Nigel Buckley

Nigel Buckley

  • Award
    Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/7/2025
  • Sport
    Baseball
  • School
    Cal State Dominguez Hills
  • Year
    Freshman
  • Position
    Catcher
  • Hometown
    Los Angeles
  • High School
    Serra Gardena HS
Cal State Dominguez Hills’ Nigel Buckley was selected as the FloCollege/CCAA Baseball Player of the Week for March 31-April 6. 

The freshman catcher hit .625 in a four-game series against defending conference champions Cal State Monterey Bay. He went 10-for-16 with two doubles, two home runs, eight RBI, and five runs scored. Buckley completed the series with a .647 on-base percentage and a 1.125 slugging percentage. He posted multi-hit performances in all four games.

Buckley got the series started right for the Toros as he went 2-for-4 with two home runs and seven RBI. His three-run homer in the fifth inning got CSUDH back within one run (4-3). They were still down one in the eighth (6-5) when Buckley hit a grand slam to turn the one-run deficit into a three-run lead (9-6). He would record three-hit performances in both games of Saturday’s doubleheader and close out the series by going 2-for-3. The Toros split the four-game set against the Otters.

Buckley is now tied for fifth in the CCAA in batting average (.391) and third in doubles (12).