is currently in the Washington Nationals organization, and one sister, Kimberly ... enjoys working out and fishing ... wants to play professional baseball ... born in San Jose, Calif. ... majoring in sociology.
