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2020 Softball Roster

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14 Amanda Nishihira

  • Position Catcher/Outfielder
  • B/T R/R
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • School CC
  • Hometown Los Alamitos, Calif.
  • Highschool Los Alamitos

Biography

2019: Honorable Mention All-Ivy League … Ranked top 10 in the Ivy League with six home runs, tied for 12th in RBI (25) and was top 25 in runs scored (20) and slugging (.448) … Ranked No. 5 in the Ivy League in walks (21), which was also fourth-most in Columbia single-season history … Threw out 11 runners attempting to steal, second-most in the Ancient Eight … Hit .283 against Ivy competition with 10 runs, four homers and 15 RBI in 21 starts behind the plate … Played and started all 45 games behind the plate … Hit a two-run homer, scored two runs and drew a walk in a 10-3 victory over Monmouth (Feb. 23) … Smacked a three-run homer to right as part of a 10-2 victory over Lafayette (March 16) … Had another good game against the Leopards a day later, going 2-for-3 with two doubles (March 19) … Homered and later drove in the go-ahead runs in the bottom of the sixth to win the Ivy League opener against Dartmouth (March 23) … Broke open a tie game with a three-run homer in the sixth in a 5-4 victory against Penn (April 27) …  Hit her first career grand slam and drove in a career-high four runs in a game one victory over Brown (May 3).

2018: Second Team All-Ivy League … NFCA Scholar-Athlete … Played and started 37 games, all at catcher … Shared the Ivy League lead in walks (20) … Led the Ivy League alone in baserunners caught stealing (13) … Hit .250 with 24 hits, including three doubles and seven home runs … Scored 12 runs and drove in 21 … Slugged .500 with a .381 OBP … Hit a three-run walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth in an 11-8 victory over Viginia at the District Classic (March 3) … One of six Lions who combined for seven home runs in a doubleheader victory over Penn (March 17) … Homered in three of five games (March 24 – April 1), including a homer in an 11-10 win over Fairfield (March 28) … Homered in both games of a doubleheader against Harvard (April 6) … Recorded her first three-hit game, going 3-for-5 with a run and an RBI in a 15-7 win over Cornell (April 28).

2017: Played in 22 games, starting 13 behind the plate … Recorded two doubles and a home run … Drove in five runs and scored four … Threw out three baserunners and had a .982 fielding percentage … Made her collegiate debut as a pinch runner on opening day against Army West Point (Feb. 24) … Recorded an RBI double against Army a week later for her first collegiate hit (March 4) … Started for the first time against George Mason (March 17) … Smacked her first career home run in a 6-5 win over George Mason, driving in three runs and also stealing her first base (March 18) … Went 1-for-3 with an RBI in a 12-2 win at Rider (April 19) … Scored two runs in a 9-4 win at Princeton (April 22).

Personal: Former catcher for Los Alamitos High School in California … Earned second team Sunset League honors her senior season when she posted a .429 batting average … An NFCA Scholar Athlete in 2013-14 … Also played for the Ohana Tigers 18U team … The daughter of Janet and Craig Nishihira … Cousin, Jennifer Kutsunai, attended Columbia law school ... Attends Columbia College.

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2017First Year

    Catcher/Outfielder
    14
  • 14

    2018Sophomore

    Catcher/Outfielder
    5'3"
    14
  • 14

    2019Junior

    Catcher/Outfielder
    5'3"
    14
  • 14

    2020Senior

    Catcher/Outfielder
    5'3"
    14