2014 Baseball Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 22
Nick Vilter
- Position:
- Third Base
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Seal Beach, CA
- High School:
- Los Alamitos HS
?Professional Selected by the San Diego Padres in the ninth round of the 2014 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft ...
2014 Named to the Big West Academic All-Conference Team for the second straight season ... Named to the Big West All-Conference Honorable Mention Selection ... Nominated for the 2014 Gregg Olson "Breakout Player of the Year" Award Watch List ... Led the Big West in homeruns (10) and slugging percentage (.550), fourth in on-base percentage (.442) ... Led the team in stolen-base percentage (1.000), third in stolen-bases (5) and runs scored (37) ... Recorded three back-to-back homerun games including a two homerun, six RBIs win against Bakersfield on March 1 (box score / recap) ... Posted seven multi-RBI, and thirteen multi-hit games ... Scored a run in eight straight games from February 22 - March 7... Carried an eight-game hit streak from March 1 - March 9 ... Had a slash line of .294/.442/.550 against Big West Conference competition ...
2013 Named to the Big West Spring All-Academic Team ... Tied for third on the team in doubles ... His .391 on base percentage in conference games was the third highest on the team, and his 14 walks led the squad ... Tied his career high with three hits vs. UNLV on April 16 (box score/recap) ... Established career highs with three runs scored at New Mexico in game one of a double header on March 9 (box score/recap) and three RBIs vs. Saint Mary's on March 1 (box score/recap) ...
2012 Saw his first action as a member of the Highlanders against BYU on February 17 (box score / recap) ... Drove in a career-high two runs against San Diego on February 28 (box score / recap) ... Recorded a personal-best three hits at Pacific on May 13 (box score / recap) ... Had a slash line of .265/.412/.390 in Big West play ...
High School Played baseball for Coach Aaron Moore at Los Alamitos High School … Named Second-Team All-League in 2010 and First-Team All-League in 2011 … Honor Roll student for all four years of high school …
Personal Nick Vilter is the son of JoAnn Springer and David Vilter … His sister, Bridget Merritt, played volleyball for USD from 2000 to 2005 … Hopes to play in the Big Leagues … Roots for the Dodgers and Packers … Names Albert Pujols and Jimmy Rollins as his favorite athletes … Enjoys eating sushi, steak and mashed potatoes … Watches “Colbert Report,” “South Park” and “Family Guy” … Names “The Sandlot” as his favorite movie … Listens to Eminem … Enjoys going to the beach … His most memorable sports achievement has been winning the quarterfinals during his freshman year of high school … His biggest influence as an athlete has been his sister because she played Division I for five years, battled through injuries and gave it her all ...
Nick Vilter's Career Offensive/Fielding Statistics
Career Multi-Hit Games
Career Multi-RBI Games
Career Multi-Run Games
2014 Named to the Big West Academic All-Conference Team for the second straight season ... Named to the Big West All-Conference Honorable Mention Selection ... Nominated for the 2014 Gregg Olson "Breakout Player of the Year" Award Watch List ... Led the Big West in homeruns (10) and slugging percentage (.550), fourth in on-base percentage (.442) ... Led the team in stolen-base percentage (1.000), third in stolen-bases (5) and runs scored (37) ... Recorded three back-to-back homerun games including a two homerun, six RBIs win against Bakersfield on March 1 (box score / recap) ... Posted seven multi-RBI, and thirteen multi-hit games ... Scored a run in eight straight games from February 22 - March 7... Carried an eight-game hit streak from March 1 - March 9 ... Had a slash line of .294/.442/.550 against Big West Conference competition ...
2013 Named to the Big West Spring All-Academic Team ... Tied for third on the team in doubles ... His .391 on base percentage in conference games was the third highest on the team, and his 14 walks led the squad ... Tied his career high with three hits vs. UNLV on April 16 (box score/recap) ... Established career highs with three runs scored at New Mexico in game one of a double header on March 9 (box score/recap) and three RBIs vs. Saint Mary's on March 1 (box score/recap) ...
2012 Saw his first action as a member of the Highlanders against BYU on February 17 (box score / recap) ... Drove in a career-high two runs against San Diego on February 28 (box score / recap) ... Recorded a personal-best three hits at Pacific on May 13 (box score / recap) ... Had a slash line of .265/.412/.390 in Big West play ...
High School Played baseball for Coach Aaron Moore at Los Alamitos High School … Named Second-Team All-League in 2010 and First-Team All-League in 2011 … Honor Roll student for all four years of high school …
Personal Nick Vilter is the son of JoAnn Springer and David Vilter … His sister, Bridget Merritt, played volleyball for USD from 2000 to 2005 … Hopes to play in the Big Leagues … Roots for the Dodgers and Packers … Names Albert Pujols and Jimmy Rollins as his favorite athletes … Enjoys eating sushi, steak and mashed potatoes … Watches “Colbert Report,” “South Park” and “Family Guy” … Names “The Sandlot” as his favorite movie … Listens to Eminem … Enjoys going to the beach … His most memorable sports achievement has been winning the quarterfinals during his freshman year of high school … His biggest influence as an athlete has been his sister because she played Division I for five years, battled through injuries and gave it her all ...
Nick Vilter's Career Offensive/Fielding Statistics
| Year | Avg | GP | GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | SLG | BB | HBP | SO | GDP | OBP | SF | SH | SB | SBA | OPS | PO | A | E | FldPct |
| 2012 | .229 | 36 | 26 | 83 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 28 | .337 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 0 | .369 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .706 | 46 | 57 | 5 | .954 |
| 2013 | .215 | 53 | 50 | 158 | 22 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 49 | .310 | 27 | 8 | 56 | 0 | .348 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .658 | 120 | 173 | 15 | .951 |
| 2014 | .294 | 48 | 48 | 160 | 37 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 33 | 88 | .550 | 30 | 14 | 39 | 2 | .442 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | .992 | 82 | 137 | 19 | .920 |
| Totals | .246 | 137 | 124 | 401 | 68 | 100 | 27 | 2 | 12 | 58 | 165 | .399 | 69 | 22 | 113 | 2 | .386 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 10 | .785 | 248 | 367 | 39 | .942 |
Career Multi-Hit Games
| Year | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career Multi-RBI Games
| Year | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Career Multi-Run Games
| Year | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Day in the Life: Leilani Juan
Monday, May 04
UCR Student-Athletes cheer on our students.
Friday, May 01
UCR Athletics Director Introductory Full Press Conference
Tuesday, March 24
Athletics Director Greg Paules Introductory Presentation Recap
Tuesday, March 24



































