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Jersey Number 88
Nicole Bowman
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- IF
- Bat/Throw:
- L/R
- Hometown:
- Downers Grove, Ill.
- High School:
- Downers Grove South
- Major:
- Journalism & Media Studies
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
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