Nick made the West Coast Conference's All-Freshman team and was an honorable-mention WECC all-star in 2010, when he hit .263 with one home run and 11 RBIs.

He played at Clovis East High School in Clovis,Calif., and was a Tri-River Athletic Conference all-star in 2008 and 2009 and was named All-Valley following his junior season.