UC SANTA BARBARA
2024
First Team All-Big West … Big West Academic All-Conference honoree ... Played in 57 of the Gauchos’ 58 games, starting all of them at second base … Hit .315/.401/.479 on the season with 11 doubles, five triples, five home runs and 49 RBIs, all career highs … Posted 12 multi-RBI games on the season, including 5-RBI outings against Campbell (Feb. 16) and UConn (March 10) … Reached base safely in 31 consecutive games between Feb. 23 and April 20, the longest on-base streak on the team this season … His five triples are tied for the 10th-most in a single season in program history … Collected a season-high six total bases with a home run and two singles against CSUN on May 18 and with a home run and a double against UC Riverside on May 23.
2023
Big West Academic All-Conference honoree … Appeared in 49 games for the Gauchos, starting 30 of them at second base … Posted a slash line of .197/.274/.352 in 136 plate appearances, with four home runs, five doubles, a triple, 22 RBI and two stolen bases … Went 2-for-3 at the plate and drove in four runs with a double and a triple in the season opener against Minnesota (February 17) … Recorded his first career multi-homer game at Cal State Fullerton on April 6, driving in five of the Gauchos’ 14 runs in their win over the Titans … Recorded four RBI against Cal Poly on May 19, going 2-for-4 with a home run off his friend and high school teammate Bryce Warrecker.
2022
Big West Academic All-Conference honoree … Hit .260/.315/.410 in 38 games for the Gauchos, totaling 10 doubles, a triple, a home run, 22 RBI, and five stolen bases in 100 at-bats … Hit his first collegiate home run in the 8-7 win over UC San Diego on April 16, finishing the day 2-for-4 at the plate … Went 2-for-5 with a double and two RBI against No. 30 Cal Poly to help Santa Barbara complete their first-ever sweep of the Mustangs at Baggett Stadium (May 1) … Hit a pair of doubles, recorded an RBI, and scored two runs in the 4-1 win over Nevada on February 25 … Finished 2-for-2 in the 18-7 win over Loyola Marymount on February 22, with two RBI, a double, and a stolen base.
2021
Appeared in 17 games, finishing with a slash line of .273/.385/.273 … Drove in one run and scored two himself on the season … Also stole two bases.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played as a shortstop for coach Steve Schuck at Santa Barbara High School … Earned All-Channel League First Team honors in 2018 and 2019 … Received All-Southern Section and All-CIF Senior Team recognition in 2020 … Helped the Dons to back-to-back CIF postseason appearances in 2018 and 2019 … Won the Channel League Championship in 2019 … Had a career-high 21 stolen bases as a junior in 2019 … Hit .421 with a .556 on-base percentage as a senior in 2020 … Lists his 3-for-4 day with a home run against Grace Brethren High School on February 25, 2020 as his best performance for Santa Barbara High … Also played basketball.
PERSONAL
Nicholas Burton Oakley was born on May 3, 2002 in Santa Barbara, Calif. to parents Bill and Jennifer Oakley … Has an older brother, Will … Majoring in Sociology at UC Santa Barbara.
