Nicole Newman

Nicole Newman
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
BornOctober 1996 (age 28)
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Sport
CountryUSA
SportSoftball
College teamDrake Bulldogs

Nicole Newman (born October 1996) is an American, former collegiate All-American, right-handed batting professional softball pitcher, originally from Madison, Wisconsin.[1][2] She attended La Follette High School in Madison.[3] She later attended Drake University, and suited up for Drake Bulldogs softball team, where she owns numerous records.[4] She is also the Missouri Valley Conference career leader in no hitters, perfect games, strikeouts and strikeout ratio; the latter also ranking top-10 in all the NCAA Division I.[5][6][7][8] In her senior year, Newman threw five perfect games during the 2019 NCAA Division I softball season to lead Drake softball to a Missouri Valley Conference softball title and a berth in the 2019 NCAA Division I softball tournament.[9][10][11] After graduating from college, Newman was selected by the Aussie Peppers of National Pro Fastpitch in the third round of the 2019 NPF Draft.[12] Currently she is a part of the Minnesota Golden Gophers softball coaching staff.[13]

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  2. ^ "2019 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  3. ^ Semrau, Dennis (July 17, 2013). "Madison La Follette's Nicole Newman selects Drake University to play softball". Wisconsin State Journal. Archived from the original on July 20, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  4. ^ "All-Time Records" (PDF). Godrakebulldogs.com. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  5. ^ "MVC Softball Records" (PDF). Mvc-sports.com. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  6. ^ "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  7. ^ Birch, Tommy (May 16, 2019). "How Drake pitcher Nicole Newman became one of the best in the NCAA". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  8. ^ Pease, Joshua (May 14, 2019). "Nicole Newman follows Christ, leads Drake softball into playoffs with fifth perfect game of 2019". Sports Spectrum. Archived from the original on July 20, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  9. ^ Russell, Jake (May 11, 2019). "Softball pitcher sets NCAA record by firing fifth perfect game of the season". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 20, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  10. ^ Baer, Jack (May 11, 2019). "Drake softball pitcher sets NCAA record with fifth perfect game of the season". Yahoo Sports. Archived from the original on July 20, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  11. ^ "Newman sets NCAA record with 5th perfect game". ESPN. May 11, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  12. ^ Rucker, Elgin (April 17, 2019). "Drake's Nicole Newman selected 13th overall in NFP College Draft". KCCI. Archived from the original on July 20, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  13. ^ "Nicole Newman". Gophersports.com. Retrieved October 16, 2020.