Bubba Nickles

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

Bubba Nickles
Personal information
Full nameMadilyn Ida-Marie Nickles
Born (1998-03-08) March 8, 1998
Merced, California
Sport
CountryUSA
SportSoftball
College teamUCLA Bruins
Medal record
Women's softball
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Team

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.[1] 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.[2][3]

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[4] 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.[5][6]

Statistics
UCLA Bruins
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
2017 63 188 36 53 .282 35 10 0 10 93 .494% 10 19 4 4
2018 65 184 36 76 .413 52 10 2 14 124 .674% 19 15 0 1
2019 62 210 66 82 .390 72 18 1 12 150 .714% 24 27 6 7
2021 27 77 16 24 .311 22 4 1 6 58 .753% 6 8 0 0
TOTALS 217 659 154 235 .356 181 42 4 42 411 .623% 59 69 10 12
Team USA
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB
2020 15 33 14 11 .333 8 1 0 1 15 .454% 10 4 0
2021 8 23 2 2 .087 0 0 0 0 2 .087% 1 7 0
Olympics 2 2 0 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 .500% 1 1 0
TOTAL 25 58 20 14 .241 8 1 0 1 18 .310% 12 12 0

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. "2020 U.S. Olympic Softball Team". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on October 7, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  5. "JPN 2, USA 0". olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  6. "Nickles". olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.


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