University of California, Santa Barbara

UC SANTA BARBARA
2025
All-Big West Honorable Mention … Started all 54 games for the Gauchos, 40 of them as catcher … Hit .306/.369/.550 with a team-high 50 RBIs, 17 doubles, two triples and 10 home runs … His 17 doubles were tied for first on the team and second in The Big West … Also ranked eighth in The Big West in home runs and 10^th in RBIs … Led the team with 13 multi-RBI games on the season, including a career-high five against LMU on May 11 … Hit his first home run as a Gaucho on Feb. 15 in the win over Campbell … Hit three home runs in Santa Barbara’s four-game road trip in San Diego, April 25-28 … Tallied a career-high four hits on May 9 at LMU … Finished the season with 20 multi-hit games, third-most on the team … Hit nine sacrifice flies, fourth most among all Division I hitters.

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FOLSOM LAKE COLLEGE
2024
All-Big 8 Conference First Team … Hit .337/.452/.523 with 15 doubles, four triples, three home runs and 49 RBIs … Helped the Falcons win a share of the Big 8 Conference Championship and the Northern California Regional Championship … Hit a walk-off home run to beat rivals Delta College on Apr. 18 … Recorded four hits and scored three runs in a 16-3 win over Sacramento City College on March 14.
 
2023
All-Big 8 Conference First Team … Hit .344/.450/.476 with 10 doubles, three triples, three home runs and 51 RBI … Helped the Falcons win the Northern California Regional and Super Regional Championships … Hit his first career grand slam in a 13-3 win over Sacramento City College on March 2.

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HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year letterwinner at Whitney High School … All-Sierra Foothill League First Team and Sacramento All-Metro Varsity High School Team catcher … Two-time team MVP … Offensive Player of the Year … Played for the Yuba-Sutter Gold Sox the summer after his senior year, being named the team’s Hitter of the Year … Hit three home runs in a single game for Yuba-Sutter.

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PERSONAL
Nate Vargas was born April 21, 2003 in Sacramento … Grew up in Rocklin … Son of Ken and Tiffany Vargas … Has two younger brothers, Kyle and Dylan … Majoring in Communication at UC Santa Barbara … Aspires to play baseball professionally or go into coaching or sports journalism after graduation … Has volunteered his time as an assistant coach for youth travel ball teams in Rocklin … Also enjoys spending time outdoors, playing basketball, lifting weights and cooking … Roots for the Atlanta Braves, Charlotte Hornets and Carolina Panthers … Michael Harris II, Freddie Freeman and Christian McCaffery are his favorite athletes … One of his most memorable sporting moments is playing in the Matthew Redding Foundation Halloween Baseball Game, raising money for a charity honoring a Rocklin police officer who had been killed in the line of duty; he was awarded a scholarship from that same charity as a senior in high school.