Before Brown: Two-sport athlete at Cathedral Cathloic, earning two varsity letters as the shorstop for the baseball team and one as a wide reciever and kicker for football ... 2011 baseball captain ... named to San Diego Union Tribune All-Academic Team ... second team All-Western League selection ... led team to San Diego Section CIF and Western League Championships, batting .357 with two home runs on a third-ranked team in California by Cal Hi-Sports.

Personal: Nicholas J. Fornaca is the son of Ron and Cathy Fornaca ... has a sister Elise who attends Loyola Marymount University and brother Matthew ... honor roll student for four years ... National Honor Society member.