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Illinois State University Athletics

2014 Softball

00 Nichelle Harrison

  • Height 5-4
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Highschool Bloomington
  • Hometown Bloomington, Ill.

Biography

Career Achievments: All-Missouri Valley Conference Second Team selection in 2013...2013 MVC Scholar-Athlete Team selection...MVC All-Tournament Team choice in 2011.

RS Senior (2014): Notable…All-MVC Second Team selection…MVC Scholar-Athlete Team honoree…Season…started 51 of 53 games in center field for the Redbirds…hit .250 and tallied a .342 on-base percentage…ranked second on the Redbirds with 34 runs scored…went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, a RBI and a stolen base in the win over Bethune-Cookman (Feb. 7)…equaled a then- season-high with two hits and two runs against San Jose State (Feb. 15) and Missouri (March 1)… combined to drive home four runs in ISU’s doubleheader sweep of Northern Iowa (March 21)…matched a career-high with three hits and set a season-high with three RBI in the game two victory over the Panthers…tallied a hit in six-straight games from March 21-March 30…scored a run or more in six-straight games from March 29-April 5, including a career-high three against Southern Illinois (April 5)…matched a season-high with three RBI at Loyola (April 12)…went 5-for-10 with four RBI and five runs in the sweep of Evansville (April 18-19).

RS Junior (2013): Notable...All-Missouri Valley Conference Second Team...MVC Scholar-Athlete Team selection...Season...started all 48 games in right field, accumulating a career-best .340 batting average...did not commit a single error in 63 chances...also tallied five outfield assists...finished the season with hits in 10-straight and 16 of 17 games...recorded hits in four of first five games of season at the Getterman Classic...tallied a career-high seven putouts in right field at No. 3 Arizona State (Feb. 16)...went 2-for-5 with two runs and a RBI in the win over UIC (Feb. 17)...went 2-for-5 with a career-high three runs vs. No. 15 Michigan (Feb. 22)...hit .412 at the NFCA Leadoff Classic (Feb. 22-24) to lead the Redbirds offensively...went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a RBI against LIU Brooklyn (March 1)...drove in her first run since March 10 in the win over Missouri State (April 7)...was a combined 4-for-6 with two runs scored and an RBI in the doubleheader sweep of Bradley (April 11)...matched a career-high in hits and set a season-high in RBI at Drake (April 13), going 3-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored...set a new season-high with three RBI against Indiana State (April 17)...recorded first two extra-base hits, a double in triple, in the doubleheader at Wichita State (April 20)...combined for three RBI in the doubleheader sweep of Indiana State (April 25)...went 4-for-7 with one run and an RBI in the series against Northern Iowa (April 27-28).

RS Sophomore (2012): Season...appeared in 51 games and made 42 starts as an outfielder...hit .233 with a double, a home run and 18 RBI...committed just one error in the outfield for a .979 fielding percentage...provided the game-winning RBI in the season opener vs. Maine (Feb. 10)...drove in a career-high four runs on three separate occasions vs. Florida Gulf Coast (Feb. 12), vs. Drake (Apr. 14) and vs. Creighton (Apr. 29)...tied a career-high with three hits in four at bats at Bradley (Apr. 21)...hit her first-career homer, a three-run blast, vs. Creighton (Apr. 29).

RS Freshman (2011): Notable...MVC All-Tournament Team...Season...started 52 games for the Redbirds...finished her first full season at ISU with a .285 batting average, three triples, two doubles and 10 RBI...went 2-for-3 with a career-high two RBI in the Redbirds' senior day win over Southern Illinois (May 1)...finished 3-for-3 with a run scored in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament game at Missouri State (May 13)...tallied six assists in the outfield and committed just four errors.

Freshman (2010): Season...played in eight games before suffering a season-ending injury.

Bloomington HS: Played summer softball for the Bloomington/Normal Girls Softball Association (BNGSA) Avanti's Angels, along with fellow teammate Lauren Kellar ... a three-sport athlete who participated in softball, basketball and track and field ... named All-Big 12 First Team ... Bloomington High School won a share of the conference title in 2008 for the first time since 1982 ... won sectionals her senior year...member of the BNGSA Avanti's Angels team that won the ASA Northern National Championship in 2004, 2006 and 2008 ... member of the Bloomington High School 4x400-meter relay team in track and field that placed ninth at the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Class AA State Meet in 2007 and set a school record with a time of 3:56.8 ... her Bloomington High School track and field squad won the Intercity Championship her sophomore year, as well as the Big 12 Conference Championship and earned a sectional championship.

Personal: October 24, 1991 ... Parents: Michael and Nicola Harrison ... Siblings: Michael Jr. and Justin ... her father, Michael, played football and baseball at Milikin, while her brother, Justin, played football at Illinois and brother, Mike, played football and baseball at McKendree ... her uncle, Eric Wright, played football for the San Francisco 49ers ... her father and two brothers are also coaches at McKendree, Illinois and Illinois Wesleyan ... AFNI Honor Roll ... Major: Athletic Training.

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