Stacey Nelson

Stacey Lauren Nelson (born April 12, 1987) is an American, former collegiate All-American, right-handed softball pitcher. She played for the Florida Gators softball team from 2006-2009, leading the University of Florida to its first Women's College World Series berth in 2008 and a national runner-up appearance in the 2009 Women's College World Series. Nelson was also the 13th pick in the 2009 National Pro Fastpitch's draft by the defunct Washington Glory.[1] Nelson pitched for the United States women's national softball team in 2009 and 2010 before attending law school at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.[2] She is a record holder for her school and in the NCAA Division I.

For the South Dakota politician, see Stace Nelson.
Stacey Nelson
Pitcher
Born: (1987-04-12) April 12, 1987
Los Angeles County, California
Batted: Right Threw: Right
debut
February 11, 2006, for the Florida Gators
Last appearance
June 3, 2009, for the Florida Gators
Career statistics
Win-Loss136-36
Earned run average0.99
Strikeouts1116
Shutouts60
Complete Games133
Innings Pitched1141.2
Teams

Early years

Nelson was born in Los Angeles County, California and raised in Los Alamitos, California. She attended Los Alamitos High School, and was coached during her high school softball career by Jim Dolan. She set school records for career shutouts and single season strikeouts, while her high school won the Sunset League title all four years of her career. Her team were 2003 California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Quarterfinalists and 2004 CIF Runners-up. She was named the team's Most Valuable Player in 2004 & 2005. Nelson was named to the All-Sunset League and All-County team twice and named 2005 Sunset League Pitcher of the Year and Los Alamitos High School's Female Athlete of the Year.[3]

Florida Gators

Nelson began her career being put on the Southeastern Conference Freshman Team and setting a school record in season saves.[4] In her sophomore year, Nelson was named to the second team for both the Southeastern Conference and the NFCA.[5][6] She broke the school records for season wins, strikeouts and innings pitched, all remain top-5 marks; her ERA, shutouts and opponents batting average were and continue to be top-10 all-time. The wins are also 10th best for the conference.

As a junior, Nelson made the NFCA First Team and was awarded Southeastern Conference Pitcher of The Year.[7] Earning a conference pitching Triple Crown, she also broke her own season records in wins (led NCAA and set the Junior Class record), strikeouts and innings, while her ERA also improved to the top of the school list. Her opponents average, shutouts and strikeout ratio still rank top-10. In the conference her wins, ERA and innings also remain top-10.

On February 27, Nelson tied and set a school and career single game record fanning 16 batters vs. the Long Beach State 49ers. Winning pitcher Brooke Turner matched the total for 32 combined strikeouts, a top-10 NCAA record.[8] Beginning on March 13, with an 8-4 victory over the Alabama Crimson Tide, the Gator went on a 26 consecutive game win streak, snapped by the UCF Knights on May 18.[9][10] Leading her team to a No. 1 seed, the Gators reached the Women's College World Series and responded to an opening loss with three wins to get to the semifinals where they were eventually eliminated by the Texas A&M Aggies on June 2.[11] Nelson was named to the WCWS All-Tournament Team.

For a final time Nelson was a NFCA First Team honoree and Southeastern Conference Pitcher of The Year.[12] With a second conference Triple Crown and two no-hitters in tow, she set new school records in season ERA (tops in the NCAA), WHIP and shutouts, which gave her the all-time season Triple Crown for the school. Her wins, strikeouts, innings, strikeout ratio (career best 8.7) and opponents average are top-5 records. The ERA and wins rank fifth for a Southeastern Conference season.

In a February 20 win against the Arizona State Sun Devils, Nelson collected her 100th victory.[13] On April 4-May 3, Nelson achieved a career best 51.1 consecutive scoreless inning streak. She was 11-0 over 12 games (6 complete), whiffing 66 and surrendering 24 hits and 8 walks.[14] Later during that streak on April 26 and for one of her no-hitters, she also garnered the 1000th strikeout of her career, defeating the Arkansas Razorbacks.[15] To reach that year's WCWS, she bested the Texas A&M Aggies on May 16 with a 14 strikeout performance in regulation for a career high.[16] Repeating their previous tournament seeding, the team went undefeated in getting to the finals and Nelson pitched two shutouts before suffering back-to-back losses to eventual champions the Washington Huskies, concluding on June 2.[17] She was again named All-Tournament for her efforts.

Nelson would graduate with and maintains the Florida career crown in wins, ERA, strikeouts, shutouts and innings pitched; her opponents average and strikeout ratio are top-5 all-time. Additionally, she ranks top-5 in all but the two latter categories for her conference. In the NCAA, her wins tie her at sixth place.[18]

Awards & Honors
  • 2007 - SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2007 - NFCA All-Southeast Region
  • 2007 - NFCA/Louisville Slugger All-American second team
  • 2007 - Easton All-American Pitcher
  • 2008 - SEC First Team
  • 2008 - SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2008 - SEC Tournament MVP
  • 2008 - NFCA All-Southeast Region
  • 2008 - NFCA/Louisville Slugger All-American first team
  • 2008 - SEC Player of the Year
  • 2008 - ESPN The Magazine Academic First-Team All-American
  • 2008 - Easton All-American Pitcher
  • 2009 - Top three-finalist for the 2009 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
  • 2009 - SEC First-Team
  • 2009 - SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2009 - NFCA/Louisville Slugger All-American first team
  • 2009 - ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American of the Year
  • 2009 - SEC Pitcher of the Year
  • 2009 - Lowe's Senior CLASS Award
  • 2014 - All-Brazilian Joao Pedro Tournament Champion

Career statistics

University of Florida
YEAR W L GP GS CG Sh SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
2006 14 12 39 24 19 6 5 186.0 171 71 56 43 111 2.10 1.15
2007 34 14 58 42 37 14 5 318.0 205 56 43 74 285 0.94 0.87
2008 47 5 59 49 43 18 5 352.1 200 56 38 116 363 0.75 0.89
2009 41 5 50 41 34 22 3 285.1 162 40 25 52 357 0.61 0.75
TOTALS 136 36 206 156 133 60 18 1141.2 738 223 162 285 1116 0.99 0.89

Law School

Nelson attended Loyola Law School from 2011-2014. She currently works at the Inspector General's Office in Los Angeles, CA

Philanthropy

Her interest in child soldiers has grown into a project in northern Uganda. With the goal of creating jobs for those affected by the LRA War, Nelson is working to open a bread factory in Pader, Uganda.

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References
  1. - NPF Holds 2009 Senior Draft Live on Internet
  2. - USA Softball #42 Stacey Nelson at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-12-03)
  3. "Meet the Players" (PDF). GatorZone.com. 2008. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
  4. http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=10494
  5. http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=12172
  6. https://nfca.org/index.php/awards/awards-history/3463-2007-di-aa-teams
  7. https://nfca.org/index.php/awards/awards-history/3495-2008-di-aa-teams
  8. http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=13485
  9. http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=13598
  10. http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=14025
  11. http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=14079
  12. https://nfca.org/index.php/awards/awards-history/3510-2009-di-aa-teams
  13. http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=15390
  14. http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=15893
  15. http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=15857
  16. http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=15976
  17. http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=16055
  18. https://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/2014-ncaa-softball-records
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