Biography
Career Honors:
- 2011 All-Southland Conference (Second Team)
- 2011 All-Louisiana (Second Team)
- 2011 Southland Conference All-Academic (Second Team)
- 2011 Louisiana Hitter of the Week (3/1)
2012: Played in 45 games, making 40 starts in the outfield … Batted .235 with two home runs, 14 runs batted in, five doubles and 14 runs scored … Led team and ranked ninth in the Southland Conference with nine sacrifice hits … Homered and drove in three runs in wins over Jackson State and South Alabama … Doubled versus Northern Illinois, Southern Illinois, Indiana, Central Arkansas and Nicholls State … Scored two runs versus Northern Colorado, Northern Illinois, Central Arkansas and South Alabama … Had five multi-hit games.
2011: Was named to the All-Southland Conference and All-Louisiana teams after leading Southeastern in nearly every offensive category … Started all but one game on the year … Ranked among the Southland Conference leaders in batting average (.358, 4th), slugging percentage (.517, 10th), on-base percentage (.420, 10th), hits (54, 10th), total bases (78, 10th) and sacrifice hits (9, 4th) … Also led the team with 27 runs scored, nine doubles and 21 RBI … Had four hits in wins over Tennessee-Martin, Alcorn State and Northwestern State … Finished with 11 games of two or more hits … Homers came versus Tennessee-Martin, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Louisiana-Tech, Central Arkansas and Southern Miss … Drove in three runs versus Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Louisiana Tech and Southern Miss … Walked twice versus St. Louis and Arkansas-Pine Bluff … Scored a season-high three runs versus UAPB … Had six games with two runs or more … Was named Louisiana Hitter of the Week after hitting .778 with a home run, five runs scored and five RBI in a 3-0 week for Southeastern … Excellent student was also named to the Southland Conference All-Academic team as a second team selection.
2010: Worked her way in the starting lineup early in the season, starting 29 of 40 games on the year … Second on the team with a .319 batting average, five home runs, five doubles and 20 runs scored … Also had 30 hits and 12 runs batted in … Was 4-for-4 with a double and a run scored versus A&M-Corpus Christi … Recorded a 4-for-5 performance with a double, two RBI and a run scored in a 7-1 win at Alcorn State … Homered in both games of a doubleheader at McNeese State … Also homered versus Grambling, Northwestern State and A&M-Corpus Christi … Stole bases versus Alcorn State and Northwestern State.
High School: A multi-time All-District performer at Alvin High School … Was named team MVP as a senior … As a junior, was a second team All-State performer and the AHS Offensive Player of the Year, setting a new school RBI record and helping the team to a Class 5A state title … Played for former Lady Lion Carla Newson at AHS and was a teammate of Southeastern’s 2009 and 2010 All-Southland Conference performer Meghan Gomez on the AHS and Alvin No Fear teams … Also played for the Texas Storm in club ball.
Personal: Born Kelsey Renee Nichols in Houston, Texas …. One of Doug and Kim Nichols’ five children … A math education major.
