Baseball
Meyer, Nick
Nick Meyer
- Title:
- Student Assistant Coach
The former Cal Poly catcher, who earned the Big West Conference’s Defensive Player of the Year award in 2018 and was a freshman All-American in 2016, returns to the Mustang baseball program as a student assistant coach. Hired in Fall 2024, his first season in the new position begins Spring 2025.
In three seasons at Cal Poly, Meyer accumulated a .300 batting average with 27 doubles, five triples, three home runs and 81 RBIs in 161 games (160 starts). The 2015 graduate of Santa Margarita Catholic High School in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., struck out just 49 times in 692 plate appearances (once every 14.2 plate appearances), leading the Big West in toughest to strike out twice in his three seasons.
Defensively, Meyer threw out 49 would-be base stealers in his Cal Poly career and picked off 16 other runners. He hit .301 as a freshman and led the team with his .344 mark during his junior campaign (2018).
Meyer was a first-team All-Big West selection as a junior in 2018 and earned a spot on USA Baseball’s 2017 Collegiate National Team following his sophomore season as a Mustang. He was a second-team All-Big West honoree as a freshman and sophomore.
A versatile player, Meyer made 136 starts behind the plate and started 24 other contests in right field, left field, first base and third base.
After his third season as a Mustang, Meyer was drafted in the sixth round of the 2018 Major League Draft by the New York Mets. The 170th overall selection toiled in the minor leagues for six seasons before he was released last March.
Meyer’s six professional campaigns included stops with the Mets’ Gulf Coast League rookie team in Port St. Lucie, Florida (2019) and at Brooklyn (Low-A, 2018), St. Lucie (High-A, 2019), Binghamton (Double-A, 2021-22) and Syracuse (Triple-A 2021-23).
In his minor league career, Meyer hit .220 over 323 games with 28 doubles, three triples, 16 home runs and 102 RBIs. He threw out 113 runners trying to steal.
Meyer also played for the Tully Monsters, an independent team in the City of Champions Cup at Joliet, Ill., in 2020 during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, hitting .247 in 27 games.
Meyer will complete requirements for a bachelor’s degree in communication studies next summer at Cal Poly.
In three seasons at Cal Poly, Meyer accumulated a .300 batting average with 27 doubles, five triples, three home runs and 81 RBIs in 161 games (160 starts). The 2015 graduate of Santa Margarita Catholic High School in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., struck out just 49 times in 692 plate appearances (once every 14.2 plate appearances), leading the Big West in toughest to strike out twice in his three seasons.
Defensively, Meyer threw out 49 would-be base stealers in his Cal Poly career and picked off 16 other runners. He hit .301 as a freshman and led the team with his .344 mark during his junior campaign (2018).
Meyer was a first-team All-Big West selection as a junior in 2018 and earned a spot on USA Baseball’s 2017 Collegiate National Team following his sophomore season as a Mustang. He was a second-team All-Big West honoree as a freshman and sophomore.
A versatile player, Meyer made 136 starts behind the plate and started 24 other contests in right field, left field, first base and third base.
After his third season as a Mustang, Meyer was drafted in the sixth round of the 2018 Major League Draft by the New York Mets. The 170th overall selection toiled in the minor leagues for six seasons before he was released last March.
Meyer’s six professional campaigns included stops with the Mets’ Gulf Coast League rookie team in Port St. Lucie, Florida (2019) and at Brooklyn (Low-A, 2018), St. Lucie (High-A, 2019), Binghamton (Double-A, 2021-22) and Syracuse (Triple-A 2021-23).
In his minor league career, Meyer hit .220 over 323 games with 28 doubles, three triples, 16 home runs and 102 RBIs. He threw out 113 runners trying to steal.
Meyer also played for the Tully Monsters, an independent team in the City of Champions Cup at Joliet, Ill., in 2020 during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, hitting .247 in 27 games.
Meyer will complete requirements for a bachelor’s degree in communication studies next summer at Cal Poly.
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