Nick Suniga

Height:
5-11
Weight:
180
B/T:
R/R
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Alemany HS
Experience:
1V

Expected to provide middle relief out of the bullpen at Cal Polythis spring.

2014: As a true freshman made 12 appearances onthe mound, all in relief ... no decisions and a 10.22 ERA ...struck out seven in 12 1/3 innings ... highlight of first season asa Mustang was two scoreless innings in season-opening seriesagainst Kansas State ... in his first college game, entered insixth inning with bases loaded and nobody out in 4-0 contest andsecured two strikeouts and an RBI groundout to get out of jam ...also pitched a scoreless seventh ... pitched summer ball for YakimaValley Pippins in West Coast League ... no decisions and eightstrikeouts in 8 1/3 innings.

High School: Suniga hit .411 as a senior underhead coach Randy Thompson at Bishop Alemany High School in MissionHills ... drove in 15 runs, scored 24 times and produced an on-basepercentage of .485 and slugging percentage of .556 with 13 doubles... also was a starting pitcher for the Warriors, compiling a 4-3record and 2.08 ERA with 45 strikeouts in 40 1/3 innings ... madeeight starts, appeared in four other games and earned pair ofcomplete games, both shutouts ... earned first-team All-MissionLeague honors as a senior and first-team All-Delphic Leagueaccolades as both a freshman and sophomore ... transferred toAlemany for his junior and senior seasons after Montclair Prepdropped its sports program ... Warriors were 19-11 overall in 2013and qualified for the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 playoffs ...as a junior, Suniga hit .296 with a home run and two doubles andcompiled a 2-1 record and 2.80 ERA ... struck out 22 batters in 20innings ... Alemany was 21-7-1 in 2012, finished second in theMission League at 8-3-1 and qualifying for the CIF-Southern SectionDivision 2 playoffs ... at Montclair Prep, Suniga was a second-teamAll-CIF-Southern Section selection as a sophomore ... hit .380 as asophomore in 2011 with four doubles and 15 RBI, stole eight bases,struck out only seven times in 79 at-bats and was 8-3 with a 1.23ERA on the mound, striking out 61 batters in 57 innings ... as afreshman, Suniga hit .402 with 10 doubles, two triples and 22 RBI,striking out just five times in 92 at-bats; on the mound he was 6-2with a 4.07 ERA, striking out 55 batters in 53 1/3 innings ... afour-year varsity letter winner in baseball ... made the Honor Rollall four years in high school ... was recruited by San Diego andCal State Fullerton before choosing Cal Poly “because it isin a great town and has an amazing baseball program. The coachesare really easy to talk to and are that I look for in a coach. Thefan support the school has is great and that was just unreal. I ambeyond excited to be up at San Luis Obispo” ... played summerball for North County Indians and compiled 1-1 record, one save anda 5.06 ERA, striking out 15 batters in 16 innings ... pitched inseven games and made three starts.

Personal: Son of Michelle Suniga ... onebrother, Jeremy ... cuts hair as a hobby ... enjoys snowboarding... wants to be successful and stay in sports ... born February 10,1995, in Mission Hills, Calif. ... majors in sociology.