Nick Santos
Nick is a highly sought after coach for baseball, softball and conditioning. He provides athletes with the encouragement, motivation and skills needed to be successful on and off the playing field. Nick holds a Masters of Education-Kinesiology and Bachelors of Science degree in Exercise Science. He is the current coach for DA select baseball as well as a private instructor for many baseball and softball players in the area. Many of his players have gone on to play collegiate baseball and softball.
Nick is a former Dallas Baptist University Patriot Baseball player where he led the team to the first NCAA Division I Regional in school history, leading his team with a .390 batting average. With this average, Nick is currently ranked 3rd all time at DBU. At DBU, Nick was an All-American Independent selection and ranked one of the toughest to strike out in Division I.
After his tenure for Dallas Baptist, he played Independent Professional baseball for the Rockford Riverhawks in the Frontier League. Nick has a passion for coaching and developing athletes and interned for DBU’s baseball team as their Strength and Conditioning coach, where he also worked with their hitters and position players.
Out of High School, Nick was heavily recruited for pitching and a strong bat. He played two seasons with Cisco College where he was an All-American and for over a decade was ranked 1st in All-Time Batting Average with a .479 batting average. Nick was also a 5-A All-State Selection at Grand Prairie High School. He grew up playing select baseball and traveled all over the country to play. Also, as a collegiate player Nick was invited to the Cape Cod and has played in multiple prestigious collegiate summer leagues, including the Northwoods League and Texas Collegiate League.