2026 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 5
Nick Arias
- Position:
- Infield
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 202
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Tucson, Ariz.
- High School:
- Tucson HS
2025 (Junior)
- Started in each of his 50 appearances, batting .291 (55 for 189) and driving in 43 runs
- Sported a .394 on-base percentage and a .429 slugging percentage
- Notched four home runs, two triples and 10 doubles
- Scored 40 runs, drew 28 walks and stole eight bases
- Had a .978 fielding percentage
2024 (Pima Community College)
- Appeared in 54 games, guiding the Aztecs to a 45-18 record with a 26-12 mark in conference play
- Built a .313 batting average (60 for 192), .397 on-base percentage and a .479 slugging percentage
- Hit five home runs and drove in 36 runs, scored 45 runs and drew 26 walks
- Stole six bases
- Earned Second Team All-ACCAC (Arizona Community College Athletic Conference), Second Team All-Region I, Division I honors
- Named Second Team NJCAA All-Academic
2023 (Grand Canyon)
- Made eight appearances with one start as a true freshman
- Posted two hits, drew a walk and scored two runs
- Had a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage
High School
- Hit over .400 in his sophomore, junior and senior seasons
- Was the 2021 6A Desert Southwest Regional Player of the Year after hitting .472
- 6A All-State First Team Shortstop
- 6A Metro First Team All Region
- Top sports memory to date came in the state playoffs as a senior. His three-run blast and game-winning RBI helped Tucson recover from a 7-2 deficit to defeat Basha HS
- Ended his high school career ranked as the No. 7 overall prospect and No. 2 infielder in Arizona by Prep Baseball Report
- Began playing varsity baseball as a freshman
- Worked way back from Tommy John surgery to play his senior season in 2022
- A four-year honor roll representative
- Played club ball for Tucson Champs
- Son of George and Rachel Arias
- Has one brother, George, and one sister, Alexis
- Both brother and father played baseball at the University of Arizona
- Father, George, played baseball at Pima Community College in 1991 and 1992 and then Arizona in 1993 and went on to play four MLB seasons for the Angels and Padres. Was drafted three times, improving his draft stock to be picked in the seventh round in 1993. Hit .345 for Arizona with 23 home runs (second-most single-season in program history) and 75 RBIs. After his MLB career, also played professionally in Japan and Mexico. He competed in the 2003 Japan Championship Series
- Off the field, likes to work out, skate, play sports and draw
- Favorite athletes to watch growing up include Derek Jeter, Mike Trout and Stephen Curry
- Studying criminal justice
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