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Bubba Nickles
Personal information
Full nameMadilyn Ida-Marie Nickles
Born (1998-03-08) March 8, 1998 (age 26)
Merced, California
Sport
CountryUSA
SportSoftball
College teamUCLA Bruins
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 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.

Career

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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] She won the 2024 AUX Softball competition with 1,344 points, defeating Jocelyn Alo for the Championship by only six leaderboard points, in the closest finish in Athletes Unlimited history.[6]

Team USA

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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[7] 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.[8][9]

Personal life

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Nickles is of Chamorro descent.[10] She is the daughter of Natalie and Ted Nickles, and has one older sister.[1]

Statistics

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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

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ Miles, Bruce (September 11, 2021). "Bubba Nickles Debuts With First Pro Homer In Team Jaquish's 14-6 Victory". Athletes Unlimited. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  5. ^ Collins, Savanna (May 17, 2023). "Garcia, Nickles re-sign with AU Softball". Athletes Unlimited. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  6. ^ Collins, Savanna; Lewis, Alexandra (June 26, 2024). "Bubba Nickles Crowned 2024 AUX Champion in Close Finish". auprosports.com. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  7. ^ "2020 U.S. Olympic Softball Team". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on October 7, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  8. ^ "JPN 2, USA 0". olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  9. ^ "Nickles". olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  10. ^ Lujan, Patrick (June 4, 2019). "Guam Roots: Bubba Nickles and Sydney Romero". Guam Sports Network. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
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