Honors and Awards
- 2023: Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
- 2023: ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalist (SS)
- 2023: ABCA Second Team All-West Region
- 2023: Pac-12 Baseball All-Tournament Team
- 2023: Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
- 2023: Pac-12 All-Conference
- 2023: Pac-12 All-Defensive Team
- 2023: Brooks Wallace Award Semifinalist
- 2023: Brooks Wallace Award Watch List
- 2023: Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference
- 2022: Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
- 2022: College Baseball Hall of Fame Shortstop of the Week (3/1)
- 2021: Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
- 2021: Tucson NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team
2023 MLB Draft
Selected by the San Diego Padres in the 10th round of the 2023 Major League Baseball Draft.
Arizona 2023 (Senior)
Capped off collegiate career with a spectacular senior campaign, starting at shortstop in 58 of the Wildcats 59 games...Selected as the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, only the second Wildcat to ever win the award...Also name a Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalist...Picked up Pac-12 All-Conference and All-Defensive Team selections...Earned semifinalist distinction by the Brooks Wallace Award...Voted by coaches to represent Arizona on the ABCA All-West Region Second Team...Excelled in the classroom, earning Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll recognition for a third straight year...Hit .325 with 71 runs, 12 doubles, five triples, four home runs, and 39 RBI...Drew nearly as many walks (35) as strikeouts (36) en route to an impressive .429 on-base percentage...Tied for the team lead and ranked tied for third in the Pac-12 with 71 runs scored...Tied for the team lead with seven stolen bases, including two straight steals of home...First straight steal of home came on April 28 at Oregon State, making him the first Wildcat to accomplish the feat in eight years...Followed it up two weeks later with another straight steal of home on May 12 at Stanford...Finished the year third on the team with 24 multi-hit games; also picked up 12 multi-RBI performances, the fourth-best mark on the team...Posted career-best marks in batting average, runs, hits, triples, home runs, RBI, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, and stolen bases...Strung together an eight-game hit streak and a 15-game on-base streak...Hit safely in 42-of-56 games...Started all 30 of the Wildcats Pac-12 games and hit .281 with 34 runs, five doubles, three triples, two home runs, and 20 RBI...Drew 21 walks against conference pitching for a .399 on-base percentage...Only missed one game all season, May 15 at UC Irvine...Defensively, posted a .980 fielding percentage as the Wildcats everyday starting shortstop...Committed just five errors on 255 total chances...Led the Pac-12 with 180 defensive assists...Helped turn 27 of Arizona's 46 double plays.
POSTSEASON: Started all six postseason games at shortstop and hit .308 with seven runs, one double, one home run, and six RBI...Picked up Pac-12 Baseball All-Tournament Team honors for his performance in Scottsdale; hit (8x18) with seven runs, one double, one home run, and six RBI in four games...Started both games at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional.
Arizona 2022 (Junior)
Wildcats everyday starting shortstop, starting all 64 games at the position...Hit .265 with 57 runs scored, 14 doubles, four triples, three home runs, and 24 RBI...Posted career-high offensive numbers in runs, hits, doubles, triple, home runs, and walks...Led the team and ranked Top 10 in the conference in runs scored...Drew 38 walks and boasted a .380 on-base percentage...Notched multiple hits in 14 games and added six multi-RBI performances...Earned Shortstop of the Week honors from the College Baseball Hall of Fame on March 1...Registered a career-high four hits twice: March 8 against New Mexico (4x4, 3 R, 3B, RBI, BB) and April 16 at Utah (4-for-5, R, 2 2B, 2 RBI)...Started all 64 games at shortstop and logged a .975 fielding percentage on 278 chances...Led the conference with 189 defensive assists...Played part in 40 of the Wildcats conference-best 57 double plays.
POSTSEASON: Started all eight games and hit .235 with nine runs scored, two extra-base hits, and three RBI...Added three walks for a .350 on-base percentage...Picked up Arizona's only stolen base of the postseason in elimination game victory over Canisius at the NCAA Coral Gables Regional.
Arizona 2021 (Sophomore)
Appeared in 55 games with 43 starts in his first campaign with the Wildcats...Hit .316 (48x152) with 37 runs scored, eight doubles, one triple, one home run, and 32 RBI...Drew 18 walks and registered a .412 on-base percentage...Notched 14 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI performances at the plate...Took over as the Wildcats every day starting shortstop in late March (Oregon series) and didn't miss a game for the remainder of the year...Hit first career collegiate home run in May 8 at Stanford; went 3-for-5 with three runs, one triple, one home run, three RBI, and a walk...Dominated Pac-12 competition to the tune of a .326 (30x92) batting average with 22 runs, five doubles, one triple, one home run, and 15 RBI...On defense posted an impressive .967 fielding percentage on 153 chances...Contributed to 18 of the Wildcats 41 double plays turned.
POSTSEASON: Started in all eight of Arizona's postseason games and hit .222 (6x27) with two runs, one double, and four RBI...Selected to the Tucson NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team...Notched a hit in each of the Wildcats two College World Series games against Vanderbilt and Stanford.
Before Arizona
Attended Sacramento City College from 2018-20…Across two years and 58 games with the Panthers hit .260 with 39 runs, 26 RBI, and a .391 on-base percentage…Earned Big 8 Conference Gold Glove award during his time at SCC…Prepped at Rocklin High School in California under head coach Steven Moller…Lettered two years in baseball at shortstop…First Team All-Sierra Foothill League honoree as a senior…Also played soccer as a midfielder.
Personal
Nikolas Lewis McClaughry…Son of Jeff and Cheri McClaughry…One brother, Riley…Enjoys playing ping pong, working out, playing basketball, and going to the lake to ride jet skis in his free time…Majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies with an emphasis in Sports and Society…Chose Arizona because, “The player development and winning tradition. I also wanted to compete for a College World Series championship.”
