- 2021 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
- 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-America second team
- 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District 6
- 2021 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
- 2021 Academic All-RMAC
- 2021 All-RMAC second team
- 2020 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
2021: All-RMAC second team selection. ... Played in 43 games, starting 42, as MSU Denver's primary right fielder. ... Batted .312 (49-for-157) with 18 doubles, 11 homers and 52 RBIs. ... Had a .637 slugging percentage and .404 on-base percentage for a 1.041 OPS. ... Scored 42 runs, fifth-best on the team. ... Through April 16, was the Division II leader with 16 doubles. Finished second in the RMAC and 17th in the country with 18. Ranked tied for seventh in the RMAC in RBIs (52), tied for eighth in homers (11) and 13th in total bases (100). ... Hit a tie-breaking, two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift MSU Denver to a 7-5 win over CSU-Pueblo in an elimination game on the third day of the RMAC Tournament on May 21. ... Had a two-homer, six-RBI game May 7 in a 21-1 win at Colorado Christian, part of a four-game series sweep in which he was 5-for-12 (.417) with a double, eight RBIs, five walks and eight runs. ... Homered in back-to-back games against Regis on April 30 (second game) and May 1 (first game), going 3-for-8 with five RBIs in those contests. ... In the four-game sweep of Adams State on April 17-18, went 5-for-11 (.455) with two homers and six RBIs. ... Homered in each game in an April 17 doubleheader sweep of Adams State, as did teammate Jake Williams. ... Extended his hitting streak to eight games (15-for-35, .429 with three homers and 12 RBIs) by going 6-for-16 (.375) with one homer, four RBIs and five doubles in series win against UCCS from April 1-3. ... Had a huge weekend in four-game pod with CSU-Pueblo and Colorado Christian, batting .474 (9-for-19) with two homers and nine RBIs, including a two-homer game in a 4-3 loss to CSU-Pueblo on March 28. Was 3-for-4 with two doubles and four RBIs on March 26 against Colorado Christian and 3-for-7 with a double and three RBIs against the Cougars on March 28. ... Went 7-for-18 (.389) with three doubles, one homer and six RBIs in a season-opening four-game series sweep of Fort Hays State (Kan.). ... Broke out in his second day with MSU Denver, going 6-for-9 in a doubleheader sweep of Fort Hays State, including a 4-for-5 opening game that included three doubles, a homer and three RBIs. He wrapped up the day with a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the ninth for a 5-4 win that capped a four-game series sweep.
Before MSU Denver: Played two seasons at Division II Southeastern Oklahoma State after playing two seasons at Scottsdale (Ariz.) Community College. ... In the 2020 season shortened by COVID-19, Piazza batted .308 with five homers and nine RBIs in 39 at-bats while playing in 14 games, 10 starts for Southeastern Oklahoma State. ... Appeared in 19 games in 2019, batting .189. ... Also pitched two scoreless innings in 2019. ... Teammate of MSU Denver catcher Alex Gonzales at Scottsdale in 2017 and 2018, batting .194 in 50 games with the Fighting Artichokes as a sophomore and .182 in 31 games as a freshman. Also pitched in eight games for a total of 14 1/3 innings, striking out 11 while going 0-1 with a 5.02 ERA in 2018. Fanned 13 in 13 innings as a freshman.
High School: Desert Mountain High School, class of 2016. ... Coached by John Casey.
Personal: Born Nicholas Andrew Piazza in Scottsdale, Ariz. ... Birthday is June 20. ... Son of Anthony and Lisa Piazza. ... Has five brothers (Dominic, Dino, Tony, Joe and Mikey) and two sisters (Sophia and Theresa). ... Tony Piazza was an All-RMAC and all-region second team player at Regis. ... Pursuing master's degree in professional accountancy.
