Bubba Nickles
Personal information
Full nameMadilyn Ida-Marie Nickles
Born (1998-03-08) March 8, 1998 (age 25)
Merced, California
Sport
CountryUSA
SportSoftball
College teamUCLA Bruins
Team
Medal record
Women's softball
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Team

Madilyn "Bubba" Ida-Marie Nickles (born March 8, 1998) is an American, former collegiate All-American, softball utility player. She played college softball for the UCLA Bruins and won a national championship in 2019. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal.

Career

Nickles competes with the UCLA Bruins softball team and has been named a two-time Second Team and First Team All-Pac-12 player.[1] She was also chosen a National Fastpitch Coaches Association First Team All-American as a junior, where she also helped lead the Bruins to the 2019 NCAA Division I National Championship.[2][3]

Team USA

Nickles played for two seasons with Team USA and was named to the roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics, where she won a silver medal[4] Nickles had a hit in two appearances during the tournament. Nickles did not play in the gold medal game, where Team USA was defeated by Team Japan 2–0.[5][6]

Statistics

UCLA Bruins
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
2017 63 188 36 53 .282 35 10 0 10 93 .494% 10 19 4 4
2018 65 184 36 76 .413 52 10 2 14 124 .674% 19 15 0 1
2019 62 210 66 82 .390 72 18 1 12 150 .714% 24 27 6 7
2021 27 77 16 24 .311 22 4 1 6 58 .753% 6 8 0 0
TOTALS 217 659 154 235 .356 181 42 4 42 411 .623% 59 69 10 12
Team USA
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB
2020 15 33 14 11 .333 8 1 0 1 15 .454% 10 4 0
2021 8 23 2 2 .087 0 0 0 0 2 .087% 1 7 0
Olympics 2 2 0 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 .500% 1 1 0
TOTAL 25 58 20 14 .241 8 1 0 1 18 .310% 12 12 0

References

  1. ^ "Bubba Nickles". uclabruins.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "2019 ALL-AMERICAN AWARDS". NFCA.org. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  3. ^ "Softball Wins NCAA Title in Walk-Off Fashion". uclabruins.com. June 4, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  4. ^ "2020 U.S. Olympic Softball Team". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on October 7, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  5. ^ "JPN 2, USA 0". olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  6. ^ "Nickles". olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.

External links


Gatorade High School Softball Player of the Year Award
UCLA Bruins 2019 Women's College World Series Champions
United States roster – 2020 Summer Olympics silver medalists
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