Honors and Awards
- 2023: Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
- 2023: College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
- 2023: Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week (2/20)
- 2023: Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference
- 2022: Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
- 2022: January Arizona Student-Athlete of the Month
- 2021: Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2023 MLB Draft
Selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the sixth round of the 2023 Major League Baseball Draft.
Arizona 2023 (Junior)
Made 17 appearances (eight starts) in his third collegiate campaign...Went 3-5 with an 8.27 ERA (53ERx57.2IP) while striking out 52...Ranked third on the team with 52 strikeouts...Limited opposing hitters to a .279 batting average...Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference selection...CSC Academic All-District honoree by posting a 3.93 GPA...Picked up Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week honors on Feb. 20 (week one of the season) after a spectacular start in the Wildcats season-opening win over No. 2 Tennessee (6.0,3,1,1,1,6)...As a starter, went 3-4 with a 7.51 ERA (32ERx38.1IP)...As a reliever, went 0-1 with a 9.78 ERA (9ERx7.2IP)...Tied career-high with nine strikeouts against California on March 10 (6.2,5,2,2,2,9)...Made 10 appearances (five starts) in Pac-12 play and posted a 1-5 record with a 10.12 ERA (39ERx34.2IP) and 32 strikeouts...His 32 strikeouts in conference play ranked second on the team.
POSTSEASON: Made one postseason appearance, a relief outing against TCU in the NCAA Fayetteville Regional (2.0,2,3,3,2,2).
Arizona 2022 (Sophomore)
Tied for the team lead with 16 starts on the mound...Posted a 6-4 record and a 5.50 ERA (54ERx88.1IP) as the Wildcats Friday starter...Led the team and ranked eighth in the Pac-12 with 84 strikeouts...Limited opposing hitters to a .285 batting average...Logged four quality starts (6.0+ IP, three or fewer ER allowed) and worked at least six innings eight times...Season-long outing of eight innings on March 19 against Stanford (8.0,8,2,2,0,8)...Notched a career-high nine strikeouts on two occasions: Feb. 25 against Milwaukee (6.0,4,1,1,2,9) and May 6 at USC (6.0,6,4,4,3,9)...Made 10 starts against Pac-12 competition, going 3-4 with a 6.88 ERA (41ERx53.2IP)...Led the team with 49 strikeouts against Pac-12 competition.
POSTSEASON: Made two starts during the Wildcats postseason run: No decision in elimination game against Arizona State at the Pac-12 Tournament (6.0,7,4,4,1,4) and earned the win in elimination game against Canisius at the NCAA Coral Gables Regional (5.0,5,3,3,2,4).
Arizona 2021 (Freshman)
Made 17 appearances (nine starts) as a true freshman...Posted a 6-3 record with a 4.77 ERA (32ERx60.1IP) in his first crack at collegiate baseball...Began the year in the Wildcats starting rotation before making a full-time move to the bullpen in early May...As a starter, went 3-3 with a 6.81 ERA (28ERx37.0IP)...Excelled in relief, going 3-0 with a 1.54 ERA (4ERx23.1IP) and a 10.03 K/9...Struck out a career-high eight batters on April 3 at Arizona State (6.0,3,3,3,4,8)...Held opponents scoreless in 5-of-8 relief outings and struck out multiple batters five times...Overall, limited opposing hitters to a .226 batting average...Made seven appearances (four starts) in Pac-12 play, going 0-3 with a 7.97 ERA (18ERx20.1IP)...Struck out 23 batters in 20-plus conference innings.
POSTSEASON: Made three relief appearances and led Arizona's qualified pitchers in the postseason with a 1.86 ERA (2ERx9.2IP)...Logged a 2-0 record out of the bullpen...Struck out 11 batters in 9-plus postseason innings...Worked two-plus strong innings in Tucson NCAA Regional opener versus Grand Canyon (2.1,2,1,1,0,1)...Dominant in long relief in game three of the Tucson NCAA Super Regional versus Ole Miss (5.1,3,1,1,1,7)...Tossed two shutout innings in the Wildcats College World Series opener versus Vanderbilt (2.0,1,0,0,3,3).
High School
Prepped at Oakmont High School in Roseville, California under head coach Paul Martinez…Lettered four years in baseball as a pitcher and shortstop…Second Team All-League as a freshman and First Team All-League as a junior…First Team All-City as a junior…Earned D1Baseball All-State honors as a junior and senior…Out of high school was ranked as the No. 4 right-handed pitcher in California by Perfect Game and a Top 120 prospect nationally…Participated in the 2020 Area Code Games with the Athletics…Excelled in the classroom with a 4.0+ GPA at Oakmont HS.
Personal
Timothy James Nichols…Son of Mike and Deborah Nichols…One older brother, Greg…Brother plays baseball at Sacramento City College…Enjoys golfing, investing in the stock market, and ping pong in his free time…Majoring in Criminal Justice Studies…Chose Arizona because, “Their elite coaching staff, players, and atmosphere. Arizona also has the major I am interested in, which is Criminal Justice.”
