Bubba Nickles

2021 Championship Season: Tallied 808 leaderboard points in Athletes Unlimited debut … started eight games … went 5-for-26 (.192) at the plate with a double and a home run … also drove in five runs … one of 13 players to register a sacrifice fly. 

International Experience: Led Team USA to a Silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics … went 1-for-2 in two games … also won Gold medals at the 2015 and 2017 WBSC Junior Women’s World Championships … posted .500 batting average with a home run and three runs batted in at the 2016 World Cup of Softball … spent summer of 2015 with United States Junior National Team in addition to summer of 2016 with the USA Elite Team … also competed with Team USA during Japan All-Star Series in 2018.

Other Professional Experience: Played for the Toyota Red Terriers of the Japan Diamond League in 2022. 

At UCLA: Four-year letter winner for the Bruins who started 215-of-217 games from 2017-21 … redshirted 2020 season to compete with Team USA at the “Stand Beside Her” Tour … accrued .357 batting average during her career with 42 home runs and 181 runs batted in … finished career with 235 hits, including 42 doubles and four triples, while scoring 154 runs … Second-Team NFCA All-America honoree in 2019 … three-time All-Pac-12 Conference pick, including First-Team honors in 2018 and 2019 … member of 2017 Pac-12 All-Freshman Team … garnered First-Team NFCA All-Region commendations in 2018 and 2019 … named Senior CLASS Award First-Team All-American in 2021 after hitting .312 with four home runs and 22 runs batted in … also posted six doubles with 16 runs scored during senior campaign … two-time member of Women’s College World Series All-Tournament Team … tied for ninth in program history with nine career sacrifice flies … scored 66 runs during junior season, which ranks fourth on the Bruins’ single-season list … also drove in 72 runs in 2019, which are tied for fourth in program history … hit safely in 21 consecutive games from Mar. 31-May 18, 2019, good for fourth on Bruins’ all-time list.