2015 (So)- Started all 49 games played by ACU… Hit. 358 and was second on the team with 10 home runs, 40 RBI, and 50 runs scored… Produced 16 doubles and a 5-5 effort stealing bases... Hit by a pitch six times
Prior to ACU- Played two years at the University of Southern Mississippi under Head Coaches Jon Malgradi and Kirsten Voak… Started 46 of her 48 games played as a sophomore… Hit .263 with six doubles, a triple, and home run… Scored 20 runs while driving in 14… As a freshman, started all 13 games played… Season cut short due to injury (received medical redshirt)… Had three doubles and three runs scored
High School- Spent senior year at Cactus Shadows High School in Cave Creek, AZ- did not play softball… Three year varsity player for Fairmont Preparatory Academy for Head Coaches Jeffrey Eskridge and Pete Morado… Three time First Team All-San Joaquin League and team MVP… As senior, hit .698 with 10 home runs and five doubles… Scored 29 runs with 27 runs driven home… Once threw a no-hitter with 11 strikeouts in five innings while hitting two homeruns… Also played soccer and volleyball… Three time All- San Joaquin League in soccer
Personal- Parents- Wayne (coach) and Kelly (consultant) Nelson… Sisters- Morgan (plays softball at Northwestern University), Makenna, and Malia… Choose ACU because she loves the communications department, the professors, and the ability to grow in her walk of faith… Enjoys coaching softball, going on hikes, painting, scrapbooking, and films… Major is Communications with an emphasis in broadcasting- wants to become a news anchor.
