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]
On January 29, 2025, Nickles was drafted in the fourth round, 14th overall, by the Bandits in the inaugural Athletes Unlimited Softball League draft.[7]
Team USA
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[8] 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.[9][10]
Personal life
Nickles is of Chamorro descent.[11] She is the daughter of Natalie and Ted Nickles, and has one older sister.[1]
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