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Bubba
Nickles

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B/T R/R
Age 27
College UCLA – 2020
Medals 1 Silver Medal
Hometown Merced, California
College UCLA – 2020
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olympic Experience
  • 2020 Olympic Silver Medalist

World Championship Experience
  • 2022 World Games Gold Medalist – Hit .200 (1-for-5) with 2 runs scored
  • 2017 WBSC Junior Women’s World Championship Gold Medalist – Hit .690 (20-29) with 10 runs scored, 30 RBI, six home runs and eight doubles; Set event records in hits, batting average, RBI and home runs
  • 2015 WBSC Junior Women’s World Championship Gold Medalist – Hit .400 (10-25) with one home run, 10 RBI and 10 runs scored

Career Highlights
  • 2018 USA Softball International Cup – Hit .353 (6-for-17) with three RBI and three runs scored
  • 2018 Japan All-Star Series; Hit .167 (1-for-6)
  • 2017 World Cup of Softball XII participant – Hit .550 (11-for-20) with 10 RBI, four runs scored and two home runs
  • 2016 World Cup of Softball XI participant – Hit .500 (3-for-6) with one home run, three RBI and four runs scored
  • 2015 World Cup of Softball X participant – Hit .333 (5-for-15) with four RBI and four runs scored

Collegiate Highlights
  • 2021: Senior CLASS Award First Team All-American
  • 2019: NFCA Second Team All-American, All-Pac 12 First Team, led the Bruins with 18 home runs, 72 runs batted in and a .714 slugging percentage
  • 2018: All-Pac 12 Second Team, NCAA WCWS All-Tournament Team, NFCA All-Pacific Region First Team
  • 2017: All-Pac-12 Second Team, All-Pac-12 Freshman Team

Click here to view Bubba Nickles’ full collegiate bio


Professional Highlights
  • Plays professionally with Athletes Unlimited
  • Played professionally with Japan Diamond League’s Toyota Red Terriers in 2022

Get to Know …
  • Personal Motto: Never stress, just do your best, and trust God with the rest
  • Three words her friends would use to describe her: dorky, excited and passionate
  • If she wasn’t playing softball she would be: I would probably be hosting my own television show about interior decorating because I love everything about interior design on HGTV
  • What it means to play for USA Softball: It means that I get to play for the best country in the entire world and live out my childhood dream of playing for the same three letters that so many of the greatest softball players in history played for as well.

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USA Softball Women’s National Team Names 15-Player World Games Roster

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USA Softball Invites Athletes to Women’s National Team Voluntary Camp in April

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Jessi Warren Named Semi-Finalist for AAU Sullivan Award featured image

Jessi Warren Named Semi-Finalist for AAU Sullivan Award

USA Softball, February 14, 2025, 12:07 pm

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2018 Japan All-Star Series2660.1670.1670.3330.167110000001000
2018 International Cup512110.3640.4171.0530.636421102211000
2020 Olympics2320.5000.6671.1670.500110000011000
2022 World Games3750.2000.4290.6290.200110000220000

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