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Ty Nekoliczak

Infielder
Class
Senior
Height
5-9
Hometown
Greeley, Neb.
Previous School
Central Valley HS
Honors and Awards

-2025 First Team All-GPAC
-2025 GPAC Gold Glove (second base)
-2025 NAIA Scholar-Athlete
-2024 ABCA-Rawlings NAIA Baseball Gold Glove Team (second base)
-2024 Second Team All-GPAC
-2024 GPAC Gold Glove (second base)
-2024 CSC Academic All-District
-2024 Omaha World-Herald All-Midlands Team
-2024 NAIA Scholar-Athlete
-2023 First Team All-GPAC
-2023 CSC Academic All-District
-2023 Omaha World-Herald All-Midlands Team
-2023 NAIA Scholar-Athlete
-2022 Honorable Mention All-GPAC

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Ty Nekoliczak

Infielder
Senior, 5-9

2025: Senior
Started all 54 games at second base ... batted a team high .368 (70-for-190) with 69 runs scored, 12 doubles, one triple, four home runs, 39 RBIs and 21 stolen bases ... recorded a .500 on-base percentage and .505 slugging percnetage ... in the field, converted 204 of 210 chances for a .971 fielding percentage ... produced 22 multi-hit games ... collected four hits in a win over Valley City State on March 10 ... concluded career with all-time program rankings of second in assists (466), second in walks (154), third in runs scored (230), fourth in hits (263), fifth in games played (226), sixth in batting average (.358), sixth in stolen bases (49) and ninth in RBIs (143).

2024: Junior
Moved to second base and started all 57 games ... batted .326 (63-for-193) with 58 runs scored, three doubles, two triples, two home runs, 31 RBIs and 10 stolen bases ... posted a .445 on-base percentage and .394 slugging percentage ... defensively, converted 214 of 217 chances for a .986 fielding percentage ... recorded 21 multi-hit games, including five three-hit outings ... at the close of junior season, ranked in the top 10 of program's all-time lists in five key categories: fourth in assists (335), sixth in walks (102), seventh in runs scored (161), eighth in batting average (.354) and ninth in hits (193).

2023: Sophomore
Again served as the team's primary shortstop before playing in left field late in the season ... started all 58 games ... batted a team high .411 (79-for-192) with 51 runs scored, nine doubles, four home runs, 44 RBIs and 11 stolen bases while sporting a .475 on-base percentage and .521 slugging percentage ... recorded a .914 fielding percentage with 60 putouts and 89 assists (14 errors) ... homered for the first time in his career in a win over Hastings on March 28 ... delivered a game-winning home run versus Northwestern in the GPAC tournament ... notched three separate four-hit games ... had 20 multiple-hit games ... paced the GPAC in batting average during the regular season.

2022: Freshman
Took on the starting shortstop role and appeared in 57 of a possible 58 games (55 starts) ... batted .319 (51-for-160) with 52 runs scored, nine doubles and 29 RBIs to go along with a .450 on-base percentage and .375 slugging percentage ... drew 35 walks and stole seven bases (on nine attempts) ... handled 188-of-204 chances (.922 fielding percentage) at short ... notched 12 multi-hit games, including four three-hit games.

High School
Prepped at Central Valley High School … coached by Brad Reimers … started for five years … helped Cougars to a state championship in 2019 … earned first team all-state honors as a defensive end in football … competed in football, basketball and track & field four years each … scored more than 1,000 points in basketball … member of 4x100 meter relay state title team in 2021 … garnered academic all-state honors in football, basketball and track

Personal
Born in Grand Island, Neb., on January 4, 2003 … son to Tom and Jackie Nekoliczak … has five older siblings Ted, Trevor, Trent, Jami and Trey…enjoys farming.

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