Nicole "Nikki" Myers (born July 31, 1980) is an

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, former collegiate All-American, right-handed hitting softball pitcher originally from St. Petersburg, Florida. She played for the

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from 1999 to 2002. Myers is the Atlantic Sun Conference career leader in strikeouts, ERA, shutouts,

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, no-hitters and

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. She also owns numerous school records in both offense and pitching categories and holds the career pitching Triple Crown for the Owls and is one of three NCAA Division I softball players to reach both the 1,000 strikeouts and 50

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clubs for a career.

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Born in

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, Myers grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida and graduated from

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in 1998. Myers was named the 1999

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"Female Athlete of The Year" as well as earning her first All-

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citation. Her doubles, home runs (led the conference) and

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totals were all new school records and her RBIs and

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were merely second best. All those records still rank top-5 all-time for a season. On March 16, 1999, Myers tallied her first career

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against the

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. As a sophomore, Myers tossed 4 no-hitters, one on March 17, 2000 where she struck out 17 batters in regulation to defeat the Rutgers Scarlet Knights for a career high. Again earning conference distinctions, Myers added "Player of The Year" honors. Myers broke school season records for strikeouts, ERA,

, strikeout ratio and shutouts (another conference record); the WHIP was a career best. On the offensive side, she added 11 home runs and posted a new

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record. Along with a no-hitter and identical conference honors, Myers was awarded as a 2001 Second Team All-American. She broke her own ERA, strikeouts and strikeout ratio (10.9) records. Two remain the records at

: the ERA (led the

) and strikeout ratio (led the NCAA); along with her wins and strikeouts. Myers earned a conference pitching Triple Crown for the best ERA, wins and strikeouts totals. At the time, her wins and

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were season second best all-time for the Owls. Achieving her best batting average, RBIs and home run totals, Myers would also set the school records for slugging and on-base percentages as well as walks. On February 23, she bested the FSU Seminoles in 10-innings, totaling 18 strikeouts that combined with Leslie Malerich for 30. On March 17, Myers hit two home runs to drive in 5 RBIs against the

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for a career highlight. With a one-run loss on May 1 to the FIU Panthers, Myers began a career best 39.1 consecutive scoreless inning streak eventually ended in a Regional loss to the

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on May 18. Myers was 4-2 with four complete games and 51 strikeouts, giving up 15 hits and 12 walks for a 0.69 WHIP. In one of the wins on May 4, Myers struck out a career, school and conference record 25 Stetson Hatters in a 1-0, 3-hit victory at the end of 15-innings. Her game total, as well as the combined total (39) with pitcher Kelli Lightner, both rank top-10 all-time respectively for an NCAA Division I single game. Myers also set a career best with four walks in the game. Myers' senior campaign saw her toss 4 no-hitters, one a perfect game on February 24, 2002 vs. the Southern Illinois Salukis. For the third straight year, Myers earned All-

and "Player of The Year" honors, along with another All-American notation. She broke and set school records with her wins (led the NCAA), shutouts, innings pitched and strikeouts, all except the innings are also conference records; along with her ERA, she would achieve a second pitching Triple Crown for the conference. Her batting average, hits, doubles, home runs, walks, slugging and on-base percentages were and still are top-5 for an

season. On February 10, Myers was defeated by the Washington Huskies but did collect her 1,000th career strikeout. A one-hit shutout on February 23 vs. Southern Illinois Salukis led to a career best 13 consecutive game win streak that the Minnesota Golden Gophers snapped on March 22. April 5, Myers hit a two-run homer off Kristi Montgomerey of the Mercer Bears to nab the 50th of her career, while throwing a no-hitter and ending the game on a mercy rule RBI single. In another no-hitter, Myers won her 100th game vs. the Belmont Bruins on April 14. Myers ended her career in a team loss to the Chattanooga Mocs on May 17, she had two hits and threw 1.1 scoreless innings of relief with two strikeouts. Myers would leave

as the career record holder in at least 16 categories for both hitting and pitching, of which her strikeouts, ERA, shutouts, WHIP and innings pitched survive as the school and conference standards, while 10 others rank top-10 all-time. In the conference, she also ranks top-10 in career RBIs, hits, home runs and doubles. She is tied ninth in no-hitters (10) for an NCAA career.

NPF

Myers made her debut with the Akron Racers on June 1, 2004 in a loss vs. the Texas Thunder, though she did not start the game. On August 12, Myers tossed a no-hitter against the Arizona Heat. It was the fourth that NPF season.

Honors

While serving as an assistant coach for the Michigan State Spartans, Myers was ceremoniously inducted into the FAU Hall of Fame on October 28, 2006. *1999–2002 All-

*1999

Female Athlete of The Year *2000–2002

Player of The Year *2001–2002 Second Team All-American

Statistics

FAU Owls

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Myers, Nicole 1980 births Living people Florida Atlantic Owls softball players Sportspeople from Pottstown, Pennsylvania Sportspeople from St. Petersburg, Florida Softball players from Pennsylvania Softball players from Florida