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Jersey Number 16
Nolan Traeger
- Position:
- C
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 215
- Hometown:
- Spring, Texas
- High School:
- Concorida Lutheran
Career Honors
• 2025 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Invite
• 2025 Second-team Perfect Game Freshman All-American
• 2025 Second-team All-Big 12 Conference
• 2025 Big 12 All-Freshman Team
2026 (Sophomore)
Played in 46 games with 44 starts on the year... made 35 starts as the catcher and nine as the designated hitter... also appeared in two games as a pinch hitter... hit .287 on the year with 45 hits including eight doubles and four home runs... tallied 34 RBIs on the year... collected 11 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI contests... tallied a hit in 29 games and reached safely in 40... drove in a run on a sacrifice fly against Oklahoma (Feb. 15)... went 1-for-5 with an RBI against UT Arlington (Feb. 17)... recorded two hits in Game 3 at UCLA (Feb. 22)... had a monster day at the plate with three hits and drove in six runs in the win at LMU (Feb. 23)... was 3-for-4 with a double and four RBIs in the series-opener against New Haven (Feb. 27)... walked twice and drove in a run in Game 2 against New Haven (Feb. 28)... had two RBIs in the series finale against New Haven (March 1)... stretched RBI streak to five games with two in the win over Abilene Christian (March 3)... went 2-for-5 with an RBI in the series-opener against Tulane (March 6)... tallied a hit in each game of the doubleheader against the Green Wave (March 8)... drove in a run in the win over Kansas (March 10)... started two of three games played at Arizona State (March 13-15)... had five hits and drove in a run in the UCF series (March 20-22)... went 1-for-5 in the win at DBU (March 24)... doubled as part of a two-hit game in the series-finale against Texas Tech (March 29) kicking off an 11 game hitting streak that saw his average go up 53 points... was 1-for-4 with two RBIs in lone start at Kansas State (April 3)... tallied a hit in the game at Abilene Christian (April 7)... went 3-for-7 with a double, a home run and three RBIs in two starts against Arizona (April 10-11)... doubled in the win over Tarleton (April 14)... homered as part of two hits and drove in two runs in two starts at Baylor (April 17, 19)... went 3-for-4 with an RBI in the win over DBU (April 21)... homered and scored three runs as part of a three-hit game in the series-opener against Houston (April 24)... homered and drove in three in Game 1 at Oklahoma State (May 1)... had a hit in the series finale against the Cowboys (May 3)... went 5-for-10 with two doubles in the series sweep of Utah (May 8-10)... had two hits in the West Virginia series (May 14-16).
2025 (Freshman)
Started 43 games as part of 47 games played on the year... made 42 starts behind the plate and one start as the designated hitter... also appeared in two games as a pinch hitter and two as a defensive replacement... ranked third on the team with a .327 average... totaled 52 hits on the year including eight doubles, three triples and three home runs... drove in 17 runs, drew 21 walks and stole two bases... recorded 14 multi-hit games and four multi-RBI contests... recorded a base hit in 37 games and reached safely in 43... posted a .995 fielding percentage and led the team with three pick-offs... reached safely in his first 18 career games... homered for his first career hit in his collegiate debut at San Diego (Feb. 15)... went 2-for-3 with a double, a home run and two RBIs against Michigan (Feb. 21) at Globe Life Field... collected two hits in his lone game played in the Southern Miss series (March 2)... hit .357 (5-for-14) with two doubles in the sweep of Fresno State (March 7-9)... tallied two hits in two games played against Arizona State (March 15-16)... went 2-for-3 with a run scored at Dallas Baptist (March 18)... tripled and drove in a career-high four runs in the series opener at Texas Tech (March 21)... had two hits each in the final two games of the Texas Tech series (March 22-23)... went 2-for-6 in the midweek series sweep of UTRGV (March 25-26)... had two hits and RBI in the Houston series (March 28-30)... recorded two hits and scored three runs in the sweep of Kansas (April 11-13)... tallied two hits in all three games at UCF (April 17-19), hitting .545 (6-for-11) in the series... went 2-for-4 with two RBIs in the series-opener against Baylor (April 25)... had a pinch-hit, RBI-single against UT Arlington (April 29)... had a hit in all three games at Arizona (May 2-4)... hit a three-run home run in the opening game against Cincinnati (May 9)... recorded two more hits in the Cincinnati series (May 10-11)... collected six hits in the Utah series (May 15-17)... had four hits in the Big 12 Tournament (May 22-24)... stretched his hitting streak to 14 with a base hit against USC (May 30) in the NCAA Corvallis Regional... drew three walks against Oregon State (May 31) in the final game of the season.
High School
Played varsity baseball at Concordia Lutheran... two-time USA Baseball National Team participant (2021 15U National Team; 2023 18U National Team)... ranked as the No. 18 and No. 2 catcher in the state of Texas by Perfect Game... was ranked as the No. 15 catcher nationally by Perfect Game... ranked by Baseball America as the No. 89 overall prospect for the 2024 MLB Draft... was a four-time first-team all-district performer... selected as the district MVP and the Texas Private High School MVP as a senior... honored as a first-team all-state performer three times... three-time member of the state all-tournament team... hit .360 with five home runs, 22 RBIs and five home runs as a senior... is a two-time Perfect Game All-American.
Personal
Parents are James and Erin... has two brothers, Jax and Reid... brother, Jax, played baseball and earned his degree at TCU.
• 2025 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Invite
• 2025 Second-team Perfect Game Freshman All-American
• 2025 Second-team All-Big 12 Conference
• 2025 Big 12 All-Freshman Team
2026 (Sophomore)
Played in 46 games with 44 starts on the year... made 35 starts as the catcher and nine as the designated hitter... also appeared in two games as a pinch hitter... hit .287 on the year with 45 hits including eight doubles and four home runs... tallied 34 RBIs on the year... collected 11 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI contests... tallied a hit in 29 games and reached safely in 40... drove in a run on a sacrifice fly against Oklahoma (Feb. 15)... went 1-for-5 with an RBI against UT Arlington (Feb. 17)... recorded two hits in Game 3 at UCLA (Feb. 22)... had a monster day at the plate with three hits and drove in six runs in the win at LMU (Feb. 23)... was 3-for-4 with a double and four RBIs in the series-opener against New Haven (Feb. 27)... walked twice and drove in a run in Game 2 against New Haven (Feb. 28)... had two RBIs in the series finale against New Haven (March 1)... stretched RBI streak to five games with two in the win over Abilene Christian (March 3)... went 2-for-5 with an RBI in the series-opener against Tulane (March 6)... tallied a hit in each game of the doubleheader against the Green Wave (March 8)... drove in a run in the win over Kansas (March 10)... started two of three games played at Arizona State (March 13-15)... had five hits and drove in a run in the UCF series (March 20-22)... went 1-for-5 in the win at DBU (March 24)... doubled as part of a two-hit game in the series-finale against Texas Tech (March 29) kicking off an 11 game hitting streak that saw his average go up 53 points... was 1-for-4 with two RBIs in lone start at Kansas State (April 3)... tallied a hit in the game at Abilene Christian (April 7)... went 3-for-7 with a double, a home run and three RBIs in two starts against Arizona (April 10-11)... doubled in the win over Tarleton (April 14)... homered as part of two hits and drove in two runs in two starts at Baylor (April 17, 19)... went 3-for-4 with an RBI in the win over DBU (April 21)... homered and scored three runs as part of a three-hit game in the series-opener against Houston (April 24)... homered and drove in three in Game 1 at Oklahoma State (May 1)... had a hit in the series finale against the Cowboys (May 3)... went 5-for-10 with two doubles in the series sweep of Utah (May 8-10)... had two hits in the West Virginia series (May 14-16).
2025 (Freshman)
Started 43 games as part of 47 games played on the year... made 42 starts behind the plate and one start as the designated hitter... also appeared in two games as a pinch hitter and two as a defensive replacement... ranked third on the team with a .327 average... totaled 52 hits on the year including eight doubles, three triples and three home runs... drove in 17 runs, drew 21 walks and stole two bases... recorded 14 multi-hit games and four multi-RBI contests... recorded a base hit in 37 games and reached safely in 43... posted a .995 fielding percentage and led the team with three pick-offs... reached safely in his first 18 career games... homered for his first career hit in his collegiate debut at San Diego (Feb. 15)... went 2-for-3 with a double, a home run and two RBIs against Michigan (Feb. 21) at Globe Life Field... collected two hits in his lone game played in the Southern Miss series (March 2)... hit .357 (5-for-14) with two doubles in the sweep of Fresno State (March 7-9)... tallied two hits in two games played against Arizona State (March 15-16)... went 2-for-3 with a run scored at Dallas Baptist (March 18)... tripled and drove in a career-high four runs in the series opener at Texas Tech (March 21)... had two hits each in the final two games of the Texas Tech series (March 22-23)... went 2-for-6 in the midweek series sweep of UTRGV (March 25-26)... had two hits and RBI in the Houston series (March 28-30)... recorded two hits and scored three runs in the sweep of Kansas (April 11-13)... tallied two hits in all three games at UCF (April 17-19), hitting .545 (6-for-11) in the series... went 2-for-4 with two RBIs in the series-opener against Baylor (April 25)... had a pinch-hit, RBI-single against UT Arlington (April 29)... had a hit in all three games at Arizona (May 2-4)... hit a three-run home run in the opening game against Cincinnati (May 9)... recorded two more hits in the Cincinnati series (May 10-11)... collected six hits in the Utah series (May 15-17)... had four hits in the Big 12 Tournament (May 22-24)... stretched his hitting streak to 14 with a base hit against USC (May 30) in the NCAA Corvallis Regional... drew three walks against Oregon State (May 31) in the final game of the season.
High School
Played varsity baseball at Concordia Lutheran... two-time USA Baseball National Team participant (2021 15U National Team; 2023 18U National Team)... ranked as the No. 18 and No. 2 catcher in the state of Texas by Perfect Game... was ranked as the No. 15 catcher nationally by Perfect Game... ranked by Baseball America as the No. 89 overall prospect for the 2024 MLB Draft... was a four-time first-team all-district performer... selected as the district MVP and the Texas Private High School MVP as a senior... honored as a first-team all-state performer three times... three-time member of the state all-tournament team... hit .360 with five home runs, 22 RBIs and five home runs as a senior... is a two-time Perfect Game All-American.
Personal
Parents are James and Erin... has two brothers, Jax and Reid... brother, Jax, played baseball and earned his degree at TCU.
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