Nolan Souza - Baseball - Arkansas Razorbacks

#3 Nolan Souza

INF | So. | 6-3 | 215 | L/R | Honolulu, Hawai'i | Punahou School

2024 (Freshman)
» Freshman All-SEC Team
» SEC Freshman of the Week (Week 8)
» First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

Freshman All-SEC Team honoree … Played in 40 games with 31 starts (17 as designated hitter, eight at second base, six at third base) as a true freshman … Slashed .255/.366/.509 with seven home runs and 28 RBI … Scored 21 runs on the year … Totaled 28 hits, including seven doubles … Drew 18 walks … 2-for-2 on stolen base attempts … Recorded seven multi-hit games, including three three-hit performances, and nine multi-RBI games … Had a season-long six-game hitting streak and 11-game reached base streak … Defensively, posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in 25 total chances … In SEC play, hit four home runs and had eight RBI in 22 games with 16 starts … Made his first collegiate start at second base against James Madison (Feb. 18), collecting his first career hit on a double … Connected on his first collegiate home run against Murray State (March 3), finishing the game 2-for-4 with a solo home run and three RBI … Tallied a career-high three hits in the second game of a doubleheader against McNeese (March 9) … Made his first SEC start in the series opener against Missouri (March 15) and logged his first career multi-homer game, matching his season high with three hits, including a pair of homers, and three RBI … Swatted his first career grand slam in a midweek start against Arkansas State (April 2), also collecting a double as part of a two-hit, four-RBI effort … Teed off against Ole Miss (April 6) in the series finale with his second multi-homer game of the year to power Arkansas to its first weekend series sweep of Ole Miss since 2002 and its first of the Rebels in Fayetteville since 1997 … Clobbered two home runs, including a solo homer and a three-run shot, and finished with a career-high five RBI against the Rebels … For his efforts, named the SEC Freshman of the Week for Week 8 after slashing a team-leading .571/.571/1.286 with a team-high three homers and a team-best nine RBI during the Razorbacks’ undefeated week against Arkansas State and Ole Miss … Drew a season-high three walks in a two-RBI performance against San Jose State (April 9) … Hit a solo home run, his seventh and final round tripper of the season, in a midweek start against Texas Tech (April 17) … Had a double and two RBI against UAPB (April 23) in North Little Rock, Ark., at Dickey-Stephens Park … Started as designated hitter in the series finale against Florida (April 27) and finished with two hits, his seventh and final multi-hit game of the season … Drove in a pair of runs against Missouri State (May 1), his ninth and final multi-RBI game of the year … In the NCAA Fayetteville Regional, appeared as a pinch hitter against SEMO (June 2).

High School
Attended Punahou High School in Honolulu, Hawai’i … Also played for the Hawai’i Tigers, where he was coached by former Razorback infielder Rick Nomura  … Ranked by Perfect Game as the No. 56 overall prospect and the No. 19 shortstop in the class of 2023 … Rated the No. 1 overall prospect and the No. 1 shortstop in Hawai’i by Perfect Game … Ranked by Prep Baseball Report as the No. 75 overall prospect and the No. 19 shortstop in the class of 2023 … Ranked by Baseball America as the No. 42 high school draft prospect … 2023 Perfect Game Preseason All-American – All-Region First Team (West) … 2022 Baseball Factory All-American Game participant … 2022 Area Code Games participant … 2022 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American – All-Region First Team (West) … 2021 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American – All-Region First Team (West).

Personal
One of four native-born Hawaiian student-athletes in Arkansas baseball history, including INF Rick Nomura (2015-16), INF Wehiwa Aloy (2024-pres.) and INF/OF Kuhio Aloy (2025-pres.)