2004 Softball Roster
Roster
Nikki Lincoln
- Position:
- Utility
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Episcopal
- Hometown:
- Baton Rouge, La.
Senior Year:Played in 33 games, starting 22 times at third base … Batted a career-high .234 with four runs scored and seven driven in … Had a .315 on-base percentage … Finished her career ranked sixth all-time at SU in games played (127) and games started (107) … Also completed her four seasons among the Orange’s all-time tip 10 in runs scored (10th, 26), doubles (10th, nine), runs batted in (9th, 32) and walks (7th, 30) … Had two hits and drove in a run versus Stony Brook … Drove in two runs in SU’s 4-0 win against Providence in the championship game of the Mizuno Bash at the Beach … Had two hits and drove in both of SU’s runs in game two against Penn State … Named to the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall.
Junior Year:Played in 10 games, starting three times … Scored four runs … Did not make an error in 12 chances in the field … Drove in a pair of runs versus Binghamton … Named to the athletic director's honor roll in the fall and spring … BIG EAST Academic All-Star.
Sophomore Year: Started 42 games … Led the team with 79 defensive assists … Nearly tripled her career best in RBI (6) with 17 in 2002 … Fourth on the team with 13 walks … Recorded seven sacrifices … Only made four errors in the final 28 games (.957 fielding pct.) … Drove in ten runs when there were two outs … Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in both semesters … BIG EAST Academic All-Star.
Freshman Year: Started 40 games in four different positions (26 at third base, 11 at second, one at shortstop, two at catcher) … Finished third on the team in batting in conference play … Started 28 games to end the season … Got her first career hit vs. Purdue …Went 2-for-2 with a run scored in a win vs. Utah … Went 3-for-3 with two runs scored, two runs batted in and two doubles in SU's victory against Providence … Was 4-for-6 in the doubleheader … Half of her hits came in conference games … Sixth on the team with a .948 fielding percentage … Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in both the fall and spring semesters … BIG EAST Academic All-Star.
High School: Two-time all-district … Hit .463 with 31 hits and 12 stolen bases as a senior … Played for district and regional champions as a sophomore and senior … Team advanced to state quarterfinals as a senior … All-State honoree as a senior … All-State honorable mention as a sophomore … Team defensive player of the year as as sophomore and offensive player of the year as a junior … Team MVP and school’s female athlete of the year as a senior … Played on the Illusions club team, batting .467 with 14 hits in summer 2000.
Personal: Born May 1, 1982 … Daughter of Clayton and Gail Lincoln … Two sisters … Majored in political science and public relations.
