Southeastern Louisiana University Athletics

Career Honors:
- 2017 All-Southland Conference (Second Team)
- 2017 All-Louisiana (Honorable Mention)
- 2016 All-Southland Conference (Honorable Mention)
- 2015 All-Southland Conference (Third Team)
- 2015 Southland Conference Hitter of the Week (April 6)

2017: Played in 46 games, making 42 starts … Named All-Southland Conference for the third consecutive season … Also named honorable mention All-Louisiana … Led team with a .393 batting average and 18 walks to go with 31 runs scored, 44 hits, six doubles, one triple, 23 RBI and 15 stolen bases … Ranked among the Southland leaders in batting average (2^nd), on-base percentage (.489, 2^nd) and stolen bases (11^th) … Triple and drove in three runs in a 4-for-4 performance to pace a 9-1 victory over Buffalo … Drove in two runs and scored two runs in 3-for-3 showings versus Northwestern State and Sam Houston State … Posted 12 multi-hit games … Stole two bases versus Morehead State, Abilene Christian, Northwestern State and Sam Houston State … Scored multiple runs in six games.
 
2016: Started all 54 games she appeared in … Earned All-Southland Conference honors for the second straight season … Hit .393 with 61 hits, 39 runs scored and 23 runs batted in … Stole 35 bases – the second-highest single-season total in school history … Ranked among the Southland Conference leaders in batting average (4^th), on-base percentage (.470, 4^th), runs scored (9^th), hits (8^th), sacrifice flies (3, 5^th) and stolen bases (2^nd) … Stolen base total was good for 25^th in Division I … Was 2-for-3 with a triple, two runs scored and three RBI in a 10-5 win over Alabama A&M … Had three hits versus Alabama A&M and Sam Houston State … Recorded 17 multi-hit games …. Had eight games with multiple runs scored and four games with two or more RBI … Stole two or more bases in seven games, including a three-steal performance versus Stephen F. Austin … Was perfect in the field and did not commit an error in 107 chances.

2015: Named third team All-Southland Conference after starting all 45 games she appeared in … Finished the season with a .340 batting average, 39 runs scored, four home runs, seven triples and 27 RBI … Second on the team, third in the Southland and eighth in NCAA Division I in triples … Fifth in the nation with 0.16 triples per game … Tied for the team lead with six stolen bases … Named Southland Conference Hitter of the Week on April 6 after hitting .700 with two home runs – including a walk-off in the series finale – in a series sweep of Lamar … Tied a single-game school record with two triples in a 14-1 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff … Homered twice and drove in five runs in a 20-3 victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff … Also tripled versus Southern Miss, Abilene Christian, Sam Houston State, Lamar and McNeese State … Seven triples are the second-highest single-season total in school history … Had 13 games with multiple hits and eight games with two or more runs.
 
High School: Prepped at Alvin High School, where she was coached by former Lady Lion Carla Newsom ... Earned All-State and All-Greater Houston honors ... Two-time All-District choice.

Personal: Born Kinsey Elizabeth Nichols in Alvin, Texas ... Parents are Doug and Kim Nichols ... Has four siblings ... Oldest sister, Kelsey, was a two-time All-Southland Conference outfielder for Southeastern from 2010-13.