Ave Maria

As a Junior in 2023: Sun Conference All-Academic Team ... Continued to have success both as a hitter and a pitcher ... Ended junior season with .325 batting average, and ranked second on AMU roster with 24 runs batted in ... Tied for team lead with eleven extra base hits, including one home run against Thomas ... One of three Gyrenes with ten multi-hit games ... Tied for AMU lead with eight games with two or more RBIs ... Recorded seven-game hit streak at one point in season ... Was arguably team's best hitter in SUN play, leading Gyrenes in batting average (.308) and runs batted in (10) ... Recorded 268 putouts, fourth-most in single season school history ... Worked 29 innings in the circle, posting an earned run average of 1.93 ... Went 4-2 with a save, and gave up less than a hit per inning ... Season's best outing was 4.1 innings without allowing an earned run against Florida National    

As a Sophomore in 2022: Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete ... Sun Conference All-Academic Team ... Named Sun Conference Player of the Week following conference series against Florida Memorial and Thomas ... Continued to be Ave Maria's top two-way player during second season on campus ... Started 38 games, and appeared in four others ... Hit .264 with 20 runs batted in ... Hit two inside the park home runs in series against Florida Memorial ... Recorded six multi-hit games, including one in Sun Conference Tournament ... Pitched nine times, making five starts ... Struck out 17 hitters over 33.1 innings of work ... Earned two victories ... Tossed nine scoreless innings in Sun Conference series against Thomas ... Held top ten Campbellsville team to one run over 5.1 innings on Opening Day

As a Freshman in 2021: In first season of college softball, was Ave Maria's most successful two-way player ... Played in 32 of team's 42 games, including 23 starts ... Logged 13 hits at the plate, including four doubles ... Drove in nine runs and scored eight ... In first game of AMU career, went 3-for-3 with three RBIs against Florida National ... Appeared in eight games as a pitcher with two starts ... Tossed a complete game with zero earned runs allowed against Thomas ... Struck out three hitters in final 1.2 innings against Webber, earning save against conference regular season champion ... Ended season with 2.71 earned run average in 20.2 innings of work

Personal: Born November 8, 2001 ... daughter of Robert and Kimberly Nelson ... majoring in exercise physiology with a minor in data analytics