2026 (Junior): Saw action in 41 games, making 39 starts in his first year on Beechnut Street … batted .278 on the season, third highest on the club for qualified hitters … finished season with three homers and 22 RBI and also stole three bases …batted .314 in conference action … drew 20 walks and had a .395 OBP for the season … posted 11 multiple-hit outings on the season which included his first career three-hit game in the series opener at SFA (3/27) going 3-4 with two runs scored … in mid-March, he had a seven-game hitting streak in which he batted .414 … in the final four games of that streak, he posted two hits in each game during a game versus UTSA and three-game series against UTRGV … batted .500 (8-16) over those four games, knocking in five runs and scoring six times … hit his first HCU homer in the final game of that stretch, a three-run jack (3/22) … had a career-best four RBI against New Orleans (4/17)
including a three-run jack … earned
Southland Conference All-Academic honors … named to the
Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll …
PRIOR TO HCU: Chabot College (2025) Appeared in all 42 games for the Gladiators, making 40 starts to help them to a third consecutive conference title … batted .329 on the campaign with four homers and 37 RBI and earned second-team All-Coast Conference honors … led team with 15 doubles, six triples and 53 runs … ranked second on the team with 53 hits, 92 total bases and 18 stolen bases … had 14 multi-hit games, five with three or more which included four-hit outings against Gavilan and De Anza … went 4-5 with three doubles and two RBI against Gavilan (3/6) …
University of the Pacific (2023/2024) first two collegiate campaigns spent in Stockton, California … redshirted as a freshman in 2023, then batted .210 for the Tigers in 21 appearances during the 2024 season … had 13 hits, 13 walks, four doubles and four RBI in 62 at-bats … collected first hit and RBI against Seattle (2/19) … went 3-11 with two RBI in series against San Diego ….
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letter-winner for the Highlanders … batted .421 with two homers, 12 doubles and three triples to earn WACC Player of the Year honors as a senior … batted .528 as a junior … two-time all-district … honor roll student … was starting quarterback and captain of the football team …
PERSONAL: Full name is Nicolas Lorenzo DeFazio … born November 4, 2003 … Son of Jeff DeFazio and Lisa Barnes and step-mother Jonna Cohen … sister Cecilia … step-brother Zach and step-sister Mia … majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies …
