UC Santa Barbara
2015, 2016 All-Big West Honorable Mention
2016 Preseason Big West Player of the Year
Career Stats (All-Time UCSB Rank): 179 games, 600 at-bats, .422 on-base percentage, 52 HBP (1st), .288 batting average, .373 slugging percentage, 118 runs, 173 hits, 28 doubles, four triples, five home runs, 66 RBIs, 88 walks, 84 strikeouts, 43 stolen bases, .995 fielding percentage
2016: One of three UCSB players to start every game, Andrew Calica slashed .252/.427/.360 in 64 games as UCSB's primary center fielder ... Added 14 extra-base hits (eight doubles, two triples, four home runs), 25 RBIs, 50 runs scored, 45 walks, 23 strikeouts ... Was hit by a pitch 24 times, setting a new UCSB single-season record (Calica has the No. 1 and No. 3 marks himself) ... His HBP figure ranked second in the country ... Was drafted in the 11th round of the 2016 MLB Draft, the same club that drafted him out of high school and the same one who selected teammate Shane Bieber in the fourth round of the same draft ... Was 18-22 in stolen base attempts ... Led the Big West in HBPs and walks, ranked second in runs and third in stolen bases ... Before the season, was named the Preseason Big West Player of the Year by D1Baseball.com ... Also named the top defensive outfielder and the best athlete in the Big West Conference by Baseball America ... A Preseason All-Big West selection by Perfect Game ... Named the No. 24 outfielder in college baseball in D1Baseball's preseason positional power rankings ... Batted .194 (6-31) in the postseason ... Went hitless in the Super Regionals and College World Series ... Named to the Nashville Regional All-Tournament Team after going 6-13 (.462) with four runs scored and a hit in each game ... Had a 20-game reached base streak to open the season, second-longest streak by a Gaucho in 2016 ... Hit .289 in Big West play ... Had 15 multi-hit games, fourth-most on the team ... Had a .438 OBP in leadoff at-bats ... Had a career-high three extra-base hits (two doubles, one triple) against USC on Mar. 26 ... Had six hits in the season-opening series against USF in February ... Had one outfield assist ... Hit leadoff in 61 of UCSB's games, in the two-hole twice, and once in the No. 6 spot of the lineup ... Best month was in February, when he hit .345.
2015: His first fully healthy season at UCSB, he ended up reaching base in the first 37 games of the season ... Finished the regular season with a .329 average, .445 OBP, 41 runs, 69 hits, 16 extra-base hits, 25 walks, 19 HBPs, and 15 stolen bases in 21 attempts ... As UCSB's everyday center fielder, completed another season w/ stellar defense and zero errors (he has none in his career) ... His 19 hits by pitch are the second-most in single-season program history (Woody Woodward set the record in 2014 with 21) ... Led the conference and was 16th nationally in HBPs ... Had the fourth-best OBP in the Big West, the fifth-most runs scored, and the fourth-most stolen bases ... Had 18 multi-hit games, second-best on the team ... Had a 12-game hit streak from Mar. 3-24 ... UCSB's primary leadoff hitter early in the season, he made eight appearances in the bottom half of the lineup late in the year ... Had two hits in six straight games from Mar. 14-22 ... Was named to the All-Lake Elsinore Regional Team after going 5-7 – including a 4-4 performance against San Diego State – in UCSB's two postseason games ... Had a career game on May 21 at UC Riverside: Going 3-5 with a career-high six RBIs while clubbing his first ever HR, a three-run shot to right field ... Went a season-best 5-5 against Pepperdine on Feb. 24 ... Was named Big West Field Player of the Week on May 18 after going 5-13 (.385) and collecting a hit in each game as UCSB went 4-0 against CSU Bakersfield and UC Irvine ... Kept up his hot-hitting ways in summer, winning the Cape Cod Batting Title with a .425 batting average for the Wareham Gatemen ... He became first Cape player to hit over .400 since 1990, and his average was the highest seen in the league since Terry Steinbach hit .432 in 1982 ... Named the No. 32 prospect in the Cape Cod League by D1Baseball.com.
2014: Named the No. 98 second-year prospect by Perfect Game entering the season ... Played in 43 games, including 42 starts – all in center field ... Finished the year with a .310 average, .408 on-base percentage, .352 slugging percentage, 45 hits, 25 runs scored, 20 RBIs, six doubles, 25 strikeouts, 15 walks, and 10 stolen bases (12 attempts) in 145 at-bats ... Battled injuries down the stretch, had just 10 at-bats and seven appearances in team's final 16 games ... His on-base percentage ranked second on the team, while his batting average ranked third ... One of nine qualified Big West fielders to go the entire season without recording an error ... Had five outfield assists, tops on the team ... Hit up and down the lineup, making starts at the leadoff, Nos. 2, 5, 6, 7, and 8 spots in the lineup ... Team went 28-13-1 when he started ... Had a 20-game reach base streak from Feb. 21 through Mar. 25, the second longest streak by a Gaucho for the season (Joey Epperson) ... Had 14 multi-hit games, fourth most on the squad ... Batted a team-best .432 (19-44) with runners in scoring position ... Had multiple hits in every game of the San Jose St. series from Feb. 21-23 ... Had three hits in three straight games from Mar. 21-22 ... Had three hits and reached in all five plate appearances against BYU on Apr. 14 ... Was named the Big West Field Player of the Week on Mar. 24, after hitting .588 and driving in four runs in a four-game sweep of Wagner ... Stroked a bases-loaded single up the middle against Pepperdine on Mar. 11 to give UCSB a walk-off victory ... Scored the game-winning run on a Billy Fredrick walk-off double against Wichita St. on Mar. 16.
2013: Played in 16 games with 27 plate appearances ... Finished the season with a .130 batting average, three hits, two runs, two RBIs and a double ... Recorded a RBI and a double against St. Mary's ... Had his season cut short by a nagging back injury, utilized a medical redshirt for the season.
High School: Played three years under head coach David Gallegos and the Eastlake Titans … Also competed in football and cross country … played center field … Hit a combined .450 his junior and senior years … Led team to Mesa League Championships in 2011 and 2012 … Mesa League Athlete/Player of the Year and MVP in 2012 … Best Work Ethic Award for 2009 and 2010 … Union Tribune All Academic Team in 2011 and 2012.
Personal: Born on March 5, 1994 to Andrew and Leah Calica in La Jolla, Calif. … Drafted in 17th round of 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Cleveland Indians ... Has two siblings, Robert and Gracen … majoring in economics … plans to earn a degree in economics and play Major League Baseball … Favorite teams are the San Diego Chargers and Padres … Favorite athlete is Adrian Gonzalez … Most memorable sports moment was hitting four home runs in one game … Favorite movie is Remember the Titans … Favorite TV show is Sportscenter … Favorite band is Journey … Hobbies include running, weightlifting, and playing other sports.
