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48 - Bubba Nickles
BUBBA NICKLES
POSITION: Outfield HEIGHT: 5-8 BATS/THROWS: R/R HOMETOWN: Merced, Calif. COLLEGE: UCLA madilyn_nickles
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ATHLETE CAUSE: Athletes in Action
ATHLETES UNLIMITED EXPERIENCE
2022 Championship Season: Member of 2022 Athletes Unlimited Softball All-Defensive Team who finished in 30th place on the leaderboard with 1,144 points … tallied 334 stat points with 140 MVP points … started all 15 games and posted .333 batting average with four home runs and 14 runs batted in … registered season-high 220 leaderboard points against Team Zerkle in Week One … opened season with five-game hitting streak, including three hits against Team Harshman on Aug. 6 … also recorded three straight two-hit performances to begin season … hit a home run in three straight outings from July 30-Aug. 5 … finished season by going 2-for-3 with a home run against Team Mulipola. 2021 Championship Season: Tallied 808 leaderboard points in Athletes Unlimited debut … started eight games … went 5-for-26 (.192) at the plate with a double and a home run … also drove in five runs … one of 13 players to register a sacrifice fly.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Led Team USA to a Silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics … went 1-for-2 in two games … also won Gold medals at the 2015 and 2017 WBSC Junior Women’s World Championships … posted .500 batting average with a home run and three runs batted in at the 2016 World Cup of Softball … spent summer of 2015 with United States Junior National Team in addition to summer of 2016 with the USA Elite Team … also competed with Team USA during Japan All-Star Series in 2018 … participated for Team USA at The 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Ala.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Played for the Toyota Red Terriers of the Japan Diamond League in 2022.
AT UCLA
Four-year letter winner for the Bruins who started 215-of-217 games from 2017-21 … redshirted 2020 season to compete with Team USA at the “Stand Beside Her” Tour … accrued .357 batting average during her career with 42 home runs and 181 runs batted in … finished career with 235 hits, including 42 doubles and four triples, while scoring 154 runs … Second-Team NFCA All-America honoree in 2019 … three-time All-Pac-12 Conference pick, including First-Team honors in 2018 and 2019 … member of 2017 Pac12 All-Freshman Team … garnered First-Team NFCA All-Region commendations in 2018 and 2019 … named Senior CLASS Award First-Team All-American in 2021 after hitting .312 with four home runs and 22 runs batted in … also posted six doubles with 16 runs scored during senior campaign … two-time member of Women’s College World Series All-Tournament Team … tied for ninth in program history with nine career sacrifice flies … scored 66 runs during junior season, which ranks fourth on the Bruins’ single-season list … also drove in 72 runs in 2019, which are tied for fourth in program history … hit safely in 21 consecutive games from Mar. 31-May 18, 2019, good for fourth on Bruins’ all-time list.
PERSONAL
Graduated from UCLA in 2021 with a degree in sociology … serving as a graduate assistant coach with the Bruins while she pursues her Master’s degree.
NICKLES’ TROPHY CASE
NICKLES’ ATHLETES UNLIMITED CAREER STATISTICS
CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
SEASON LPTS GP GS AVG OB% SLG% AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO TB SF SH SB SBA
2021 804 9 9 0.192 0.267 0.346 26 3 5 1 0 1 5 3 0 2 9 1 0 0 1 2022 1144 15 15 0.333 0.370 0.588 51 9 17 1 0 4 14 3 0 6 30 0 1 0 0
