Niko Gallego Class: Junior Hometown: Yorba Linda, Calif. High School: Esperanza Height / Weight: 5-11 / 180 Position: INF Bats/Throws: R/R

2009 (summer)
Played in 32 games for the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod League...batted .229 (19-for-83) with six RBI, eight runs, 11 walks and eight stolen bases in 13 attempts...compiled a .327 on-base percentage...Brewster finished 17-22 in the Eastern Division of the Cape Cod League.

2009
Started 55 games, all at shortstop...batted .273, totaling eight doubles, one triple, 27 RBI and 26 runs...registered a .361 on-base percentage...recorded six stolen bases in 10 attempts...collected 12 multple-hit games, including two three-hit efforts...also had five multiple-RBI contests, including two three-RBI games...had a career-best seven game hit streak from April 14-25...had a career-high three hits in two games (both games at Washington State - went 3-for-3 with one run in the series opener (April 3); went 3-for-4 with one double, three RBI and two runs in the series finale, a 9-5 victory...hit safely in each of three games against Cal State Fullerton, going 5-for-12 (.417) with two RBI and one run in the series - went 2-for-4 in each of the first two games (May 15-16)...was 2-for-4 with one RBI in an 8-3 midweek victory against UC Irvine (April 7)...went 2-for-4 with one run in the series opener against Arizona, a 7-6 UCLA victory (March 27)...went 2-for-5 with one run and one RBI in a 17-2 series-clinching win at USC (March 23)...opened the season 4-for-11 (.364) in a three-games series against UC Davis, hitting safely in each contest - went 1-for-3 with two RBI, two runs and one stolen base in each of the first two games (Feb. 20-21) before going 2-for-5 with two runs in the series finale (Feb. 22).

2008 (summer)
Played in 40 games for the St. Cloud Riverbats of the Northwoods League...batted .211 (26-for-123), scoring 15 runs...compiled a .317 on-base percentage and stole five bases...St. Cloud finished 37-30 in the North Division of the Northwoods League.

2008
Played in 19 games, making 11 starts at second base...batted .317, totaling two doubles, one triple, four RBI and four runs...hit safely in nine of 11 starts...recorded three two-hit games...was 2-for-4 in the second of three games at Washington (April 26), adding one run and one RBI...went 2-for-4 with one run, one RBI and one double against UC Irvine (April 8)...picked up his first hit as a Bruin against St. Mary's (March 7), going 1-for-1 with one RBI...played in his first collegiate game in the second contest of a season-opening doubleheader against Oklahoma (Feb. 23).

High School
Two-year varsity baseball letterwinner at Esperanza High School under head coach Mike Curran...selected in the 37th round of the 2007 MLB Draft by the Colorado Rockies...was a two-time first-team All-Sunset League honoree (2006 and 2007)...posted a .320 average his senior season, collecting three home runs, five doubles, 12 RBI and 29 runs...helped lead Esperanza to the CIF Division I semifinals...posted a .400 batting average as a junior, tallying 24 runs, 13 RBI and 11 stolen bases...captured the 2006 Esperanza Baseball Rookie of the Year award...named to the 2006 California High School Southern Section South All-Star Championship team...had the game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning of Esperanza's CIF Division I first-round playoff game against Riverside Arlington; went 2-for-4 in that game...helped lead Esperanza to the 2006 Sunset League title...was a three-year Principal's Honor Roll student.

Personal
Full name: Nicholas Anthony Gallego...born December 29, 1988 in Orange, Calif...Niko is the oldest of Mike and Caryn Gallego's three children...has one younger brother, Joe, and one younger sister, Ali...father, Mike was a three-year letterwinner at UCLA (1979-81) before enjoying a successful 13-year major league career with the Oakland A's, New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals...history major.

Career Highs
At-bats - 5 (six times), last vs. Cal State Bakersfield (5/5/09)
Runs - 2 (five times), last vs. Washington (4/19/09)
Hits - 3 (twice), last at Washington State (4/5/09)
RBI - 3 (twice), last at Arizona State (5/23/09)
Doubles - 1 (10 times), last at Arizona State (5/23/09)
Triples - 1 (twice), last vs. UC Davis (2/21/09)
Stolen Bases - 1 (seven times), last at UC Irvine (5/19/09)

NIKO GALLEGO'S CAREER STATISTICS