2015 Season: Named to Great Northeast Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... Named a National Fastpitch Coaches Association Scholar Athlete ... Established herself as the team's number two starting pitcher in her rookie campaign ... Selected Great Northeast Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week for the week of March 23-29 ... Made her collegiate pitching debut on March 9, hurling a seven-inning complete game vs. Monmouth College (Ill.), while allowing two earned runs on seven hits and a walk ... Started 13 of 14 games that she appeared in, while hurling 79 2/3 innings ... Ranked seventh among Great Northeast Athletic Conference leaders with a 2.64 earned run average ... Posted a 7-4 win-loss record, while striking out 28 and issuing just 12 bases on balls ... Tossed nine complete games, including a seven-inning shutout vs. Anna Maria College on April 17, where she scattered eight hits, fanned four batters and allowed just one walk ... Allowed two or fewer earned runs in 11 of 14 outings ... Enjoyed a stretch from April 1-17, where she appeared in eight contests, including seven starting assignments and posted a 6-1 mark to go with a 1.38 ERA, while striking out 18 and walking just six in 45 2/3 innings pitched ... Issued one or fewer walks in all but one appearance ... Fielded her position extremely well, recording multiple assists in seven outings ... Played first base when not pitching and registered a .200 (13-65) batting average, while driving in six runs and scoring eight times ... Collected three extra-base hits, including a pair of doubles and a triple ... Smacked a double for her first career hit on March 13 vs. Bowdoin College ... Owned a four-game hitting streak from March 13 to April 1, going 5-10 (.500) with three runs batted in and a double and a triple during the stretch ... Beared down in two-out situations, hitting .292 (7-24).

High School/Personal: Four-year letterwinner for Cumberland High School ... Named All-State First Team by the Rhode Island Softball Coaches Association for the Clippers following her senior campaign and was also named to the Providence Journal All-State Second Team in addition to being named First Team All-Division 1 and earning All-Academic Team status by the RISCA ... Tabbed Second Team All-State and Second Team All-Division 1 by the RISCA as a junior and was a Third Team All-State and Second Team All-Division 1 selection as a sophomore for CHS ... Helped the Clippers win the Division 1 State Championship as the winning pitcher as a first year ... Named a Captain for Cumberland High School as a senior and was also a Captain for the Unified Volleyball team in conjunction with the Special Olympics ... Member of the Mathematics Team and Varsity Athletes Against Substance Abuse at CHS ... Served as an umpire in the 9/10-year old Cumberland Softball League ... Born July 22, 1996 ... Majoring in Nursing at Simmons and would like to pursue a career as a Nurse ... Daughter of Linda and David Nelson ... Member of Simmons Student Nursing Association and the Student Athlete Advisory Council at Simmons.