Local high school standout who has earned all-Mountain West Conference accolades each of his first two seasons at San Diego State ... Was drafted by the Kansas City Royals (41st round) in 2005 ... Was mainly a second baseman as a freshman, but was moved to third base last season ... Played for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox in the Cape Cod League during summer 2007 ... Batted .259 with seven doubles, a home run and 17 RBI ... Competed for the La Crosse (Wis.) Loggers of the Northwood league in summer of 2006 ... Was selected to play for the West team at the 2004 AFLAC All-American Classic.
SAN DIEGO STATE 2007
Named to the first-team all-Mountain West Conference squad ... Started every game at third base ... Led team in triples (5), RBI (47) and walks (32) ...Was named the Mountain West Conference player of the week on Feb. 19 ... In four games the previous week, went 7-for-13 with three triples, a double, six runs scored and a 1.077 slugging percentage ...Season-best six-game hitting streak early in the year, going 10-for-20 (.500) ... Finished second on squad with 22 multiple-hit games and third with 11 multiple-RBI contests ... Recorded four four-RBI efforts ... Had two triples in a game vs. Loyola Marymount on Feb. 13 ... His first home run of the season was an inside-the-park homer against Santa Clara at home on Feb. 9 ... During a seven-game stretch in mid-season (Mar. 11-23), went 16-for-29 (.552) with two doubles, two homers, six runs scored and 10 RBI ... In SDSU[apos]s last four games against New Mexico in 2007, was 11-for-17 (.647) with six RBI ... Batted .365 in league play with 20 runs scored and 25 RBI in 24 games ... Was successful in driving in runners from third with less than two outs on 15 of 23 (.652) occasions.
SAN DIEGO STATE 2006
Had a solid offensive year in his first season of collegiate ball, earning second-team all-conference accolades in the process ... Saw action at both second base (37 games) and shortstop (24 games) ... Hit nine home runs in 2006, the most ever by an Aztec freshman ... He broke the old freshman mark of eight set by Jake McLintock in 2002 ... Earned Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week honors from Collegiate Baseball magazine on May 8 after the series at Air Force that saw him hit home runs in four consecutive at bats over two games ... Recorded SDSU[apos]s only grand slam of the year when he hit one against New Mexico in San Diego on April 9 ... Had six four-game hitting streaks during the season until he set a new personal high with a seven-game streak (April 28-May 7) during which he went 13-for-27 with nine runs, 15 RBI, two doubles and five home runs ... Had six RBI at Air Force on May 5 ... Tied for fourth on the team with eight multiple-RBI games and was fifth with 17 multiple-hit contests ... Batted .356 in Mountain West Conference play, scoring 27 runs in 20 games ... Slugging percentage of .690 in those games was seventh-best in the league and his seven home runs tied for fifth.
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year varsity baseball letterwinner at Eastlake High School where he played under Coach Dave Gonzalez ... Was an all-CIF selection and was also named to the all-Mesa League team as both a junior and senior ... Was selected the 2005 San Diego Union-Tribune South County Area Athlete of the Year ... As a senior, hit seven home runs and drove in 32 runs ... During his junior year (2004), batted .395 with six home runs and 25 runs batted in ... As quarterback of the Eastlake football team in fall 2004, led the Titans to a share of the league title and into the CIF quarterfinals ... A second-team all-CIF selection that season who threw for 1,957 yards and 16 touchdowns ... All-league selection in football as a junior and senior ... Named to the San Diego Union-Tribune all-academic team his final two seasons.
PERSONAL
Nicholas Daniel Romero was born July 15, 1987, in Chula Vista, Calif. ... Son of Ed and Ann Romero ... Favorite athlete is Mets third baseman David Wright ... A communications major who hopes to play pro baseball.