Loyola University Chicago Athletics

2017: Had a solid senior campaign, ranking second on the team with a .273 batting average (47-for-172) in 52 games … Scored 24 runs and drove in 11 … Led the team with a career-best 13 stolen bases … Finished her career with a .323 batting average and 169 hits … Her 169 career hits rank sixth in Loyola history … Batted .429 (3-for-7) with two runs scored at the MVC Tournament … Hit .348 (16-for-46) with runners in scoring position … Hit a team-best .341 (31-for-91) in Loyola’s wins … Led the team with 13 multi-hit performances, including three three-hit games … Got off to a quick start, hitting .367 (18-for-49) through the first 13 games of the season … Drove in four runs over a three-game stretch, February 25-26 … Went 3-for-5 with a stolen base and pair of runs in a win over Georgetown (Feb. 24) … Had two hits, including her only extra-base hit of the year, a double, and drove in a pair of runs in a victory over Manhattan (Feb. 25) … Scored three times and knocked in two runs against North Carolina A&T (March 5) … Went 3-for-4 with a RBI and steal versus Wichita State (April 2) … Tallied two hits against Northwestern (April 12) … Had two hits on Senior Day in a win over Bradley (April 29) … Went 3-for-4 with two runs scored in a MVC Tournament win over Evansville (May 11) … Finished strong, hitting .444 (8-for-18) over the final six games of the season.
 
2016: Named NFCA Second Team All-Midwest Region, the seventh player in Loyola softball history to earn all-region recognition and the first position player to be so honored since Lauren Moore in 2013 … Hit a Loyola and Missouri Valley Conference record .453 for the season with a home run and 13 RBI … Posted seven doubles, three triples, a home run and six stolen bases … Earned First Team All-MVC accolades and set a Loyola single-season record with 72 hits … Batted .397 in MVC action … Hit .545 (12-for-22) against left-handed pitching and .531 (17-for-32) with runners in scoring position … In 12 games at Loyola Softball Park, hit .450 (18-for-40) … Hit a staggering .544 (37-for-68) with a homer and nine RBI in Loyola’s wins … Reached base in her first five plate appearances of the season and had at least one hit in 40 of Loyola’s 49 games … Totaled 22 multi-hit outings … Had four three-hit efforts and three four-hit performances … Tabbed MVC Player of the Week on Feb. 29 … Strung together an 11-game hitting streak, March 5-19 … Went 3-for-4 in a win over Iowa … Recorded four hits and scored twice against Tennessee State (Feb. 27) … Was 4-for-4 with three runs scored versus Southern (Feb. 28) … Later that day, she went 3-for-3, including a double and a triple, with three runs against Tennessee State (Feb. 28) … Cracked her first career homer in a victory over Appalachian State (March 5) … Went 4-for-4 in game two of a doubleheader at Indiana State (April 20).
 
2015: Limited to just 27 games due to injury ... Served as the team's leadoff hitter in 20 games ... Went 2-for-6 (.333) in season-opening tournament before being sidelined for five weeks ... Notched at least one hit in five of her first seven Missouri Valley games ... Had a pair of hits in series finale at Bradley (March 29) ... Followed that up with a 2-for-4 performance, with a pair of runs scored, in victory over UIC (April 1) ... Finished 3-for-7 with a pair of stolen bases in 14-inning marathon against Indiana State (April 15) ... Finished 6-of-r16 (.375) with four stolen bases in three games against the Sycamores ... Finished season by hitting in seven of final eight games to bump her average up 31 points ... Ripped three hits and scored a pair of runs in opening game against Wichita State (May 2).
 
2014: Saw all of her action in the outfield and hit .238 (24-for-101) with 13 runs scored and seven stolen bases as a rookie ... Led Loyola with a .333 average (13-for-39) in conference play before suffering a season-ending injury in April ... Had a breakout series in the second week of league play, collecting a hit in all three games versus Drake for a whopping .571 (4-for-7) average with two stolen bases and four runs scored ... Continued her success the next week, hitting .600 (3-for-5) with one RBI in Loyola's doubleheader versus Missouri State (March 22-23) ... Ranked first on the team in stolen bases with a perfect 7-for-7 ... In her debut tournament, roped a three-run triple to lift Loyola past UIC (Feb. 8) ... Collected four multi-hit efforts on the year.
 
High School: Prototypical lefty slapper ... As a senior at Marist High School, where she helped the team to a regional championship, was a Chicago Sun-Times Preseason Top 100 and All-Area outfielder ... Collected All-East Suburban Catholic Conference honors in 2013 after hitting .411 with 32 stolen bases ... Sat out her junior year after transferring from Lemont High School to Marist ... As a sophomore at Lemont, batted .435 with eight doubles, 46 runs scored and a single-season school record 42 stolen bases ... Helped Lemont to a 2011 regional championship and was a Chicago Tribune Underclassman All-Star selection that season ... Garnered all-conference, Herald-News, Reporter, and Southtown Star All-Area accolades in 2010 and 2011 ... Played club for the New Lenox Lightning Gold ... Honor roll student.

Nagel's Career Statistics