Wichita State Athletics

FRESHMAN (2025)
American Conference All-Academic Team... Named to the Fall and Spring Athletic Director's Honor Roll... American Athletic Conference Co-Freshman of the Year... Second Team All-Conference selection... AAC All-Freshman Team... Became the team's ace midway through the season... Led the team in nearly every pitching category... She finished her freshman campaign 11-7 with one save... She made 36 appearances, 21 starts and tossed nine complete games... Had a team-low 2.80 ERA in 137.1 innings to go with 77 strikeouts and 57 walks... After North Texas put six runs on the board in the first inning of the quarterfinals of the AAC Championship, she came in and stemmed the tide out of the bullpen... She went 5.2 innings and allowed two runs on three hits, three walks and three strikeouts the day after tossing a 7-inning complete game against Tulsa... In the series finale at Memphis on May 4, she went the full 7.0 innings and gave up just two runs on three hits with four strikeouts... Allowed only one earned run in the series opener vs. Charlotte on April 25... Threw a complete game shutout in the series opener at Tulsa on April 17, allowing only four hits and striking out four... Held East Carolina to two runs on four hits, no walks and three strikeouts in the series opener... Allowed no earned runs over 5.0 innings in the opener at UAB on April 4... Gave up just one earned run over 7.0 innings vs. South Florida on March 28... Came out of the bullpen and threw 2.2 innings of relief vs. Central Arkansas... Struck out six over 5.0 innings in the finale at UTSA on March 23... Clinched the North Texas series with a win in the finale, giving up only two runs on four hits in 5.0 innings... Was saddled with a tough luck loss in the opener vs. North Texas, even though she allowed only one run in 5.0 innings... Struck out two and allowed no earned runs in 2.2 innings vs. Nebraska on March 1... Made her collegiate debut on Feb. 8 vs. Colgate, throwing 2.0 innings in relief with a pair of strikeouts.

HIGH SCHOOL
Nihart had a dominant prep career at Manvel High School, logging 55 career wins and 685 strikeouts... She holds school records in both categories... As a senior, Nihart went 21-6 in the circle with 273 strikeouts and a 1.47 ERA to collect 18-5A District MVP honors... She was also named to the VYPE All-Houston Second Team and Texas Sports Writers Association All-State honorable mention... Nihart was a three-time All-District honoree... In the classroom she was an All-Academic Team selection all four years and an Academic All-State selection as a senior.

PERSONAL
She is the daughter of Dennis and Kimberly Nihart... While attending Wichita State she plans to major in exercise science.