Nick Barron

Height:
6-3
Weight:
215
Position:
INF
Class:
First-Year
Hometown:
Acton, Mass.
High School:
IMG Academy

Career Highs:
At-Bats………….……..6, at Oregon (3/22/26)
Hits..............................3, last at Washington(3/28/26)
Runs............................3, last vs. Cornell (2/20/26)
RBI..............................2, vs. Cornell (2/20/26)
Home Runs.................1, last vs. Boston College (2/21/26)
Total Bases.................4, last vs. Omaha (3/7/26)
Walks………………….2, vs. Michigan State (4/04/26)

2026: Went 1-for-2 with a walk and an RBI in his first career appearance at Rice (2/13) … Logged back-to-back three-hit games against Rice (2/15) and Cornell (2/20) … Launched his first career home run in a 13-5 win over Cornell (2/20) … Hit safely in five consecutive games between 2/21-3/1 … Homered for the second time this season against Boston College (2/21) to spur a three-run comeback victory … Logged at least one RBI in four consecutive games from 3/1-3/8 … Recorded a go-ahead RBI double in a 2-1 win over No. 25 USC (3/14) … Homered and drove in another run with a double in a 3-for-5 outing in a 10-9 win over Washington (3/28) … Roped a game-tying RBI single in a 13-9 comeback win over Valparaiso … Went 2-for-5 with an RBI single in a 10-9 win over Michigan State (4/4) … Posted the first two-homer game of his career when he went 2-for-2 with a walk and a pair of home runs against UIC (4/8).

High School: Rated as the top position player out of Massachusetts and the 16th best first baseman nationally by Perfect Game … Posted a .388 career batting average at IMG Academy … Named team MVP in freshman and junior seasons … Won the MaxPreps National Championship with IMG in his senior year … Was twice named a preseason High School All-American … National Honor Society Student.

Personal: Parents are Heidi and Jon Barron … Sister Hannah plays lacrosse at Southern California.

Why Northwestern: “I chose Northwestern because of the unparalleled dynamic of sports and academics.”