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Jersey Number 3
Nathan Barraza
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- San Marcos, CA
- High School:
- Mission Hills HS
- Prev School:
- Mission Hills HS
- B/T:
- R/R
Bio
CSUN - 2024 (Senior)
Barraza played in a career-high 41 games, making 29 starts at first base as a senior ... drove in a career-best 23 RBI to go with 31 hits, 16 runs scored, 10 walks, two doubles and one homer ... batted .248 at the plate ... started 12 of 19 games in Big West play ... committed just one error in 253 chances and posted a ..996 fielding percentage ... recorded a career-best four hits while scoring twice and driving in two runs in a win at Utah Tech (2/23/24) ... finished 3-for-5 with three runs scored in game two at Utah Tech (2/24/24) ... matched his personal best with a four-hit game to go with three RBI vs. Nevada (3/1/24) ... collected a walk-off RBI single in the 10th inning to beat Nevada (3/3/24) ... drove in two runs at No. 6 Oregon State (3/10/24) ... scored twice, walked three times and collected a hit in his final collegiate game at No. 13 UC Irvine (5/25/24) ... earned Big West All-Academic Team honors.
CSUN - 2023 (Junior)
Barraza played in a career-high 36 games and started a personal-best 31 times in his third season at CSUN ... served as a first baseman most of the season including making two starts in right field ... posted new career-highs in runs (21), hits (38), doubles (7), home runs (2), RBI (21), slugging percentage (.429), sacrifice hits (7) and stolen bases (4) ... batted .319 at the plate for the year ... improved batting average to .323 with 17 RBI in Big West play ... recorded 11 multiple-hit games on the season ... held a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage ... led the team in sacrifice hits ... hit a bases-clearing, three-run double to lift CSUN to an extra-inning win at UC Davis (3/17/23) ... recorded five hits, six RBI and a homer in the UC Davis series (3/17/23-3/19/23) ... homered again vs. Pepperdine (3/20/23) ... tallied a career-high three hits with two runs scored vs. Cal Poly (4/21/23) ... picked up two hits with an RBI and a run scored at UC San Diego (5/6/23) ... went 2-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBI in a win over UC Irvine (5/12/23) ... named to Big West All-Academic Team.
CSUN - 2022 (Sophomore)
Barraza appeared in a career-high 31 games, making five starts at first base and left field while also serving as a late game defensive replacement ... batted .235 with eight hits, seven walks, six runs, five RBI, one double and one stolen base ... committed one error in 79 chances ... reached base three times and scored a run in a win over Pacific (2/26/22) ... hit a game-winning two-run single in the 12th inning at UC Irvine (4/2/22) ... doubled in a run and scored in a win over Hawai'i (5/12/22).
CSUN - 2021 (Freshman)
Barraza appeared in 17 games, making one start at first base in his first season at CSUN ... also spent time at third base and the corner outfield positions ... finished the year with a .357 batting average, six runs, five hits and two walks in 17 at bats ... used primarily as a late game pinch-hitter or pinch-runner ... picked up his first career hit and scored a run at Long Beach State (3/27/21) ... reached base twice and collected a single vs. UC Irvine (4/3/21) ... recorded his first career multiple-hit game after a 2-for-3 day vs. UC Irvine (4/4/21) ... came on as a pinch-hitter and singled vs. Hawai'i (5/15/21).
Mission Hills High School
Barraza played baseball for all four years while he spent time on the football team in his first two years ... played at third base, shortstop and pitched ... helped Mission Hills to a 6-1-1 start to 2020, batting .438 with 14 hits and 12 RBI ... as a junior he batted .386 with 39 hits, 19 runs and 15 RBI to go with a .430 on-base percentage ... drove in a school-record 46 runs in his sophomore year ... started every game over his last three years ... guided the Grizzlies to the CIF San Diego Section playoffs each season, highlighted by a Division II championship win in 2018 ... earned a host of awards including first-team all-league twice as well as second-team All-CIF as a sophomore and Newcomer of the Year as a freshman ... named to the San Diego All-Star Game as a sophomore and junior ... played at quarterback, free safety and punter on the football team ... competed in the football CIF open championship game in 2017 and racked up six tackles ... played with his brothers Adam and Bryan on the football team.
Personal
Parents are Julie and Cesar Barraza ... he has three brothers, Nolan, Adam and Bryan ... his brother Nolan played baseball at Hawai'i Pacific from 2015-16 ... favorites include the San Diego Padres, Derek Jeter, Jim Carrey, Will Smith, Jennifer Aniston, "Seinfeld," "Me, Myself and Irene," sushi, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Florida Georgia Line, Iration and Kodak Black ... chose CSUN because of the campus and the competitive baseball program ... says winning the CIF tournament his sophomore year was his greatest sports moment ... lists his mom as his greatest hero ... graduated with a degree in Criminology and Justice Studies.
CSUN CAREER-HIGHS
Barraza played in a career-high 41 games, making 29 starts at first base as a senior ... drove in a career-best 23 RBI to go with 31 hits, 16 runs scored, 10 walks, two doubles and one homer ... batted .248 at the plate ... started 12 of 19 games in Big West play ... committed just one error in 253 chances and posted a ..996 fielding percentage ... recorded a career-best four hits while scoring twice and driving in two runs in a win at Utah Tech (2/23/24) ... finished 3-for-5 with three runs scored in game two at Utah Tech (2/24/24) ... matched his personal best with a four-hit game to go with three RBI vs. Nevada (3/1/24) ... collected a walk-off RBI single in the 10th inning to beat Nevada (3/3/24) ... drove in two runs at No. 6 Oregon State (3/10/24) ... scored twice, walked three times and collected a hit in his final collegiate game at No. 13 UC Irvine (5/25/24) ... earned Big West All-Academic Team honors.
CSUN - 2023 (Junior)
Barraza played in a career-high 36 games and started a personal-best 31 times in his third season at CSUN ... served as a first baseman most of the season including making two starts in right field ... posted new career-highs in runs (21), hits (38), doubles (7), home runs (2), RBI (21), slugging percentage (.429), sacrifice hits (7) and stolen bases (4) ... batted .319 at the plate for the year ... improved batting average to .323 with 17 RBI in Big West play ... recorded 11 multiple-hit games on the season ... held a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage ... led the team in sacrifice hits ... hit a bases-clearing, three-run double to lift CSUN to an extra-inning win at UC Davis (3/17/23) ... recorded five hits, six RBI and a homer in the UC Davis series (3/17/23-3/19/23) ... homered again vs. Pepperdine (3/20/23) ... tallied a career-high three hits with two runs scored vs. Cal Poly (4/21/23) ... picked up two hits with an RBI and a run scored at UC San Diego (5/6/23) ... went 2-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBI in a win over UC Irvine (5/12/23) ... named to Big West All-Academic Team.
CSUN - 2022 (Sophomore)
Barraza appeared in a career-high 31 games, making five starts at first base and left field while also serving as a late game defensive replacement ... batted .235 with eight hits, seven walks, six runs, five RBI, one double and one stolen base ... committed one error in 79 chances ... reached base three times and scored a run in a win over Pacific (2/26/22) ... hit a game-winning two-run single in the 12th inning at UC Irvine (4/2/22) ... doubled in a run and scored in a win over Hawai'i (5/12/22).
CSUN - 2021 (Freshman)
Barraza appeared in 17 games, making one start at first base in his first season at CSUN ... also spent time at third base and the corner outfield positions ... finished the year with a .357 batting average, six runs, five hits and two walks in 17 at bats ... used primarily as a late game pinch-hitter or pinch-runner ... picked up his first career hit and scored a run at Long Beach State (3/27/21) ... reached base twice and collected a single vs. UC Irvine (4/3/21) ... recorded his first career multiple-hit game after a 2-for-3 day vs. UC Irvine (4/4/21) ... came on as a pinch-hitter and singled vs. Hawai'i (5/15/21).
Mission Hills High School
Barraza played baseball for all four years while he spent time on the football team in his first two years ... played at third base, shortstop and pitched ... helped Mission Hills to a 6-1-1 start to 2020, batting .438 with 14 hits and 12 RBI ... as a junior he batted .386 with 39 hits, 19 runs and 15 RBI to go with a .430 on-base percentage ... drove in a school-record 46 runs in his sophomore year ... started every game over his last three years ... guided the Grizzlies to the CIF San Diego Section playoffs each season, highlighted by a Division II championship win in 2018 ... earned a host of awards including first-team all-league twice as well as second-team All-CIF as a sophomore and Newcomer of the Year as a freshman ... named to the San Diego All-Star Game as a sophomore and junior ... played at quarterback, free safety and punter on the football team ... competed in the football CIF open championship game in 2017 and racked up six tackles ... played with his brothers Adam and Bryan on the football team.
Personal
Parents are Julie and Cesar Barraza ... he has three brothers, Nolan, Adam and Bryan ... his brother Nolan played baseball at Hawai'i Pacific from 2015-16 ... favorites include the San Diego Padres, Derek Jeter, Jim Carrey, Will Smith, Jennifer Aniston, "Seinfeld," "Me, Myself and Irene," sushi, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Florida Georgia Line, Iration and Kodak Black ... chose CSUN because of the campus and the competitive baseball program ... says winning the CIF tournament his sophomore year was his greatest sports moment ... lists his mom as his greatest hero ... graduated with a degree in Criminology and Justice Studies.
CSUN CAREER-HIGHS
| Runs | 3 (2x) last at Utah Tech | 2/24/24 |
| Hits | 4 (2x) last vs. Nevada | 3/1/24 |
| Doubles | 1 (10x) last vs. Long Beach State | 4/15/24 |
| RBI | 3 (2x) last vs. Nevada | 3/1/24 |
| Home Runs | 1 (3x) last at San Diego | 3/12/24 |
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