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Member of the 2001 ASA/USA National Softball (Blue) team ... won the Pan Am qualifier in Maracay, Venezuela ... started and played in all eight games ... led the team in sac bunts (3), fourth in hits (9) and sixth in batting average (.391).
Arizona State (2001): Has a career .326 batting average, good for eighth all-time in ASU history ... sixth all-time in hits (183) ... second team All-Pac-10 selection ... struckout only four times in 184 at bats, good for sixth in the country (1:48 at bats) ... finished second in the Pac-10 in sac bunts (20) ... had the third-best hitting streak at 11 games ... had the sixth-best fielding percentage in the Pac-10 (.993) finished second on the team in batting average (.332), hits (61), runs (30) and stolen bases (9) ... hit .465 with runners in scoring position ... posted 11 RBIs with two outs ... had 17 multi-hit games ... named the team's co-Defensive Player of the Year ... member of the Phoenix Storm National Champions at the ASA Women's Major Fast Pitch National Championships ... third-team ASA All-American.
(2000): Earned All-Pacific Region accolades ... named to the NFCA Leadoff Classic and Region V All-Tournament teams ... named the team's offensive MVP ... tied for the team-high in runs scored with 44 ... tied a team-high 16-game hitting streak ... batted a team second-best .344 with 63 hits ... led the team in sacrifice hits (9) and stolen basses (8) ... batted .370 with runners in scoring position and .408 with runners on base ... member of the Phoenix Storm National Champions at the ASA Women's Major Fast Pitch National Championships ... fifth-place finishers at prestigious Canada Cup, highest finish of non-Olympic team ... first-team ASA All-American.
(1999): Pac-10 honorable mention pick ... named Pac-10 Player of the Week (3/9) after going 10-for-23 (.435) and scoring seven runs at the National Invitational Softball Tournament ... played in 64 games, starting 62 ... posted a team-high 40 runs ... finished third on the team with a .304 batting average and 59 hits ... had a team-high 12 sacrifice hits ... stole eight bases ... batted .368 with runners on base ... had a .714 bating average with runners on third ... recorded 13 multi-hit games ... recorded the longest hitting streak on the team at 15 games.
High School: A 1998 graduate of Woodbridge High School in Irvine, Calif. ... coached by Allan Dugard ... NFCA first-team All-American in 1998 ... U18 Gold National second-team All-American in `98 ... four-time letterwinner in softball ... four-time first-team all-city ... four-time first-team all-league ... Louisville Slugger West Region first-team pick in `98 ... all-CIF in 1997 and 1998 ... Defensive Player of the Year in 1995, 1996 and 1997 ... Offensive Player of the Year in 1997 and 1998 ... Division II CIF high school champions in 1995 and 1997 ...batted .463 her senior year with 26 RBIs and 22 runs ... member of the Southern California Athletics.
Personal: Major is sociology ... hobbies include water skiing, snow boarding and hanging out with friends ... parents are Dennis Thompson and Pam McConnell of Irvine, Calif. ... born May 18, 1980 in Whittier, Calif. ... full name is Nichole Marie Thompson.
