2024 Softball Roster
Roster
Nixon, Kiersten
OF
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballP
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballIF
/ SoftballIF
/ SoftballIF
/ SoftballIF
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballOF/P
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballP
/ SoftballC
/ SoftballP
/ SoftballIF/P
/ SoftballC
/ SoftballIF
/ SoftballP
/ SoftballIF/P
/ SoftballOF
/ Softball
Jersey Number 15
Kiersten Nixon
- Position:
- OF/P
- Height:
- 5-7
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- O'Fallon, Mo.
- High School:
- Troy Buchanan HS
- Previous School:
- Jefferson College
Bio
Awards and Honors
- Yearly Honors
- All-OVC Second Team (2024)
- OVC All-Newcomer Team (2023)
- Academic Honors
- Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2022-23)
- OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll (2022-23)
- Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024)
2023: Named to OVC All-Newcomer team…Played in 43 games while starting 41 contests…Notched .275 batting average with 14 runs scored, seven doubles, seven home runs and 18 RBIs…Posted a .360 on-base percentage and .508 slugging percentage…Notched 15 pitching appearances with 13 starts…Posted a 1-8 overall record with a 4.88 ERA in 56.0 innings of work…Drew 16 walks, including multiple walks against Dartmouth (Feb. 24), Southern Illinois (March 4) and Morehead State (Apr. 14)…Tied program’s single-game record with three home runs against Memphis (Apr. 25)…Tallied eight multi-hit games, including a trio of three-hit performances against Siena (Feb. 26), Loyola (March 5) and Memphis (Apr. 25)…Notched five multi-RBI performances, including four RBIs against Memphis (Apr. 25)…Limited opponents to .259 batting average…Struck out 50 batters and issued 45 walks…Posted .913 fielding percentage with 34 putouts, eight assists and four errors...Tabbed Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete…Named to OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll…Named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for fall and spring semesters.
Before UT Martin: Joins the Skyhawks from Jefferson College where she spent one season playing for head coach Chris Starkey…Posted a .503 batting average with 10 doubles, two triples, 15 home runs and 44 RBIs…Boasted a 17-5 record and 2.26 ERA in 145.1 innings of work…She struck out 207 opponents while issuing just 60 walks…Named Region 16 first team…Tabbed Region 16 Utility Player of the Year…Named to Region 16 All-Region first team…Garnered to NFCA Midwest Region first team…She was named My Leader Athlete of the Week after tallying three home runs, nine RBIs with a .500 batting average in four games while pitching 11 innings and striking out 17 batters.
High School: Prepped at Troy Buchanan High School for head coach Lance Richardson…Tallied 709 strikeouts while leading team to 2016 state championship and 2018 state runner-up…Posted a .407 batting average with seven doubles, eight home runs and 38 RBIs in 2019…Boasted a 21-3 record with a 1.14 ERA in 160.3 innings of work in 2019 while striking out 273…Three-time first all-state selection…Three-time first team all-conference and all-region honoree…Tabbed conference pitcher and player of the year twice…Named STLToday Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year…
Personal: Born on Jan. 31, 2001…Daughter of Richard and Tiffany Nixon…Has two siblings, Kaydence and Jaxsun…Majoring in interdisciplinary studies…Uncle was a pitcher for the Atlanta Braves…Father played football at San Diego State…Mom was a cheerleader at Central Methodist.
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