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  • C
    Position
  • Redshirt Junior
    Class
  • Harrisburg, Pa.
    Hometown
  • 5'8
    Height
  • Central Dauphin (South Florida)
    High School
  • University of South Florida
    Previous School
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Nicole Bechtel
C
Position
Redshirt Junior
Class
Harrisburg, Pa.
Hometown

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2023 - REDSHIRT JUNIOR

  • Atlantic 10 Tournament Champion
  • Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team
  • Atlantic 10 Player of the Week (April 24)
  • Louisville Slugger/NFCA National Player of the Week (April 25)
  • NFCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region Second Team
  • Was third in the Atlantic 10 in doubles (14) and RBI (43)
  • Played in 54 games (career-high) with 54 starts (career-high) as a catcher for the Patriots... Started every game in the Atlantic 10 Tournament and the NCAA Regional
  • Batted .329/.406/.500 (all career-highs) with 54 hits (career-high), 15 doubles (career-hightwo triples (career-high), three home runs (career-high12 runs scored (career-high), 41 RBI (career-high), one sacrifice fly (ties 2022 career-high) and one stolen base (ties 2022 career-high)
  • Recorded a fielding percentage of .977, with 329 putouts (career-high), nine assists and eight errors
  • Led the team in... Hitting streak (9 games), HBP (3, tied)
  • Was second on the team in... Hits (54), doubles (15), RBI (41), total bases (82), on-base percentage (.406)
  • Was third on the team in... Batting average (.329), OPS (.906), triples (2, tied), slugging percentage (.500)
  • Was fourth on the team in... Games played (54), games started (54), at bats (164), home runs (3, tied)
  • Was fifth on the team in... Walks (19), sacrifice flies (1, tied) 
  • Had 39 games with a hit (career-high), 16 with two hits and two games with three hits (Game #2 at St. Bonaventure on April 7 and Game #2 against UMass on May 5)... Had a team-leading nine-game hitting from March 12 to April 2
  • Earned program's first national positional award in the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Player of the Week for her performance at Dayton (April 22-23) for going 6-for-7 (.857) and reaching base 11 of 12 (.917 OBP) plate appearances, registering a double, two home runs, four walks and no strike outs while posting a 1.857 slugging percentage. She recorded three multi-hit games in the three game series against Dayton, with home runs in the final two games and recorded a career-high four RBI in Game #2 of the series.



2022 - REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (MASON)

  • Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
  • Played in 37 games with 33 starts as the catcher for the Patriots
  • Made Patriot debut against Fairleigh Dickinson on February 19
  • Batted .238/.304/.317 with 24 hits, six runs scored and 13 RBI
  • Posted the second-most putouts on the team with 122
  • Made 122 putouts and 12 outfield assists for a fielding percentage of .985 (career-high)
  • Recorded five or more putouts in 13 games
  • Tallied one hit, an RBI, a double and five putouts in a win against Lafayette on March 6
  • Finished with one hit, one RBI and tied a career-high eight putouts in a victory against St. Bonaventure on March 14
  • Notched one hit, one run, two RBI and her first career home run in a win at Dayton on April 2
  • Recorded three hits, one RBI, one double and three putouts in a victory against Towson on April 13
  • Contributed with two hits, one run, two RBI, two doubles and 11 putouts in back to back games against George Washington on April 16 and 19.
2021 - SOUTH FLORIDA
  • Appeared in 12 games, making 11 starts
  • Went 9-for-21 at the plate, hitting .429
  • Recorded four extra-base hits and four RBI.
 
2020 - SOUTH FLORIDA
  • Appeared in two games, making one start
  • Tallied one hit in four at-bats.
 
2019 - SOUTH FLORIDA
  • Did not play due to injury
 
Prep: All four-year letters earned in softball at Central Dauphin High School…Catcher…Named to All-Conference first team…Named to All-Conference second team…Defensive Player of the Year in 2014…Team Captain…Played for Rock Gold and EC Bullets club teams.
 
Personal: Born in Harrisburg, Pa. to Lisa and Todd Bechtel…Hobbies include listening to music, playing with my cat, and shopping…Majoring in Integrative Studies.
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