Nicole Sappingfield	15
	Class: Sophomore Hometown: Norco, Calif. High School: Norco Height: 5-9 Position: OF B/T: L-R

Updated 5/10/12

Sophomore (2012) ... Named to all-tournament team at Tiger Classic (Feb. 10-12) ... Started 50 games in leftfield ... ... Registered 50 hits and 24 runs ... Tallied one homerun ... Tallied a triple at Minnesota on April 21 ... Tallied four hits at Ohio State (April 7) ... Hit her first career home run, a grand slam, against Bowling Green (March 28) ... Recorded a career-best five RBI against BGSU ... Against Penn State (March 25), was 3-for-4 at the plate with two RBI ... Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI against No. 14 UCLA (March 2) ... Tallied a hit in each of Michigan's four game at the Tigeter Classic (Feb.10-12), including a 3-for-4 performance against No. 22 LSU (Feb. 11).

Freshman (2011) ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award recipient ... All-Big Ten Conference first team (outfield) ... Started 53 games in leftfield, missing final six games with injury ... Recorded 70 hits and scored 43 runs from the No. 2 spot ... Boasted 22 multi-hit games ... Hit .400 in Big Ten play with seven RBI ... Went 3-for-4 and scored two runs vs. Minnesota (May 8) ... Posted four hits and two runs in Ohio State twinbill (May 4) ... Tallied back-to-back two-hit games at Illinois (April 17) ... Went 3-for-4 with two RBI against Western Michigan (April 12) ... Scored four runs and recorded two RBI on two hits Purdue series (April 9-10) ... Went 4-for-7 with two runs and two stolen bases in two games at Northwestern to kick off Big Ten schedule (March 26-27) ... Registered the longest recorded hit streak in Michigan softball history at 20 games (Feb. 18-March 13), batting .441 (30-for-68) with 15 runs scored and 15 RBI over the stretch ... Went 2-for-4 with a RBI double vs. Ball State (March 5) ... Tallied two hits with two RBI vs. Villanova (March 4) ... Went 2-for-4 with a two-RBI triple vs. Florida Atlantic (Feb. 18) ... Went 2-for-3 with an RBI double in collegiate debut vs. Southern Illinois (Feb.11).

Prep... Graduated from Norco High School (2010) ... Honor Roll ... Selected as an ESPN RISE First Team All-American (2010) and Maxpreps All-American (2010) ... Named the 2010 Inland Empire Player of the Year ... California First Team All-State selection (2009) ... Two-time First Team All-CIF selection (2009, '10) ... Earned Second Team All-CIF honors as a sophomore (2008) ... Named to the 2008 Second Team All-Underclassmen State team ... Three-time All-Big Eight League first team selection (2008, '09, '10) ... Four-time All-Riverside County ... Earned All-Mountain View League second team honors as a freshman (2007).

Personal... Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts ... Born on September 6, 1991 ... Daughter of George and Gayla Sappingfield.