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Full name | Madilyn Ida-Marie Nickles | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Merced, California | March 8, 1998||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Softball | ||||||||||||||||||||
College team | UCLA Bruins | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Madilyn "Bubba" Ida-Marie Nickles (born March 8, 1998) is an American professional softball utility player. She played college softball for the UCLA Bruins, where she was named an All-American and won a national championship in 2019. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal.
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] She made her professional debut with Athletes Unlimited in 2021. [4] Nickles also played for the Toyota Red Terriers of the Japan Diamond Softball League. [5]
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 [6] 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. [7] [8]
Nickles is of Chamorro descent. [9] She is the daughter of Natalie and Ted Nickles, and has one older sister. [1]
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 |
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 |