Nikki Wald

Class:
Senior
Position:
OF
Height:
5-1
B/T:
L/R
Hometown:
Farmington Hills, Mich.
High School:
North Farmington

Senior (2018)
• Academic All-Big Ten; Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award
• Appeared in 41 games, primarily as a pinch runner
• Tallied 17 runs scored, including 10 in Big Ten play; also posted a career-best nine stolen bases
• Scored in seven straight appearances (April 13-May 4)
• Scored on a fifth-inning wild pitch vs. UIC in an NCAA Regional elimination game (May 19)
• Tallied the tying run in the fifth inning vs. Ohio State (May 4); also scored the tying run in the fourth inning at Indiana (April 27)
• Scored a run off a third-inning throwing error vs. #8 Baylor (March 2)

Junior (2017)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award
• Appeared in 46 games, primarily as a pinch runner
• Tallied 17 runs scored, including eight in Big Ten play; also posted a career-best five stolen bases
• Scored in the second inning in a 4-0 win vs. Fresno State in an NCAA Regional elimination game (May 20)
• Scored in both games of the Rutgers doubleheader (May 6)
• Stole a base and scored in the fifth inning vs. Michigan State (April 18), sixth inning vs. Penn State (March 24)
• Scored the game-winning run in the second inning in the Northwestern series finale (April 2)
• Scored in back-to-back games vs. Evansville, Kent State at the John Cropp Classic (March 11-12), including the game-tying tally in the fourth inning vs. the Golden Flashes
• Scored a sixth-inning insurance run in a 2-0 win against #20 Arizona State (March 2)

Sophomore (2016)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award
• Appeared in 33 games, primarily as a pinch runner
• Scored 13 runs on the season, including six in Big Ten play
• Tallied two runs in NCAA Tournament action, including vs. #3 Oklahoma at the WCWS (June 4)
• Scored the game-tying run early at Nebraska (April 10)
• Scored in three straight appearances (Feb. 20-28)

Freshman (2015)
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award
• Appeared in 40 games, primarily as a pinch runner
• Scored 20 runs on the season
• Tallied two runs scored in WCWS play, crossing the plate in back-to-back games vs. #8 LSU and #1 Florida (May 31-June 1)
• Scored a third-inning run in the NCAA Super Regional opener vs. #14 Georgia (May 21)
• Tallied a run vs. Nebraska in the Big Ten Tournament championship game (May 10)
• Scored runs in six consecutive appearances in Big Ten play (April 5-17)
• Drew a walk at Ohio State (March 22)
• Registered a stolen base at #21 Arizona State (Feb. 27)
• Tallied a run scored in three consecutive appearances (Feb. 15-Feb. 21)
• Scored first career run in the fifth inning against Georgia Tech (Feb. 15)
• Made collegiate debut vs. Hampton (Feb. 8).

Prep
• Graduated from North Farmington High School (2014)
• Coached by Dave Brubaker
• All-District
• Academic All-State (2014)
• All-Softball Observer and Eccentric Newspaper
• 16U Top 10 Team in the Nation (2012)
• 14U World Series Champion (2010)
• 18U Top 10 Team in the Nation (2013)
• Detroit News/CATCH certificate of Achievement
• 18U Softball Tournament in Novi: Champions (2014)
• Independence Classic Tournament in Ohio: Champions
• Also played varsity volleyball and basketball
• National Honor Society; Four-year Honor roll; Jewish-Student Union

Personal
• Nikki Lynne Wald was born on July 29, 1996
• Daughter of Richard and Lisa Wald
• Has a sister, Stephanie and brother, Seth
• Enrolled in the School of Kinesiology, majoring in sport management