UC SANTA BARBARA
2025
Played 40 games for the Gauchos, starting 38 of them at shortstop … Hit .230/.336/.302 with nine doubles … Ended the season on an 18-game on-base streak … Drove in 12 runs this season, with four of them coming in the three-game series at UC San Diego, April 25-27.
2024
Played in nine of the Gauchos’ first 11 games before a hand injury ended his season … Hit .194/.306/.290 in his limited at-bats … Tallied 10 RBIs on just six hits on the season, including a grand slam as part of a five-RBI performance at Oregon (March 3) … Had three RBIs in his final game of the season, March 5 against Villanova.
2023
Started all 55 games at shortstop for UC Santa Barbara, one of two Gauchos to start every game this season … Hit .277/.349/.382 with eight doubles, three triples (tied for the team lead), two home runs, and 25 RBI … Defensively provided a team-high 118 assists … Hit his first career home run on April 22 at UC San Diego, hitting his second the next day, April 23, also against the Tritons … Recorded two four-hit games this season, going 4-for-5 with a triple against Minnesota (February 19) and 4-for-5 in the first game of the non-conference doubleheader at Cal Poly (March 12) … Provided walk-off hits against UC Davis (April 28) and California Baptist (May 15).
HIGH SCHOOL
An infielder and pitcher at Torrance High School … Pioneer League MVP … Named Player of the Year by The Daily Breeze … All-Area and All-Pioneer League selection … Helped the Tartars win Pioneer League titles in 2019, 2021, and 2022 … Reached the CIF Quarterfinals in 2019 and Finals in 2022 … Also played soccer.
PERSONAL
Son of Jennifer Hottenroth and Roger Nunez … Has a brother, Slater, and a sister, Daylin … Majoring in Sociology at UC Santa Barbara.
