Honors and Awards
- 2024: Pac-12 All-Tournament Team
- 2024: Pac-12 All-Conference
- 2024: Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week (5/6)
- 2023: First Team All-American Athletic Conference
- 2023: AAC All-Academic Team
2024 MLB Draft
Selected by the San Diego Padres in the fourth round of the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft
Arizona 2024 (Senior)
Wrapped up collegiate career with a dominant season for the Wildcats...Picked up Pac-12 All-Conference and Pac-12 All-Tournament Team honors...Pac-12 Conference regular season and tournament team champion...Posted a full season in the Arizona starting rotation, earning 16 starts and going 7-4 with two complete games, a 3.39 ERA, and a team-leading 103 strikeouts...Ranked fifth in the Pac-12 in ERA, while his 103 strikeouts were tied for the conference lead and his 1.16 WHIP ranked fourth...First Arizona pitcher since 2021 (Chase Silseth, 105) and third in the last decade to surpass 100 strikeouts in a season...Posted his first career complete game and fanned a career-high 12 batters on March 29 against UCLA (9.0,4,2,1,1,12); first 12-strikeout game by a Wildcat pitcher since May 2018 (Michael Flynn vs. UCLA)...Logged a complete game shutout on May 4 against Stanford (9.0,5,0,0,0,7); first shutout by a Wildcat pitcher since Garrett Irvin at the 2021 Tucson NCAA Regional...Picked up Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week honors for shutout of Stanford...Worked six quality starts (6.0+ IP, three or fewer ER allowed) and went five-plus innings in 15-of-16 starts...Limited opposing hitters to a .249 batting average, the best mark among Arizona's three qualified pitchers in 2024...One of three Arizona starting pitchers to earn Pac-12 All-Conference honors, believed to be the first time in program history that three starting pitchers earned All-Conference recognition...Dominant in 10 starts during Pac-12 Conference play, going 6-3 with a team-leading 2.71 ERA and 67 strikeouts...Posted the third best conference ERA in the Pac-12, while his 67 conference strikeouts ranked second on the circuit.
POSTSEASON: Made two starts and went 1-1 with a 4.15 ERA while striking out 16...Picked up the start and earned the win against Stanford in the Pac-12 Tournament semifinals (7.0,4,1,1,0,11)...Got the call in Arizona's opening game of the Tucson NCAA Regional against Grand Canyon (6.0,4,5,5,3,5).
Before Arizona
Spent time at Wichita State (2023), Grayson County Community College (2022), Vernon College (2021), and Saint Mary’s (2020) prior to arriving in Tucson…Earned First Team All-American Athletic Conference honors as a junior at Wichita State in 2023 after going 7-4 with a 4.87 ERA and 82 strikeouts across 14 starts…Also earned AD Honor Roll distinction in Spring 2023 with a 4.0 GPA and a spot on the AAC All-Academic team…Posted a 7-1 record and a 4.57 ERA with 68 strikeouts across 11 starts with Grayson in 2022…Picked up six starts and went 1-3 with a 4.54 ERA and 43 strikeouts during the 2021 season at Vernon…Began collegiate career at Saint Mary’s in 2020, making three relief appearances alongside his brother, Casey…Prepped at Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, lettering three years in baseball under head coach Sam Messina…Picked up Second Team All-Region honors as a junior…Posted a 9-2 record with 82 strikeouts in 70 innings across his junior and senior seasons…Also spent time as the school’s mascot, Firebird, as a freshman.
Personal
Clark Nicklaus Candiotti (CANDY-ott-ee)…Son of Tom and Donna Candiotti…One older brother, Casey…Majoring in Real Estate Development Analysis...Father, Tom, logged 16 years in Major League Baseball with the Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Oakland Athletics…Brother, Casey, played four seasons of baseball at Saint Mary’s…Enjoys bowling tournaments, listening to reggae music, going to the beach, spending time in faith and prayer, WWE, scuba diving, and surfing in his free time…Previously fluent in Mandarin after taking six years of courses…Regularly bowls in tournament and leagues…Chose Arizona because, “I wanted to return to Arizona for my final year in college and join a historical program with great development.”
