Cal Poly Player Profile: Nick Meyer

Entered sophomore season as Cal Poly’s starting catcher.
In the first six weeks of 2017 season, Nick Meyer leads the Big West Conference by throwing out nine would-be base stealers and is No. 1 in picking off base runners with two. He posted a .250 batting average in first 24 games of season with a team-leading 16 RBI. Meyer was named to Johnny Bench Award Watch List on March 21, an award given to the top catcher in NCAA Division I.
In 2016 Meyer was in the starting lineup as a true freshman on Opening Day against Pacific and finished the season with 50 starts, 48 behind the plate and two in right field. He was a .301 hitter with seven doubles, one triple and one home run en route to second-team All-Big West Conference honors. Meyer was also named Big West Conference Freshman Field Player of the Year. He earned the team’s John Orton Gold Glove and Scott Kidd Rookie of the Year awards . His triple was against UC Davis on May 27 while his home run was a solo shot versus UC Irvine on May 15. He knocked in 21 runs, and was 19-for-43 (.442) in final 11 games of season, bumping average up 47 points. Meyer had 10 two-hit games and went 3-for-5 against UC Irvine on May 13 and 4-for-5 against UC Davis on May 28. He had an eight-game hitting streak snapped by Long Beach State on April 30. Meyer threw out 22 base runners trying to steal and picked off 10 other runners, best in the conference! He struck out just 13 times over 204 plate appearances, averaging one strikeout every 13.3 at-bats. He was first in the Big West in toughest to strike out and No. 53 in NCAA Division I. Meyer went 6-for-14 in UC Irvine series and 6-for-11 against UC Irvine. He had only eight errors in 439 fielding chances. Meyer hit .337 in Big West games, he hit .375 against left-handed pitching during the season and .349 at home. He did not play summer ball.
Meyer was A 2015 graduate of Santa Margarita Catholic High School in Rancho Santa Margarita, California. As a senior under head coach Dave Bacani, he hit .293 with five doubles, a home run and eight RBI. The Eagles were 17-14 overall in 2015, finishing fourth in the Trinity League, they were a three-time first-team All-Trinity League honoree. Meyer participated in the Orange County All-Star Game. As a junior Meyer hit .330 with five doubles and a triple, knocking in 13 runs and helping Eagles to a 20-10-1 overall mark and second-place finish in the Trinity League. Santa Margarita went on to capture the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 championship at Dodger Stadium and he earned first-team All-Trinity League and third-team All-Orange County honors. Meyer lettered in football in 2012 and was involved with Special Olympics and Ability Awareness for special needs children. He also hit .211 as a sophomore and .370 in 21 games as a freshman. He played on the Brewers’ Area Code team. Meyer was also recruited by Grand Canyon, but chose Cal Poly because he “loved the campus, great education, great coaches to help me get to the next level, wanted to play for a team that could make it to Omaha and loved the downtown atmosphere.”. Meyer played summer ball for Victoria HarbourCats, hitting .227 with 15 hits, one double and five RBI.
Meyer is the Son of Mike and Julie Meyer. He has two brothers, Josh and Mike. Josh plays baseball for Grand Canyon. He enjoys all sports and wants to be a sports broadcaster. He was born with two thumbs on his left hand and one was removed when he was 2. Meyer was born on February 18, 1997, in Westminster, Colorado, and is majoring in communication studies.