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Campbell University

2015 Softball

1 Ericka Nesbitt

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Salisbury, N.C.
  • High School East Rowan

Biography

Junior (2014)
Team leader in stolen bases during the 2014 season with 15… Had a pair of stolen bases in four different contests… Played and started in 31 of 58 games but missed the final month and a half of the season… Led the team in batting average with a .347 (34-of-98) clip and posted 15 RBI with nine walks… Had three doubles and a triple and scored 16 runs… Had a season-high three hits in five at-bats against Quinnipiac (Feb. 28)… Batted in three runs against Seton Hall (Feb. 9)… Posted multiple hits in 11 of her 31 outings… Helped turn seven of the team’s 16 double plays on the season… Had a .962 fielding percentage, committing just five errors in 131 opportunities with 56 individual put-outs and 70 assisted put-outs… Posted a seven-game hitting streak from Feb. 25 through March 2, racking up 12 hits and six RBI while striking out just three times... The hitting streak was part of an 11-game stretch in which she reached base. 

Sophomore (2013)

Season Notes
-2013 All-Big South First Team at shortstop
-2013 NCCSIA All-State Team as an infielder
-2013 College Sports Madness First Team
-Started 49 games at shortstop, but missed two weeks with an injury (3/20-4/2)
-Paced the team with .419 batting average, .457 on-base pct., 72 hits and 23 stolen bases 
-Second-straight season with .400 or better avg. and at least 20 stolen bases
-Tallied eight doubles, a grand slam and 19 RBI
-Drew 10 walks and recorded a .457 on-base pct.
-Compiled .907 fielding pct. with 91 assists
-Led team with 21 multi-hit and added five multi-RBI games
-NCAA Rankings: Batting (36th/.419), Runs (29th/0.92), Stolen Bases (65th/0.45)
-Big South Rankings: Batting (4th/.419), Stolen Bases (4th/22), Hits (5th/1.47), Runs (7th/45), On-base (7th/.457)

Game Highlights
-Registered a team-high 19-game reached base (2/8-3/9) and 10-game hitting streak (2/8-2/20)
-Tallied two hits and a walk and run scored vs. George Washington (2/9)
-Recorded three hits and runs scored, two RBI and double vs. Middle Tennessee (2/17)
-Added three hits and two runs at Elon (2/20)
-Walked twice and scored both times vs. Bowling Green (2/24)
-Notched two hits and walks vs. Memphis (3/1)
-Delivered three hits and stolen base vs. Western Kentucky (3/2)
-Crossed plate four times on four hits and a double at Hawaii (3/2)
-Singled twice and scored each time vs. Western Kentucky (3/3)
-Totaled two  hits and one run vs. Memphis (3/3)
-Registered two hits and stolen bases vs. Northern Kentucky (3/8)
-Set career-high with three stolen bases, three hits and a pair of RBI and runs vs. Norfolk St. (3/8)
-Added two hits vs. Drexel
-Tallied two hits including a grand slam, first-career homer, vs. Gardner-Webb (3/15)
-Posted a two-RBI single vs. Gardner-Webb (3/16)
-Contributed two RBI on a single and double at Presbyterian (4/5)
-Scored twice on a RBI single and walk vs. Charleston Southern (4/13)
-Registered six hits, three stolen bases and runs and one RBI at Winthrop (4/16)
-Tallied four hits included a double and three runs scored at Radford (4/21)
-Swiped three bages and added two hits and two runs at UNCW (4/23)
-Totaled three hits, one RBI and one runs vs. Longwood (5/4)
-Registered two hits vs. Liberty (5/1) and one run scored

Freshman (2012)

Season Notes
-2012 Second Team All-Big South as a shortstop
-2012 NCCSIA All-State Team as an infielder
-Started all 59 games at shortstop
-Led the team with her .402 batting average, 72 hits, 42 runs and 23 stolen bases 
-First player since Shannon O’Bryan (2001) to hit .400
-Posted the fifth-best single-season stolen base mark
-Totaled five doubles, one triple  and 10 RBI
-Drew 10 walks and recorded a .457 on-base pct.
-Compiled .900 fielding pct.
-NCAA Rankings: Batting (48th/.402), Stolen Bases (67th/0.39)
-Big South Rankings: Batting (2nd/.402), Hits (2nd/1.22), Runs Scored (2nd/0.71), Stolen Bases (2nd/0.39), On-Base Pct. (4th/.457)

Game Highlights
-2012 Hampton Inn All-Tournament Team
-2012 Co-MVP of the Camel Stampede
 -Big South Player of the Week (3/19)
-Season-high 10-game hitting streak (4/21-5-11)
-Notched two hits, a game-winning RBI, walk, run scored and  sac bunt in first game vs. St. John’s (2/10)
-Tallied two hits against N.C. State (2/11)
-Added two hits and two walks vs. Army (2/11)
-Registered three hits against Robert Morris (2/17)
-Posted two hits against Ohio, Saint Joseph’s and Towson 
-Walked twice and stole two bases vs. Eastern Ky. (2/25)
-Totaled four hits and two RBI vs. Hampton-2 (3/7)
-Generated three hits and two runs scored against N.C. Central (3/16)
-Picked up three hits and scored two runs against Drexel (3/16)
-Contributed a pair of hits against Drexel (3/17)
-Recorded two hits including a triple vs. N.C. Central (3/17)
-Tallied two hits against Winthrop (3/22)
-Posted two hits, and drove in a run vs. Winthrop-1 (4/4)
-Registered three hits and runs vs. Winthrop-2 (4/4)
-Stole three bases against UNCW-1 (4/18/12)
-Delivered two hits and an RBI vs. Coastal-3 (4/21)
-Tallied two hits and stolen bases at Liberty-1 (4/27)
-Picked up three hits and scored twice at Liberty-2 (4/27)
-Tallied two hits and runs scored at Liberty-3 (4/28)
-Notched two hits and a run vs. Presbyterian-1 (5/4)
-Tallied two hits and game-tying RBI in the ninth vs. PC-2 (5/5)
-Totaled two hits and runs scored vs. PC-3 (5/5)
-Notched two hits and a double vs. Gardner-Webb (5/10)
-Recorded three hits, a double and three runs scored vs. Winthrop (5/10)

East Rowan High School

-Four-year letterwinner at East Rowan High School
-Led the team by hitting .549 with .583 on-base percentage as a senior
-Four-time All-State, All-Conference, All-County  and Team MVP (2008-11)
-2011 Conference Co-MVP
-2011 Charlotte Observer All-Observer First Team
-2010 Player of the Year
-Recorded .585 avg. with 44 runs scored and 36 stolen bases as a junior
-Earned letters in basketball at ERHS
-Played travel softball with the Carolina Attitude, since she was 11 years old

Personal

-Ericka Michelle Nesbitt was born on Apr. 7, 1993, in Salisbury, N.C.
-Daughter of Rick Nesbitt and Deb Tomei
-Brother: William 
-Sister: Feliz 
-Majoring in Social Work

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2012Freshman

    SS
    5'10"
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    2013Sophomore

    INF
    5'10"
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  • 1

    2014Junior

    INF
    5'10"
    1
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    2015Senior

    INF
    5'10"
    1