Niko Kavadas #24

Selected in the 11th round of the 2021 MLB Draft by the Boston Red Sox out of Notre Dame... signed with Boston on Aug. 1, 2021... appeared in 15 games in 2021, reaching Salem to end the year... appeared at three levels within the Red Sox system in 2022, his first full season, hitting .280 with 26 homers, 86 RBIs, 25 doubles and 71 runs scored in 120 games for Salem, Greenville and Portland... was named a Carolina League post-season All-Star in 2022 after his stint with Salem... was voted the Carolina League's Player of the Month for June 2022... was named Boston's Offensive Player of the Year in 2022 and received his award before a game at Fenway Park... finished the 2022 season ranked as the No. 21 prospect in Boston's system by MLB.com... competed in the Arizona Fall League in 2022 with Scottsdale... the left-handed hitter was one of 23 Minor Leaguers to record at least 25 doubles and 25 home runs in 2022, while ranking fifth in the Minors with 102 walks... led qualified Red Sox Minor Leaguers in slugging percentage (.547), OPS, and RBIs (tied) and ranked second in homers and on-base percentage (.443).

During his high school career, Kavadas helped lead the Penn Kingsmen to a state championship as a sophomore and state runner-up as a senior... competed for the San Francisco Giants' scout team and was a member of Lids Team Indiana... the Granger, Indiana native grew up near Notre Dame's campus and was discovered in high school in 2013 while playing wiffle ball in his driveway across the street from Notre Dame's assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, Jesse Woods... made Notre Dame's baseball team as a walk-on and appeared in 47 games as a freshman, ranking third in batting and second in OBP... was one of two players to start all 54 contests in his sophomore season, a year which included first career grand slam... he led the squad with 12 home runs, the most since Trey Mancini hit 12 in 2012... earned an invite to the Cape Cod League with the Harwich Mariners, where he hit 10 homers and was named to the Cape's All-Star team.... as junior, he started all 13 games of the 2020 season before it was cut short due to the Covid-10 pandemic... was eligible but went undrafted in 2020... led Notre Dame to within one win of the College World series as a senior in 2021... added four All-American awards to his resume in 2021, including two first-team honors and first-team All-ACC awards, making him one of the first Irish players to do so since joining the conference in 2014... was named to the USA Baseball Golden Spikes Midseason watch list and became the first Irish player to earn multiple first-team All-American honors in the same season since Steve Stanley in 2002... graduated with a bachelor's degree from the Mendoza College of Business... scouted by Alonzo Wright, the Midwestern area scout for the Boston Red Sox.

From Granger, Indiana... graduated from Penn High School, where he led the team to a state championship as a sophomore and state runner-up as a senior.... as a junior, was named all-state after falling in the state semifinal... has three siblings: Carlyle, Abigail and Tess... son of Jim and Robin Kavadas.

Awards & Honors at Notre Dame:

• 2021 D1Baseball First Team All-American
• 2021 Perfect Game First Team All-American
• 2021 Baseball America First Team All-American
• 2021 ABCA Midwest All-Region Second Team
• 2021 Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist
• 2021 South Bend Regional Most Outstanding Player
• 2021 First Team All-ACC
• 2021 Dick Howser Award Semifinalist
• 2021 Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List
• 2021 Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award Midseason Watch List
• 2021 D1Baseball Midseason All-American
• 2021 Perfect Game Second Team Midseason All-American
• 2021 Baseball America Preseason Third Team All-American
• 2021 Perfect Game Preseason Second Team All-American
• 2020 Baseball America Preseason Third Team All-American