Biography
SENIOR (2025)
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete... Named to the Fall and Spring Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Started all 55 games at third base, totaling 37 hits, five doubles, 17 RBIs, 30 runs, five stolen bases, 20 walks and only 10 strikeouts in 135 at bats... She set career highs in runs, walks and stolen bases, while her 37 hits tied a career best... Her 10 strikeouts were a career low as she drew twice as many walks... After a slow first half of the season at the plate, she returned to form over the last half raising her average from .175 on March 19 all the way to .274 at the end of the season... She singled twice in her final collegiate game vs. North Texas in the quarterfinals of the AAC Championship... Went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored at Memphis on May 3... Drew two walks, singled, drove in a run and scored a run in the series finale vs. Charlotte... In the Charlotte series she was 4-for-7 at the plate... In the run-rule win over Kansas City, she was 2-for-2 with a double, RBI and three runs scored... Drove in a run on a double and scored a pair of runs at Tulsa on April 17... In the first game of the doubleheader at Tulsa, she went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and three RBIs... Drove in two on a pair of singles vs. East Carolina on April 12... Had a career-high two doubles at UAB on April 5... In the shootout with #2 Oklahoma on March 26, she walked twice, singled, scored a run and drove in a run... Against Central Arkansas, she recorded two more walks and an RBI single... Registered a single and an RBI in all three games of the UTSA series... Singled twice over the three games of the Florida Atlantic series... Notched a pair of singles and a pair of runs vs. Bowling Green on Feb. 22.
JUNIOR (2024)
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team... Named to the Fall and Spring Athletic Director's Honor Roll... One of five Shockers to start all 50 games... Had a career year, setting career bests in every offensive category... Finished the season hitting .311 with 28 runs, nine doubles, three home runs, 19 RBI and 17 walks... Hit .403 in conference play, one of the best marks in the league behind only her teammates CC Wong and Addison Barnard... Knocked a three-run home run in the American Athletic Conference Championship semifinals vs. No. 1 seed Florida Atlantic (May 10)... In the regular season finale vs. Memphis (May 5) she had two RBIs to go with a single... Scored twice to go with a single and an RBI in the series opener vs. Memphis (May 3)... Had an RBI double in the series finale at North Texas (April 27)... Was 2-for-3 with an RBI vs. No. 6 Oklahoma State (April 17)... Opened the South Florida series with an RBI single (April 12)... Doubled twice and drove in two runs vs. Tulsa (April 7)... Was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI in the series opener vs. Tulsa (April 6)... Closed the series at Charlotte (March 30) with two singles and two runs scored... Had an RBI double and scored twice in the second game of the UTSA series (March 22)... Went 2-for-3 with an RBI in the series opener vs. UTSA (March 22)... Walked and doubled in the series finale at East Carolina (March 17)... Tallied a hit in each game of a doubleheader at Kansas (March 12)... Tied a career high with three hits vs. Florida Atlantic (March 9), including a double, home run and two RBI... Named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll on March 4... Set a career high with three hits in the Shockers' run-rule win at Nebraska (March 2)... Recorded her first RBI's of the season in the Shockers' 7-1 win at Nebraska (March 1) to go with a single and a walk.
SOPHOMORE (2023)
American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team... Named to the Spring Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Named to the Fall Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Hit her lone home run of the season in the final game vs. Nebraska in the NCAA Regional... Laced a pair of singles vs. Oklahoma State (May 20) in the NCAA Stillwater Regional... Walked twice and tallied two RBI at Tulsa (April 29)... Singled twice and scored two runs in the series opener at Tulsa (April 28)... Had an RBI single vs. East Carolina (April 22)... Went 4-for-10 in the Houston series, including a 2-for-4 night in the opener on April 14... Scored twice behind a single and a walk in Game 2 of the series vs. Houston (April 15)... Recorded her first career triple in the series finale at Memphis (April 8)... Scored twice and recorded a single vs. South Florida (April 1)... Laced an RBI single in the seven-run top of the second at UCF (March 26)... Tied a career high with three hits, including a double and an RBI vs. Northern Colorado (March 19)... Drove in two runs vs. Northern Colorado (March 17)... After an 0-for-19 start at the plate to the season, she had a string of six straight hits over three games... Singled and scored a run vs. #9 Arkansas (March 14)... Career-high three hits to go with an RBI and three runs vs. Missouri State (March 12)... Went 2-for-2 in the first matchup vs. Missouri State (March 11)... Walked and scored a run in the win vs. Northwestern State (Feb. 26).
FRESHMAN (2022)
Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Season-high three RBI in Wichita State's 24-1 win at East Carolina (April 29)... Doubled and scored a run in the finale at Houston (April 16)... Recorded a hit in all three games of the South Florida series (April 8-10)... Went 2-for-2 with a single, double, RBI and two runs in the finale vs. Tulsa (April 3)... Singled twice, scored a run and drove in a run vs. Kansas City (March 18)... Drove in a run on an RBI single in the win at Kansas (March 14)... Had a hit in all four games in Lincoln, Neb., vs. Nebraska and South Dakota State (March 3-5)... Hit her first career home run and went 2-for-4 in the win at Charlotte (Feb. 26)... Had her first multi-hit game with a pair of singles and an RBI vs. Western Illinois (Feb. 19)... Notched her first career hit on a double vs. Longwood (Feb. 18)... Recorded her first career RBI on a bases loaded walk at Sam Houston (Feb. 13)... Made her collegiate debut vs. Dayton (Feb. 11) in a pinch-hit at bat.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner and three-time captain at La Porte High School... Played second and third base throughout her high school career... Two-time second team all-district selection... Defensive Player of the Year all four years of high school... Named Conference Newcomer of the Year as a freshman... Hit .378 with a home run, 28 runs scored and 33 RBI as a senior... Posted a career batting average of .375 with 20 stolen bases, 123 hits, 80 runs scored and 90 RBI... Also played volleyball during her prep career... Member of FCA and HOSA.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Todd and Kellie Nelson... Has two brothers: Tyler and Tripp; and one sister: Victoria... Brother, Tyler, played baseball at Concordia Lutheran - Nebraska... Plans to major in health science at Wichita State.
