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2018 Softball Roster

9 Toni Nelson

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • High School Chatham Central
  • Hometown Bear Creek, N.C.

Biography

AS A JUNIOR (2017)
As a catcher, she played in 47 games for the Braves, making 44 starts ... Hit .290 in 100 at-bats, scoring 13 runs and driving in 15 ... Totaled 29 hits and 37 total bases, including five doubles and one home run ... Drew10 walks and was hit by a pitch five times ... Slugged .370 and compiled a .376 on-base percentage ... Had two sacrifice flies and two sacrifice bunts ... Had six multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games ... Had 142 putouts, second most on the team, and 25 assists, compiling a .982 fielding percentage, the highest on the team for any player with at least 31 fielding chances ... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored on Feb. 3 vs. Shippensburg ... Went 2-for-5 with three RBIs and four runs scored in a doubleheader vs. Elizabeth City State on Feb. 19 ... Was 1-for-3 with two RBIs, a run scored and a double on Feb. 25 vs. Converse ... Went 2-for-5 with an RBI, a run scored and a double on March 11 at Augusta ... Was 3-for-3 with two RBIs, a run scored and two doubles at Georgia College on March 12 ... A member of the squad that was named an Easton/NFCA Division II All-Academic Team for the third-consecutive year. 

AS A SOPHOMORE (2016)
As a catcher, she played 51 games for the Braves, starting all 51 ... Hit .318 in 148 at-bats, scoring 11 runs and driving in 31, fourth-best on the team ... Had 47 total hits and 64 total bases, including eight doubles and three home runs ... Slugged .432 and compiled a .352 on-base percentage ... Drew eight walks and was hit by a pitch twice ... Had four sacrifice flies and eight sacrifice hits ... Had 168 putouts and 41 assists with a .972 fielding percentage ... Had 10 multi-hit and eight multi-RBI games ... Went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run against Pfeiffer on February 17 ... Was a perfect 4-for-4 with two RBI and a double against Chowan on February 21 ... Went 1-for-4 with a home run, 3 RBI and two runs scored against Catawba on March 7 ... Was a perfect 3-for-3 with two doubles and two RBI against Francis Marion on March 9 ... Went 2-for-2 with 2 RBI against Georgia College on April 3 ... Was 2-for-2 with a walk against Flagler on April 8 ... Went 2-for-3 with a home run in the PBC Tournament quarterfinal win over Georgia College on April 22 ... A member of the squad that was named an Easton/NFCA Division II All-Academic Team for the second-consecutive year. 

AS A FRESHMAN (2015)
Helped UNCP to earn the 2015 PBC Softball Sportsmanship Award … As an catcher, she played in 39 games with 39 starts for UNCP … Posted a batting average of .238, had with 12 runs, 25 hits, two doubles and two homers … Had 11 RBI on 150 at-bats … Notched a .310 on-base percentage, a slugging percentage of .314 and a fielding percentage of .985 … Recorded 17 putouts and one assists … Totaled 33 total bases and six sacrifice hits … Walked six times during the year … Went 2-for-3 against Concord on February 6, Coker on February 8, Georgia College on March 29, 2-for-2 against Columbus State on April 1 and 2-for-4 against Chowan on March 11 and St. Andrews on March 18 … Had home runs against Lander in the 13-5 victory and again in the 9-1 win over Winston-Salem State … Logged a season best two RBI against St. Andrews … Had six multiple hit games, one multiple RBI game, a three game hitting streak and had a five-game streak of reaching base.

HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at Chatham Central High School under coach Jimmy Rodriguez in her senior year and Mike Langone in her junior campaign … A three-year letterman in softball and two-year letterman in cheerleading … As a senior, she tallied a .489 batting average, .563 on-base percentage, 10 RBI, five doubles, one triple and a trio of home runs … Named all-state, all-district and all-conference in her junior season as she helped the team to place third in state … Played travel softball for coach Eddie Oldham on the Lady Blues team.

PERSONAL
The daughter of Jennifer and Richard Skewes … Has one younger sister, Shelby … Graduated with a 3.4 grade point average … Was a scholar athlete through all four years of high school … A member of the Monogram Club, Link Crew, Club Do Something and was a football manager … An athletic training major at UNCP.

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Historical Player Information

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    2015Freshman

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    2016Sophomore

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    2017Junior

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    2018Senior

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