New Mexico State University Athletics

Honors and Awards:
2017 All-WAC First Team
2018 All-WAC First Team
2019 All-WAC First Team
2018 WAC All-Tournament Team
2019 WAC Player of the Year
NFCA All-Pacific Region Third Team (2019)
2020 WAC Preseason Player of the Year
WAC Hitter of the Week (Feb. 17-23, 2020)
2020 Academic All-WAC team
WAC Hitter of the Week (Apr. 16-23, 2021, Apr. 23-30, 2021)
2021 WAC Player of the Year
2021 All-WAC First Team
2021 WAC All-Tournament Team
NFCA All-Pacific Region Third Team (2021)

Redshirt Senior (2021): Came back for her fifth year after receiving extra year of eligibility due to COVID-19...Name WAC Player of the Year...Hit .355 with 14 home runs and 45 RBIs....Hit .456 in WAC play with 10 home runs and a conference-leading 28 RBIs...Had a hit in 19 out of the final 20 games of the 2021 season...Broke her own single season hit-by-pitch record as she was hit 20 times...Had six RBIs against Tarleton State on Apr. 16 thanks to a grand slam...Had two multi-home run games against Tarleton State and California Baptist...Named to the All-WAC First Team and the WAC All-Tournament Team...Earned WAC Hitter of the Week in back-to-back weeks on Apr. 16 and Apr. 23.
 
Senior (2020): Season cut short due to Coronavirus...Started all 23 games...Posted a career-high .419 batting average...Had a .855 slugging percentage and a career-high .538 on-base percentage. Drove in 21 runs on 26 hits...Had seven home runs...Posted six multiple RBI games...Earned WAC Hitter of the Week...Named to the Academic All-WAC team

Junior (2019): Played in all 55 games, making 53 starts primarily at catcher… Named the WAC Player of the Year…. Earned All-WAC First Team honors… Collected NFCA Pacific Region Third Team honors… Named to the Preseason All-WAC Team…. Batted .299 for the season with a .529 slugging percentage and a .392 on-base percentage…Broke her own hit by pitch record by getting plunking 18 times… Went 4-for-4 at California Baptist (4/12)…Amassed two home runs for eight total bases and a season-best four RBI against New Mexico (4/2)… Recorded two doubles against North Dakota (3/24)… Posted two walks against Creighton (2/10)… Tallied a stolen base against New Mexico (2/9) and Oregon (2/21)…

Sophomore (2018): Played in 51 contests with 49 starts… Earned All WAC First Team honors… Named to the WAC All-Tournament team… Batted .376 with a .444 on base percentage and a .685 slugging percentage… Finished the season with 52 RBI, 13 doubles and 11 homers… Hit a season-best two home runs and five RBI against UMKC during the WAC Tournament (5/11)… Led the WAC with 15 hit by pitch… Named WAC Hitter of the Week once (4/2)…

Freshman (2017): Played in 38 games and started 33… Played primarily at catcher… Was named to the All-WAC First Team… Set the program record for hit-by-pitch recording 13 this season… Posted a .349 batting average, a .585 slugging percentage and a .430 on-base percentage… Was hit by a pitch a program high three times against CSU Bakersfield (4/22)… Hit two homers at UTEP (3/28)… Recorded six RBIs against Seattle U (5/13)… Hit her first career grand slam in the WAC Tournament against Seattle U (5/13)… Was named WAC Hitter of the Week once (4/3)

High School: Played at La Habra High School where she led her team to first place finishes all four years... As a catcher, was named to the first team all league, first team all CIF, first team all area, second team all county, and second team all state...

Personal: Born Nicole Marie Butler on November 5, 1997... Daughter of Craig and Karen Butler... Has two sisters Samantha and Hannah... Uncle played collegiate baseball at Loyola Marymount...