Nicholas Jay Rickles (born February 2, 1990) is an American-Israeli[1] coach for the Milwaukee Brewers organization, and a former professional baseball and current Team Israel catcher.

Rickles was voted Midwest League Player of the Week on July 29, 2013, while playing for the Beloit Snappers.

[6][9] He was voted First Team All-Conference and All-Area as both a junior and a senior, and named "Player to Watch" by the Palm Beach Post.

[6] He was named a TPX Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball, and voted to the Atlantic Sun Conference All-Freshman Team.

[6] In his junior year in 2011, his last season in college, Rickles hit .353, with 20 doubles (3rd in the Atlantic Sun Conference), 3 triples (8th), 12 home runs, and 62 RBIs (5th), and had an OPS of 1.008.

[11][12][10][13] That season he had a streak of 178 at bats without striking out, led the Stetson Hatters into the NCAA Regionals, and was named First Team All-Atlantic Sun and a College Baseball All America Honorable Mention.

[10] He used his $60,000 signing bonus to buy himself a Chevy Avalanche pickup truck, and also received payment for his final year of college if he chooses to finish his degree.

[10][15] He made his professional debut in 2011 playing for the Rookie Arizona League Athletics and the Low-A New York-Penn League Vermont Lake Monsters, for whom in 47 aggregate games Rickles batted .310/.370/.458 with 2 home runs and 35 RBIs, and 6 stolen bases himself in 7 attempts, while throwing out 42% of stolen base attempts.

[10][16][12] He was voted a 2011 New York-Pennsylvania League mid-season All Star while playing for Vermont, and co-winner of the 2011 Tom Racine Award (the fans' choice for the most valuable player of the Monsters).

[16][17] Rickles spent the 2012 season with the Single-A Midwest League Burlington Bees, for whom he threw out 43% of attempted base stealers.

He missed the entire 2014 season after suffering a torn labrum in his throwing shoulder during spring training in February 2014, that necessitated surgery on May 5, 2014.

[16][18] Midland RockHounds manager Ryan Christenson said: "Any time you have a catcher that can control the running game, it’s real important.

[36] In January 2019, Rickles retired as a player and became a coach for the rookie-level Rocky Mountain Vibes in the Milwaukee Brewers organization.