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Bubba Nickles

Personal information
Full name	Madilyn Ida-Marie Nickles
Born	(1998-03-08) March 8, 1998 (age 26) Merced, California
Sport
Country	USA
Sport	Softball
College team	UCLA Bruins
Medal record Women's softball Representing  United States Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team World Games 2022 Birmingham Team

Madilyn "Bubba" Ida-Marie Nickles (born March 8, 1998) is an American professional softball utility player. She played college softball for the UCLA Bruins, where she was named an All-American and won a national championship in 2019. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal.

Career

Nickles competes with the UCLA Bruins softball team and has been named a two-time Second Team and First Team All-Pac-12 player. 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. She made her professional debut with Athletes Unlimited in 2021. Nickles also played for the Toyota Red Terriers of the Japan Diamond Softball League. 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.

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 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.

Personal life

Nickles is of Chamorro descent. She is the daughter of Natalie and Ted Nickles, and has one older sister.

Statistics

References

1. ^ "Bubba Nickles". uclabruins.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
2. "2019 ALL-AMERICAN AWARDS". NFCA.org. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
3. "Softball Wins NCAA Title in Walk-Off Fashion". uclabruins.com. June 4, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
4. Miles, Bruce (September 11, 2021). "Bubba Nickles Debuts With First Pro Homer In Team Jaquish's 14-6 Victory". Athletes Unlimited. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
5. Collins, Savanna (May 17, 2023). "Garcia, Nickles re-sign with AU Softball". Athletes Unlimited. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
6. Collins, Savanna; Lewis, Alexandra (June 26, 2024). "Bubba Nickles Crowned 2024 AUX Champion in Close Finish". auprosports.com. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
7. "2020 U.S. Olympic Softball Team". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on October 7, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
8. "JPN 2, USA 0". olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
9. "Nickles". olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
10. Lujan, Patrick (June 4, 2019). "Guam Roots: Bubba Nickles and Sydney Romero". Guam Sports Network. Retrieved April 2, 2024.

External links

• Bubba Nickles at USA Softball
• Bubba Nickles at Team USA (archive February 4, 2022)
• Bubba Nickles at Olympedia (archive)
• Bubba Nickles at Olympics.com

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1 Aubree Munro 2 Ali Aguilar 3 Ally Carda 4 Amanda Chidester 7 Kelsey Stewart 8 Haylie McCleney 9 Janie Reed 14 Monica Abbott 16 Michelle Moultrie 20 Valerie Arioto 21 Rachel Garcia 34 Dejah Mulipola 38 Cat Osterman 48 Bubba Nickles 99 Delaney Spaulding
Manager: 0 Ken Eriksen Coaches: Laura Berg Howard Dobson Tairia Flowers Heather Tarr

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