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88 Nicole Bowman

  • Class Junior
  • Position IF
  • Bat/Throw L/R
  • Hometown Downers Grove, Ill.
  • Highschool Downers Grove South
  • Major Journalism & Media Studies

Biography

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Statistics: Career | 2019 2018 | 2017

Sophomore Year (2018)

  • Concluded her season with a 4-for-7 series at Michigan State (April 27-29) with two doubles, a run and an RBI 
  • Had four RBIs in a game for the third time in 2018, going 3-for-3 against Northwestern (April 22) with two home runs for Rutgers' first player to hit multiple home runs in a game in over a year, also scoring three runs and walking once
  • Launched  a two-run home run against No. 22 Ohio State (April 8) 
  • After missing the first four games of the Bear Classic at Mercer with an illness, returned with a vengeance in the final game against Bucknell (March 18), smashing a home run and driving in four in the comeback, 10-9 victory 
  • Posted the first of two games with four RBIs during a 2-for-3 day with a home run in an 8-2 victory over North Dakota (March 4)  
  • First hit of the season was a solo home run against Pittsburgh (Feb. 10)


Freshman Year (2017)

  • Started all 51 games
  • Sent in the winning runs with a three-RBI hit in the top of the seventh of RU's 6-4 win over Penn State (April 23)
  • Went 3-for-3 in the middle game of the series at No. 25 Ohio State (April 2)
  • Fueled a three-run fourth inning by sending in RU's first run of the game with the first triple of her career in a 6-5 comeback win over North Dakota State (March 19)
  • Notched three RBIs for the fourth time of the season in the 7-5 win over Florida A&M (March 18)
  • Registered  a double, a home run and three RBIs in the 8-0 shutout of Lehigh (March 4)
  • Led RU with two hits and three RBIs in the 4-0 shutout of Boston College (Feb. 25)
  • Finished second on the team with a .400 batting average across the first weekend of play
  • On a full count with two outs in the top of the first, hit the first homer of her career, bringing in two runs to give RU an early 2-0 lead at Ohio (Feb. 19), also adding three RBIs in the contest


Prior to Rutgers

  • A three-year letterwinner at Downers Grove South HS  
  • Three-time Western Suburban Gold Conference Champion (2013-2015) 
  • Registered a .475 batting average as a junior in 2015, including 18 doubles and 42 RBIs 
  • Earned All-Conference Team honors and named All-Area Honorable Mention as a right fielder  
  • Posted a .393 batting average with four homeruns and 33 RBIs and earned a spot on the All-Conference team as a left fielder 
  • As a freshman batted at a .433 clip 
  • Earned the Academic Letter for the 2013-14 year 
  • Led her club team,  the Chicago Cheetahs,  with a . 524 batting average in the fall of 2015 as the team finished 25th in the country in PGF Premier 
  • Daughter of Brian and Tami Bowman
  • Uncle, William Petersen, starred as Gil Grissom in the original CSI television series
  • Interested in education major

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 88

    2017Freshman

    IF
    88
  • 88

    2018Sophomore

    Infield
    88
  • 88

    2019Junior

    Infield
    88
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