2020 Softball Roster
Mariah Nichols
- Position:
- Pitcher
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Lone Oak, Texas
- Prev School:
- Lone Oak HS
- NIL:
- R/R
Career
Owns a career 3.45 earned run average in 329.0 innings pitched ... has a 22-31 win-loss record ... has posted 18 complete games, two shutouts and 10 saves ... has held opponents to a .246 batting average in three seasons ... has 210 strikeouts in 94 appearances.Â
Academic Honors
- 2018, 2019 AAC All-Academic Team
- Spring 2020 Tiger 3.0 Club; Dean's List
- Fall 2019 Tiger 3.0 Club
- Spring 2019 Tiger 3.0 Club; Dean’s List
- Fall 2018 Tiger 3.0 Club
- Spring 2018 Tiger 3.0 Club
- Fall 2017 Tiger 3.0 Club
2020 (Junior)
Made a team-leading 18 appearances with seven starts ... ranked second on the team with a 2.81 earned-run average and a 4-5 overall record ... pitched in 57.1 innings with 40 strikeouts ... held opponents to a .230 batting average ... recorded a team and American Athletic Conference-leading three saves ... posted one complete game against Jacksonville on Feb. 22 ... had three games with at least five strikeouts ... earned the win in Memphis' final game of the 2020 season after the season was cut short due to the coronavirus ... also recorded three at bats in 2020.
2019 (Sophomore)
Made 40 appearances in the circle with 21 starts … finished with seven complete games … set the school record with four saves … recorded two complete game shutouts … finished with a 7-16 overall record and 4.20 earned-run average … pitched in 135.0 innings for Memphis with a career-high 96 strikeouts … recorded seven at bats for Memphis … her first collegiate hit was a solo home run … struck out a season-high seven batters twice, most recently against Maine on Mar. 16 … allowed opponents a .250 batting average.Â
2018 (Freshman)
Pitched in 36 games, starting 16 of those in the circle … ended the season with a 2.97 ERA in 136.2 innings and a record of 11-10 … tossed 10 complete games, including a 7.0 inning road win over ECU … held batters to a .250 average … struck out 74 batters, with a season-high 10 K’s in five innings against Mississippi Valley State … picked up three saves on the year, maintaining leads against ECU, UCF, and UConn … the save against UConn helped secure Nichols’ first career shutout … ended the year with only one fielding error, finishing with a fielding percentage of .978.
High School
Was named All-State after her freshman season … was an All-District pitcher her sophomore and junior years … selected as the District Offensive Player of the Year as a junior … named to the Academic All-District team … played four years for AXE Softball … also played two seasons with Texas Glory 16U Naudin squad and two years with Texas Glory 18U Shelton team … finished third in the 18U DeMarini Invitational and second in the USSSA Elite Championship.
Personal
The daughter of Denise and Bill Nichols ... has a brother, Andrew ... Andrew played baseball at Tyler Junior College and her uncle, Robert, played baseball at Texas Tech.
