UNLV: Transferred to UNLV after playing the 2018 and ’19 seasons at Cypress College.
2022: Selected to Mountain West Preseason All-Conference Team … Ranked No. 49 in D1Baseball Preseason Power Rankings of Top 50 Catchers … Ranked in one NCAA statistical category, 108th in sacrifice flies with (five) … Started in 49 games and appeared in 56 … Batted .270 with 57 hits, 23 of which going for extra bases (14 doubles and nine home runs) … Knocked in 52 RBI and scored 28 runs … Had a slugging percentage of .464 and an on-base percentage of .326 … Had 15 multiple-hit games, which included a season-high three on four occasions … Had 14 multiple-RBI games, which included a season-high five on three different occasions … Had four multiple-run games, which included a season-high of three at New Mexico (Apr. 3) … Had one stolen base … Walked 14 times.
2021: Selected a Buster Posey Award Semifinalist … Named to Mountain West’s Preseason Team … Selected Mountain West Player of the Week (Apr. 4) … Ranked in the top 100 of one NCAA statistical category, 40th in triples per game (0.09) … Also, ranked 101st in triples (three), and 148th in doubles per game (0.31) … Led the Rebels in triples with (three) … Started in 30 games and appeared in 32 … Batted .317 with 39 hits, 17 of which went for extra bases (10 doubles, four homeruns, and three triples) … Had a slugging percentage of .545 and an on-base percentage of .368 … Had 15 multiple-hit games, which included a season-high three on four occasions … Had four multiple-run games, which included a season-high three against New Mexico (Apr. 3) … Had 14 multiple-RBI games, which included a season-high five on two occasions: at San Diego (Feb. 27) and vs. San Jose State (Apr. 14) … Had a game-winning RBI/hit against UNR (Feb. 27) … Had one stolen base … Walked eight times.
2020: Chosen to the Mountain West’s All-Conference Team … Ranked in the top 100 of four NCAA statistical categories: 34th in doubles (seven); 35th in hits (26); 83rd in hits per game (1.53); and 86th in doubles per game (0.41) … Also, ranked No. 108 in batting average (.394) and 149th in total bases (35) … Led the Rebels in batting average, hits, total bases, multiple-hit games (10) and multiple-RBI games (five) … Started all 17 contests played in with 15 starts behind the plate at catcher and two as the designated hitter … Had eight extra-base hits (seven doubles and one triple) … Knocked in 14 RBI and scored 13 runs … Had a .530 slugging percentage and an on-base percentage of .431 … Reached base safely in 15 games … Had a season-high four hits vs. Central Michigan (G1/Feb. 15) … Had a season-high three RBI vs. Central Michigan (G1/Feb. 15) … Had two multiple-run games, which included a season-high three vs. St. John’s (March 7) … Had one game-winning RBI/hit: a two-run double vs. St. John’s (March 6) … Scored the game-winning run two times … Walked four times.
2018-19 Cypress College (BIO): Earned All-Orange Empire Conference Second Team honors in 2019 … Team combined for 55-30 overall (2018: 25-15 and 2019: 35-15) and 21-21 conference (2018: 10-11 and 2019: 11-10) records … Played in 75 contests during two-year period … Hit .280 with 70 hits, 16 of which went for extra bases (13 doubles and three home runs) … Knocked in 47 RBI and scored 35 runs … Had a .380 slugging percentage … Had 22 multiple-hit games, which included a career-high three hits on three occasions: vs. Cabrillo (Jan. 26, 2018); vs. San Bernardino Valley (Feb. 3, 2018); and at Golden West (April 11, 2019) … Had eight multiple-RBI games, which included a career-high five RBI against San Bernardino Valley (Jan. 30, 2019) … Owned two hitting streaks of at least five games … The first streak began against Compton (Jan. 25, 2019), produced a .500 batting average (9-for-18) with nine hits, three doubles, nine RBI and three runs … The second streak began against Glendale (Feb. 28), produced a .400 batting average (8-for-20) with eight hits, two doubles and one home run, seven RBI and two runs … Walked 14 times.
High School: A 2017 graduate of Esperanza High School in Anaheim, Calif. … Lettered four years in baseball … Helped the Aztecs baseball team to a conference title his junior season behind a 20-10 overall record … Named the team’s MVP in 2017 and was a Gold Glove Award recipient in 2016.
Personal: Eric Bradley Bigani was born in Orange, Calif. ... The son of James and Donna Bigani ... Has three siblings: Eileen, Ethan and Erin.
