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Jersey Number 48
Bubba Nickles
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Sophomore
- B/T:
- R/R
- High School:
- Merced HS
- Hometown:
- Merced, Calif.
Bio
2021
Nickles hit .312 in 27 games with four home runs, 22 runs batted in, six doubles, 16 runs scored and three sacrifice flies ... was named a Senior CLASS Award First Team All-American ... missed 27 games due to an injury, but started all three games at the Women's College World Series ... had nine multiple-hit games, including a three-hit affair at Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 20 ... hit home runs versus Fresno State (Feb. 12), Utah (March 1), UC Santa Barbara (March 11) and Arizona State (March 20) ... posted four runs batted in in game one of a double versus UCSB (March 11), one of her five multiple-RBI contests.
USA SOFTBALL - 2020
Nickles, who was named to the United States Softball Olympic Team in October 2019, participated in the Stand Beside Her Tour with Team USA and redshirted with UCLA.
2019
Nickles was named Softball America First Team All-American and NFCA Second Team All-American ... also earned NFCA All-West Region and All-Pac-12 First Team honors ... led the Bruins with 18 home runs, 72 runs batted in and a .714 slugging and ranked second with a .390 batting average and 66 runs scored, adding 12 doubles, 24 walks, a .458 on base percentage and six stolen bases ... ranked fifth in the nation in RBI, tied for eighth in runs, tied for ninth in hits (82), 11th in total bases (150) and tied for 24th in homers ... led all Pac-12 players in RBI and hits, ranking third in runs and total bases, sixth in average and homers, seventh in slugging and 10th in on base percentageย ... was a two-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (April 15 and 22) ... led the Bruins with 25 multiple-hit games and 20 multi-RBI contests ... became the fourth Bruin to record a hitting streak of at least 20 games, batting in 21 in a row from March 31-May 18 ... hit .507 (36-for-71) with seven homers, 29 RBI, 24 runs and seven doubles ...ย opened the season on a 13-game hitting streak (Feb. 7-23), batting .419 (18-for-43) with six homers, 19 RBI and 18 runs ... added a seven-game streak (March 1-10), batting .346 (9-for-26) with two homers and seven RBI ...ย hit .341 (14-for-41) in the NCAA Tournament with four homers, 14 RBI and 13 runs ... was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Women's College World Series, producing seven hits in 20 at-bats (.350), adding two homers, three RBI and seven runs ... had hits in all five games in OKC, posting two hits, two walks, an RBI and three runs in Game 1 of the WCWS Championship Series (June 3-4) against No. 1 Oklahoma, adding a solo homer in Game 2 ... notched a double and a single versus No. 3 Washington (June 2), a single and a run against No. 6 Arizona (May 31) and a solo homer and two runs versus No. 8 Minnesota (May 30) ... hit .467 (7-for-15) with 11 RBI, two homers, six runs and four doubles at the L.A. Regional (May 17-19) ... homered twice, a grand slam and a solo shot, versus Missouri on May 18, adding five more RBI against Missouri the following day, doubling twice, including once to clear the bases, while adding a two-run single ... had two doubles, scored twice and drove in a run against Weber State (May 17) ... was 4-for-10 (.400) in the series against No. 6 Arizona (May 9-11), homering in the third game ... was 5-for-12 (.417) at Stanford (May 3-5), driving in three runs in the middle contest ... hit .500 (4-for-8) in the series with Utah (April 26-28) ... was 7-for-10 (.700) at Oregon State, hitting two homers, driving in seven and scoring five times ... had three hits, including a two-run homer, two walks and three runs in game one, went 3-for-3 with two RBI in game two and hit a three-run homer in game three ... was 7-for-11 (.636) with a homer and five RBI in the Oregon series (April 12-14), driving in three in game two and producing three hits in game three ... hit a three-run homer at No. 19 Arizona State (April 6) ... drove in two on March 16 at No. 5 Washington, adding two singles, two RBI and three runs a day later ... had two singles and two RBI versus No. 3 Florida (March 1) ... had two hits and three runs against Nebraska on Feb. 23, adding three RBI, including a two-run homer later that day versus No. 16 Kentucky ... homered against No. 4 Oklahoma (Feb. 22) ...ย hit a two-run homer and a solo shot against UC Riverside (Feb. 17) ... scored four runs, homered and drove in two against Saint Mary's on Feb. 9 ...ย named Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention.
USA SOFTBALL - 2018
Wore the Red, White and Blue, competing at the USA Softball International Cup in July ... hit .353 (6-for-17) with three runs batted in, a double, a triple and three runs scored in seven games ... also played in the Japan All-Star Series.
2018
Earned NFCA All-Region First Team and All-Pac-12 Second Team honors ... led the team with seven sacrifice hits, was second with a .413 batting average, 14 doubles, a .674 slugging, a .479 on base percentage, 124 total bases and six hit by pitches, third with 10 home runs and 52 runs batted in and tied for third with two triples, adding 36 runs scored and 19 walks ... ranked tied for 20th in the nation with 76 hits, tied for 33rd in average and tied for 47th in total bases ... was second among Pac-12 players in average, third in on base percentage, tied for third in sacrifices, fourth in slugging, tied for fourth in hits, fifth in total bases, sixth in RBI and tied for sixth in doubles ... was third on the team with 14 multiple-RBI games, adding 18 multi-hit contests ... had four hitting streaks of at least eight games ... posted a 15-game streak from April 13 to May 10, hitting .442 (19-for-43) with a homer, 18 RBI, five doubles and five walks ... ended the season on an 11-game hitting streak (May 18-June 3), batting .533 (16-for-30) with four homers, 11 RBI and nine runs ... recorded a 10-game streak from Feb. 9-23, batting .593 (16-for-27) with two homers, seven RBI, eight runs and four walks ... had an eight-game hitting streak (Feb. 25-March 10), batting .520 (13-for-25) with a homer, eight RBI, five doubles and nine runs ... had a team-best .533 average (16-for-30), four homers, 11 RBI and nine runs during the NCAA Tournament ... was named to the All-Women's College World Series Team, batting .545 (6-for-11) with two homers, three RBI and five runs ... was a triple short of the cycle with a solo homer, double and single on June 3 (Game 2) against No. 6 Florida State, singling in the first contest that day ... belted a solo homer and walked with the bases loaded, scoring twice, versus No. 2 Florida (June 1) ... singled and walked against FSU on May 31 ... was 4-for-7 (.571) in the Los Angeles Super Regional against No. 14 Arizona, singling and scoring in game one (May 24) and collecting three singles and a walk in game two (May 25) ... hit .500 (6-for-12) at the Los Angeles Regional (May 18-20) with two homers and seven RBI ... in a May 20 doubleheader against Cal State Fullerton, had a two-run double in game one and added a solo homer and an RBI single in game two ... in a May 19 twinbill, singled versus CS Fullerton and hit a three-run homer against Texas State ... singled against Sacramento State (May 18) ... was 4-for-9 (.444) in the series at No. 24 California (May 4-6), tallying two-run singles in the first and last contests ... notched a pair of two-hit games on April 28 against South Dakota and No. 21 Oklahoma State, including a two-run single versus OSU ... had two doubles, including one to clear the bases, versus South Dakota (April 27) ... posted three RBI in the series opener versus Stanford (April 6), hitting a solo homer and a two-run single ... hit a three-run homer at Utah on March 30, adding two hits, including an RBI double, on March 31 ... was 4-for-5 in a March 9 doubleheader, driving in two against Michigan State and launching a three-run homer versus San Jose State ... was 3-for-3 with two doubles and three runs at San Diego (March 3) ... had four singles against Grand Canyon on Feb. 19 ... hit a solo homer and added a single on Feb. 18 versus Syracuse ... posted a solo homer and an RBI triple against Middle Tennessee (Feb. 9).
USA SOFTBALL - 2017
Won gold at the WBSC Junior Women's World Championship for the USA Softball Junior Women's National Team ... set tournament records for home runs with six and runs batted in with 30, recording 20 hits in 29 at-bats for a .690 batting average ... drove in runs in all nine games, including six in the gold medal contest against Japanย ... finished fifth with the JWNT at the World Cup of Softball, leading the team with a .550 average (11-for-20), two homers, 10 RBI and four doubles, adding four runs ... had hits in all six of her games, including a 4-for-4, two-RBI effort against Canada.
2017
Was named All-Pac-12 Second Team and All-Pac-12 Freshman Team ... was third on the team with 36 runs scored, batting .282 with 10 home runs, 35 runs batted in, 10 doubles, 10 walks and four stolen bases ...ย first on the team with six hit by pitches and tied for second with two sacrifice flies ... tied for ninth among Pac-12 players in hit by pitches ...ย had 14 multiple-hit games and 10 multi-RBI contests ... reached base in her first 14 career contests and had a 12-game hitting streak (team longest) from Feb. 11-24, batting .447 (17-for-38) with two homers, 10 RBI and 12 runs ... was 2-for-9 (.222) at the WCWS, recording a single against No. 13-seed LSU (June 1) and a single and run versus No. 9-seed Texas A&M (June 3) ...ย was 2-for-8 (.250) in the L.A. Super Regional (May 25-26) against Ole Miss, recording two hits in game one, including a game-tying, two-run double in the 10th inning ... went 4-for-8 (.500) with three RBI at the L.A. Regional, posting a sacrifice fly against Lehigh (May 19), a single, a double and a run versus San Jose State (May 20) and a two-run double, a single and a walk against Cal State Fullerton (May 21) ... had hits in all three games at No. 22 Arizona State (May 11-13), going 5-for-10 (.500) ... had three hits, including a solo homer, on May 12 ... hit a three-run homer to end the May 5 win against No. 3 Arizona ... went 4-for-9 (.444) with five RBI and four runs in the series against No. 22 California (April 21-23), hitting a pair of homers for the first time in her career in game three, driving in three ... recorded two-hit contests in the last two games of the series at No. 8 Washington (March 31-April 2), scoring at least one run in all three matchups ... had two doubles in game two ... posted three RBI on a two-run homer and an RBI double in game three ... hit a solo homer on March 12 against Texas ... had a two-run homer versus Boston University (March 11) ... was 2-for-2 with an RBI and two runs scored against No. 22 Notre Dame (Feb. 12) ... was 4-for-6 in a doubleheader against Weber State on Feb. 11, posting two hits, a homer, two RBI and two runs in game one and two hits, a homer, three RBI and three runs in game two.
USA SOFTBALL - 2015/2016
Spent the summer of 2015 with the U.S. Junior Women's National Team and the summer of 2016 with the USA Elite Team ... in '15, played in 14 games at the World Cup of Softball and World Championships, posting a homer, 14 RBI and six walks and winning gold at the World Championships ... in 2016, finished fourth at the World Cup, going 3-for-6 (.500) with a homer and three RBI.
MERCED HIGH SCHOOL
Nickles was a four-year starter at pitcher and shortstop at Merced High School in Merced, Calif. ... was named the Gatorade National Softball Player of the Year and Gatorade California State POY as a senior ... was also named a First Team All-American by MaxPreps, USA Today and FloSoftball ... earned Cal-Hi Sports Large School and Merced Sun-Star POY honors and was the Central California Conference Most Valuable Player for the third time (also as a freshman and sophomore) ... hit .552 with eight home runs, 27 runs batted in, 20 doubles, seven stolen bases and zero strikeouts, while going 19-5 with a 0.50 earned run average, nine shutouts, three no-hitters, one perfect game and 308 strikeouts (third in the state of California) in 167 1/3 innings ...ย helped the Bears to their fourth-straight league title in 2016 and a semifinal showing in the SacJoaquin Section playoffs ... as a junior, was a First Team FloSoftball All-American and a Second Team MaxPreps and USA Today All-American, as well as CCC Pitcher of the Year ... hit .526 with eight homers, 46 RBI and 16 doubles, while going 22-6 in the circle with a 1.18 ERA, 11 shutouts, five no-hitters and 287 strikeouts in 178 2/3 innings ...ย was a four-time CCC All-Academic selection, Merced Sun-Star POY and team MVP, as well as a three-time Modesto Bee All-District honoree ... career hitting stats: .487 average, 25 homers, 134 RBI, 56 doubles ... career pitching stats: 67-12, 1.05 ERA, 31 shutouts, 11 no-hitters, 809 strikeouts, 524 2/3 innings ...ย coached by Bart McAfee ... played travel ball with All-American Sports Academy under coaches Bryan Merrida, Greg Howard and Rob Diggle ... was a PGF High School All-American as a senior ... helped AASA to a fifth-place showing at the 2016 PGF National Championship and titles in the '14 and '15 PGF NorCal Challenge.
PERSONAL
Born Madilyn Ida-Marie Nickles in Merced, Calif. ... parents are Natalie and Ted Nickles ... has an older sister, Breanna ... chose to attend UCLA because of how prestigious the academic and athletic programs are ... says the number one reason she competes in softball is the adrenaline rush she gets when the sport puts her in very intense situations ... favorites include the TV show "The Middle", track star Lolo Jones, singer Kenny Chesney and actor Tom Hanks ... hobbies include working out and napping ...ย majoring in sociology.
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Nickles hit .312 in 27 games with four home runs, 22 runs batted in, six doubles, 16 runs scored and three sacrifice flies ... was named a Senior CLASS Award First Team All-American ... missed 27 games due to an injury, but started all three games at the Women's College World Series ... had nine multiple-hit games, including a three-hit affair at Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 20 ... hit home runs versus Fresno State (Feb. 12), Utah (March 1), UC Santa Barbara (March 11) and Arizona State (March 20) ... posted four runs batted in in game one of a double versus UCSB (March 11), one of her five multiple-RBI contests.
USA SOFTBALL - 2020
Nickles, who was named to the United States Softball Olympic Team in October 2019, participated in the Stand Beside Her Tour with Team USA and redshirted with UCLA.
2019
Nickles was named Softball America First Team All-American and NFCA Second Team All-American ... also earned NFCA All-West Region and All-Pac-12 First Team honors ... led the Bruins with 18 home runs, 72 runs batted in and a .714 slugging and ranked second with a .390 batting average and 66 runs scored, adding 12 doubles, 24 walks, a .458 on base percentage and six stolen bases ... ranked fifth in the nation in RBI, tied for eighth in runs, tied for ninth in hits (82), 11th in total bases (150) and tied for 24th in homers ... led all Pac-12 players in RBI and hits, ranking third in runs and total bases, sixth in average and homers, seventh in slugging and 10th in on base percentageย ... was a two-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (April 15 and 22) ... led the Bruins with 25 multiple-hit games and 20 multi-RBI contests ... became the fourth Bruin to record a hitting streak of at least 20 games, batting in 21 in a row from March 31-May 18 ... hit .507 (36-for-71) with seven homers, 29 RBI, 24 runs and seven doubles ...ย opened the season on a 13-game hitting streak (Feb. 7-23), batting .419 (18-for-43) with six homers, 19 RBI and 18 runs ... added a seven-game streak (March 1-10), batting .346 (9-for-26) with two homers and seven RBI ...ย hit .341 (14-for-41) in the NCAA Tournament with four homers, 14 RBI and 13 runs ... was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Women's College World Series, producing seven hits in 20 at-bats (.350), adding two homers, three RBI and seven runs ... had hits in all five games in OKC, posting two hits, two walks, an RBI and three runs in Game 1 of the WCWS Championship Series (June 3-4) against No. 1 Oklahoma, adding a solo homer in Game 2 ... notched a double and a single versus No. 3 Washington (June 2), a single and a run against No. 6 Arizona (May 31) and a solo homer and two runs versus No. 8 Minnesota (May 30) ... hit .467 (7-for-15) with 11 RBI, two homers, six runs and four doubles at the L.A. Regional (May 17-19) ... homered twice, a grand slam and a solo shot, versus Missouri on May 18, adding five more RBI against Missouri the following day, doubling twice, including once to clear the bases, while adding a two-run single ... had two doubles, scored twice and drove in a run against Weber State (May 17) ... was 4-for-10 (.400) in the series against No. 6 Arizona (May 9-11), homering in the third game ... was 5-for-12 (.417) at Stanford (May 3-5), driving in three runs in the middle contest ... hit .500 (4-for-8) in the series with Utah (April 26-28) ... was 7-for-10 (.700) at Oregon State, hitting two homers, driving in seven and scoring five times ... had three hits, including a two-run homer, two walks and three runs in game one, went 3-for-3 with two RBI in game two and hit a three-run homer in game three ... was 7-for-11 (.636) with a homer and five RBI in the Oregon series (April 12-14), driving in three in game two and producing three hits in game three ... hit a three-run homer at No. 19 Arizona State (April 6) ... drove in two on March 16 at No. 5 Washington, adding two singles, two RBI and three runs a day later ... had two singles and two RBI versus No. 3 Florida (March 1) ... had two hits and three runs against Nebraska on Feb. 23, adding three RBI, including a two-run homer later that day versus No. 16 Kentucky ... homered against No. 4 Oklahoma (Feb. 22) ...ย hit a two-run homer and a solo shot against UC Riverside (Feb. 17) ... scored four runs, homered and drove in two against Saint Mary's on Feb. 9 ...ย named Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention.
USA SOFTBALL - 2018
Wore the Red, White and Blue, competing at the USA Softball International Cup in July ... hit .353 (6-for-17) with three runs batted in, a double, a triple and three runs scored in seven games ... also played in the Japan All-Star Series.
2018
Earned NFCA All-Region First Team and All-Pac-12 Second Team honors ... led the team with seven sacrifice hits, was second with a .413 batting average, 14 doubles, a .674 slugging, a .479 on base percentage, 124 total bases and six hit by pitches, third with 10 home runs and 52 runs batted in and tied for third with two triples, adding 36 runs scored and 19 walks ... ranked tied for 20th in the nation with 76 hits, tied for 33rd in average and tied for 47th in total bases ... was second among Pac-12 players in average, third in on base percentage, tied for third in sacrifices, fourth in slugging, tied for fourth in hits, fifth in total bases, sixth in RBI and tied for sixth in doubles ... was third on the team with 14 multiple-RBI games, adding 18 multi-hit contests ... had four hitting streaks of at least eight games ... posted a 15-game streak from April 13 to May 10, hitting .442 (19-for-43) with a homer, 18 RBI, five doubles and five walks ... ended the season on an 11-game hitting streak (May 18-June 3), batting .533 (16-for-30) with four homers, 11 RBI and nine runs ... recorded a 10-game streak from Feb. 9-23, batting .593 (16-for-27) with two homers, seven RBI, eight runs and four walks ... had an eight-game hitting streak (Feb. 25-March 10), batting .520 (13-for-25) with a homer, eight RBI, five doubles and nine runs ... had a team-best .533 average (16-for-30), four homers, 11 RBI and nine runs during the NCAA Tournament ... was named to the All-Women's College World Series Team, batting .545 (6-for-11) with two homers, three RBI and five runs ... was a triple short of the cycle with a solo homer, double and single on June 3 (Game 2) against No. 6 Florida State, singling in the first contest that day ... belted a solo homer and walked with the bases loaded, scoring twice, versus No. 2 Florida (June 1) ... singled and walked against FSU on May 31 ... was 4-for-7 (.571) in the Los Angeles Super Regional against No. 14 Arizona, singling and scoring in game one (May 24) and collecting three singles and a walk in game two (May 25) ... hit .500 (6-for-12) at the Los Angeles Regional (May 18-20) with two homers and seven RBI ... in a May 20 doubleheader against Cal State Fullerton, had a two-run double in game one and added a solo homer and an RBI single in game two ... in a May 19 twinbill, singled versus CS Fullerton and hit a three-run homer against Texas State ... singled against Sacramento State (May 18) ... was 4-for-9 (.444) in the series at No. 24 California (May 4-6), tallying two-run singles in the first and last contests ... notched a pair of two-hit games on April 28 against South Dakota and No. 21 Oklahoma State, including a two-run single versus OSU ... had two doubles, including one to clear the bases, versus South Dakota (April 27) ... posted three RBI in the series opener versus Stanford (April 6), hitting a solo homer and a two-run single ... hit a three-run homer at Utah on March 30, adding two hits, including an RBI double, on March 31 ... was 4-for-5 in a March 9 doubleheader, driving in two against Michigan State and launching a three-run homer versus San Jose State ... was 3-for-3 with two doubles and three runs at San Diego (March 3) ... had four singles against Grand Canyon on Feb. 19 ... hit a solo homer and added a single on Feb. 18 versus Syracuse ... posted a solo homer and an RBI triple against Middle Tennessee (Feb. 9).
USA SOFTBALL - 2017
Won gold at the WBSC Junior Women's World Championship for the USA Softball Junior Women's National Team ... set tournament records for home runs with six and runs batted in with 30, recording 20 hits in 29 at-bats for a .690 batting average ... drove in runs in all nine games, including six in the gold medal contest against Japanย ... finished fifth with the JWNT at the World Cup of Softball, leading the team with a .550 average (11-for-20), two homers, 10 RBI and four doubles, adding four runs ... had hits in all six of her games, including a 4-for-4, two-RBI effort against Canada.
2017
Was named All-Pac-12 Second Team and All-Pac-12 Freshman Team ... was third on the team with 36 runs scored, batting .282 with 10 home runs, 35 runs batted in, 10 doubles, 10 walks and four stolen bases ...ย first on the team with six hit by pitches and tied for second with two sacrifice flies ... tied for ninth among Pac-12 players in hit by pitches ...ย had 14 multiple-hit games and 10 multi-RBI contests ... reached base in her first 14 career contests and had a 12-game hitting streak (team longest) from Feb. 11-24, batting .447 (17-for-38) with two homers, 10 RBI and 12 runs ... was 2-for-9 (.222) at the WCWS, recording a single against No. 13-seed LSU (June 1) and a single and run versus No. 9-seed Texas A&M (June 3) ...ย was 2-for-8 (.250) in the L.A. Super Regional (May 25-26) against Ole Miss, recording two hits in game one, including a game-tying, two-run double in the 10th inning ... went 4-for-8 (.500) with three RBI at the L.A. Regional, posting a sacrifice fly against Lehigh (May 19), a single, a double and a run versus San Jose State (May 20) and a two-run double, a single and a walk against Cal State Fullerton (May 21) ... had hits in all three games at No. 22 Arizona State (May 11-13), going 5-for-10 (.500) ... had three hits, including a solo homer, on May 12 ... hit a three-run homer to end the May 5 win against No. 3 Arizona ... went 4-for-9 (.444) with five RBI and four runs in the series against No. 22 California (April 21-23), hitting a pair of homers for the first time in her career in game three, driving in three ... recorded two-hit contests in the last two games of the series at No. 8 Washington (March 31-April 2), scoring at least one run in all three matchups ... had two doubles in game two ... posted three RBI on a two-run homer and an RBI double in game three ... hit a solo homer on March 12 against Texas ... had a two-run homer versus Boston University (March 11) ... was 2-for-2 with an RBI and two runs scored against No. 22 Notre Dame (Feb. 12) ... was 4-for-6 in a doubleheader against Weber State on Feb. 11, posting two hits, a homer, two RBI and two runs in game one and two hits, a homer, three RBI and three runs in game two.
USA SOFTBALL - 2015/2016
Spent the summer of 2015 with the U.S. Junior Women's National Team and the summer of 2016 with the USA Elite Team ... in '15, played in 14 games at the World Cup of Softball and World Championships, posting a homer, 14 RBI and six walks and winning gold at the World Championships ... in 2016, finished fourth at the World Cup, going 3-for-6 (.500) with a homer and three RBI.
MERCED HIGH SCHOOL
Nickles was a four-year starter at pitcher and shortstop at Merced High School in Merced, Calif. ... was named the Gatorade National Softball Player of the Year and Gatorade California State POY as a senior ... was also named a First Team All-American by MaxPreps, USA Today and FloSoftball ... earned Cal-Hi Sports Large School and Merced Sun-Star POY honors and was the Central California Conference Most Valuable Player for the third time (also as a freshman and sophomore) ... hit .552 with eight home runs, 27 runs batted in, 20 doubles, seven stolen bases and zero strikeouts, while going 19-5 with a 0.50 earned run average, nine shutouts, three no-hitters, one perfect game and 308 strikeouts (third in the state of California) in 167 1/3 innings ...ย helped the Bears to their fourth-straight league title in 2016 and a semifinal showing in the SacJoaquin Section playoffs ... as a junior, was a First Team FloSoftball All-American and a Second Team MaxPreps and USA Today All-American, as well as CCC Pitcher of the Year ... hit .526 with eight homers, 46 RBI and 16 doubles, while going 22-6 in the circle with a 1.18 ERA, 11 shutouts, five no-hitters and 287 strikeouts in 178 2/3 innings ...ย was a four-time CCC All-Academic selection, Merced Sun-Star POY and team MVP, as well as a three-time Modesto Bee All-District honoree ... career hitting stats: .487 average, 25 homers, 134 RBI, 56 doubles ... career pitching stats: 67-12, 1.05 ERA, 31 shutouts, 11 no-hitters, 809 strikeouts, 524 2/3 innings ...ย coached by Bart McAfee ... played travel ball with All-American Sports Academy under coaches Bryan Merrida, Greg Howard and Rob Diggle ... was a PGF High School All-American as a senior ... helped AASA to a fifth-place showing at the 2016 PGF National Championship and titles in the '14 and '15 PGF NorCal Challenge.
PERSONAL
Born Madilyn Ida-Marie Nickles in Merced, Calif. ... parents are Natalie and Ted Nickles ... has an older sister, Breanna ... chose to attend UCLA because of how prestigious the academic and athletic programs are ... says the number one reason she competes in softball is the adrenaline rush she gets when the sport puts her in very intense situations ... favorites include the TV show "The Middle", track star Lolo Jones, singer Kenny Chesney and actor Tom Hanks ... hobbies include working out and napping ...ย majoring in sociology.
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UCLA Softball Postgame - Coach Inouye-Perez & Players, vs. Tennessee (June 1, 2025)
Sunday, June 01
UCLA Softball Postgame - Coach Inouye-Perez & Players, vs. Texas Tech (May 31, 2025)
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Thursday, May 29
UCLA Softball Postgame - Coach Inouye-Perez & Players, vs. Oregon (May 29, 2025)
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