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2021 Softball

13 Nicole Swisher

  • Height 5-2
  • Bats/Throws L/R
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Tustin, Calif.
  • High School Foothill
  • Position OF
  • Major Psychology

Biography

Career Honors
- First-team All-Centennial Conference (2019)
- Three-time Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll (2019, 20, 21)

2021: Team captain … Named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll … Started both games of the doubleheader vs. Muhlenberg in center field (5/1) … Went 1-for-3 with an RBI and scored a run during game one while also recording an assist from the outfield.

2020: Named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll … One of six players who started all 10 games, playing as the everyday left fielder in the abbreviated season … Led the team as she was a perfect 3-for-3 in stolen base attempts while also ranking fourth in runs scored (7) … Batted .300 with nine hits in 30 at-bats while getting on base at a .323 clip and driving in four runs … Went 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored versus Monmouth (3/8) … Also registered multi-hit contests against Lesley (3/10), Westminster (3/12), and Alfred (3/13) as she drove in two more runs against Westminster and scored two more against Alfred … Did not commit an error in nine defensive chances.

2019: First-team All-Centennial Conference … Named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll … Started 35 games in left field … Batted .322 with a .370 on-base percentage and .446 slugging percentage … Collected 45 hits, scored 22 runs, and drove in 17 runs … Had three doubles, three triples, two home runs, and seven stolen bases … Raised her average to .391 in Centennial Conference play (fifth best in CC ) with a .452 on-base percentage (sixth best) and .554 slugging percentage in those contests … Was second in the conference with 22 hits during league play while ranking third with a pair of triples during that time … Registered multiple hits in eight contests while driving in multiple runs on five occasions … Had three consecutive three-hit games starting with game two at Arcadia (3/26) and continuing through both contests versus McDaniel (3/30) … Homered and drove in three runs during the first game against Washington College (4/2) … Went 4-for-4 during the opening game at Muhlenberg (4/9) … Collected three hits in five at-bats with two runs, two RBI, and a double in the elimination game win against Swarthmore (5/4) … Posted a .936 fielding percentage with three outfield assists.

2018: One of eight players to play in all 33 games, making 29 starts in left field and three more in center … Led the team in stolen bases (9) and at-bats (107) out of the leadoff position … Ranked second on the team in walks (11) and runs scored (27), recording a .375 on-base percentage … Hit .299 with 12 multi-hit contests, totaling five doubles … Scored two or more runs during nine different games, six of which came during the team’s trip to Florida to start the season … Went 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored against Wheaton (3/15) … Followed that up with another 2-for-4 game and three runs scored that same day against Eastern Connecticut State (3/16) … Tallied three hits during the opening game against Swarthmore (4/24) … Posted a .909 fielding percentage, recording four outfield assists.

High School: Lettered four times in softball … Led team to three league championships … First-team all-league and Highlight Player of the Year as a senior … Team MVP in 2014 … Four-year Scholar-Athlete … Played for the So Cal Athletics club team … Academic Award of Excellence recipient during all four years … Latin Top Freshman Award winner.

Personal: Daughter of Carol and Joseph Swisher … Has four older brothers, Chris, Dean, Taylor, and Kevin.

Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi bb so sb-att
2018.... .299 33-32 107 27 32 5 0 0 7 11 4 9-10
2019.... .322 35-35 121 22 39 3 3 2 17 8 7 7-10
2020.... .300 10-10 30 7 9 0 0 0 4 0 3 3-3
2021.... .167 2-2 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-0
TOTAL... .307 80-79 264 57 81 8 3 2 29 19 14 19-23

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking at time of graduation]:
Hits: 4 [t-3rd], at Muhlenberg, Apr 09, 2019
Doubles: 1, 7 times
Triples: 1 [t-2nd], Lebanon Valley, Apr 04, 2019 ; at Muhlenberg, Apr 09, 2019 ; at Swarthmore, Apr 16, 2019
Home runs: 1, Washington College, Apr 02, 2019 ; vs Carnegie Mellon, Mar 15, 2019
Total bases: 6, at Muhlenberg, Apr 09, 2019
RBI: 3, Washington College, Apr 02, 2019
Runs scored: 3 [t-7th], vs Eastern Conn. State, Mar 16, 2018
Walks: 2, 4 times
Hit by pitch: 1 [t-9th], 4 times
Sac bunts: 1, 4 times
At bats: 5 [t-10th], 4 times
Stolen bases: 2, at Immaculata, Apr 05, 2018
Field chances: 5, at McDaniel, May 04, 2018
Putouts: 4, at Swarthmore, Apr 16, 2019 ; at McDaniel, May 04, 2018
Assists: 2, Neumann, Apr 11, 2019
 
CAREER ALL-TIME RANKINGS (at time of graduation):
Most stolen base attempts: 14th (23)
Most stolen bases: t-15th (19)
Most times hit by pitch: t-17th (4)
Highest batting avg.: 18th (.307)
Most triples: t-18th (3)

SINGLE-SEASON RANKINGS (at time of graduation):
Most triples: t-6th (3 in 2019)
Most times reached on FC: t-7th (9 in 2018)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2018First-Year

    OF
    5'2"
    13
  • 13

    2019Sophomore

    OF
    5'2"
    13
  • 13

    2020Junior

    OF
    5'2"
    13
  • 13
    C

    2021Senior

    OF
    5'2"
    13
    C
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