Awards and Honors
NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete (2025, 2024)
Dean’s List (S25, F24, S24, F23, S23)
Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (F23)
Career Recap: Austin Peay
2025 (Junior)
Appeared in 22 games, with six starts in the circle… Third on the team with seven wins, 47.2 innings pitches, 21 strikeouts, and a .280 opponent batting average – all of which were career highs… Went 7-2 in the circle during nonconference play… Had a career-high four strikeouts and her season’s first win in the season opener against Florida A&M (Feb. 7) at Mercer’s Heart of Georgia Classic… Earned her first-career shutout in a 6-0 victory against Saint Joseph’s (Feb. 8)… Won both games of a Feb. 15 doubleheader at Tarleton State’s Whataburger Invitational, with the first coming in 2.1 innings against Houston Christian and the second in 1.2 innings of work against Akron… Struck out three batters and allowed just one hit in 3.2 innings against Holy Cross (Feb. 21)… Gave up just one run, while throwing a career-high 107 pitches in 5.2 innings against Morehead State (March 1)… Final win of the season came in an 18-3 victory against UMass Lowell (March 7) during the Cathi Maynard Invitational.
2024 (Sophomore)
Played 8.1 innings across six appearances as a sophomore… Had her first-career save in her season’s first appearance against Mississippi Valley State (Feb. 9), playing 2.0 innings and striking out one batter… Played a season-high 3.0 innings against IUPUI with a season-high three strikeouts.
2023 (Freshman)
Appeared in 12 games, including two starts in the circle… Pitched a three-hit complete game shutout against Bellarmine in first-career win (April 7).
Career Recap: Clarksville High School
Pitched for Brian Rush at Clarksville High School… As a senior, named Tennessee Sports Writers Association Class 4A First-Team All-State, All-State Tournament team, Tennessean All-Midstate Team, Tennessee Softball Coaches Middle Tennessee Class 4A All-State Team, TSCA Middle Tennessee All-Star Team, Main Street Preps All-Midstate Pitcher of the Year, Montgomery County Player of the Year, Middle Tennessee High School Sports Award nominee, all district team, all district tournament team and Clarksville High School Female Athlete of the Year after posting a 29-4 record for the Class 4A State runner-up Wildcats… also recorded a 0.75 ERA and 341 strikeouts in 189 innings pitched (12.6 per seven innings)… Offensively, batted .413, including six doubles, a triple, three home runs, and 32 RBI… As a junior, she posted a 12-1 record, with a 1.97 ERA and 89 strikeouts, while batting .413, including six doubles, a triple and three home runs… In her first career start in high school, she pitched a perfect game and hit a grand slam.
Personal
Emberly Nichols is the daughter of Melay and Curtis Nichols… Has two siblings: Charis and Lovella… Born June 9.
