#16 Nicole Downs

Sophomore
SS/C, R/R
Seymour, Conn. / Seymour HS
Major: Criminal Justice

Summer 2007: Member of the 2007 Big League Softball World Series Championship team from Seymour, Conn. ... The team reeled off 9 consecutive wins to claim the East Regional and then won 5 straight to win the National Championship.

2006-07: Selected to the 2007 Daktronics Softball All-Northeast Region First Team as a second baseman ... Named to the 2007 ECC All-Conference Third Team ... Started all 45 games with the majority coming in the middle infield at shortstop and second base ... Led the team in batting average at .374, slugging percentage .590 and on-base percentage .460 ... Hit for a team-high .460 in 20 ECC games ... Also led team with 31 runs scored, five homeruns, and 19 walks ... Second on the team with 13 multiple hit games ... Her 22 RBIs were third best on the team and with 54 assists ranked second ... Drove in a career-high 3 RBIs twice (Merrimack College and NYIT) ... Started her UNH career in style with a 3 for 3 effort at the plate including a double and homerun driving in the only run in a 1-0 victory over #14 Nebraska-Omaha.

High School: Team won state championship in senior, junior, and sophomore seasons and was state runner-up in freshman season ... Named All-State in 2005 and 2006 by the New Haven Register and the Connecticut Post ... Named All-Area in 2004 ... Named All-Naugatuck Valley League in 2005 and 2006.

Personal: Career ambition is to work in the FBI ... Daughter of Michele and Joseph Downs ... Has one brother, Joseph, Jr. and one sister, Alyssa.