Nicole Cheek

Height:
5-9
Class:
Junior
High School:
Marist
Hometown:
Simi Valley, Calif.

2015 (Junior): Appeared in 31 games and made 28 starts … Started 19 games in right field, six at designated player and one in center field … Hit .193 with 16 hits, eight runs scored, two doubles, a home run and 12 RBI … Turned in four multiple-hit games … Tallied two hits, two runs scored, a double, a home run and six RBI against Oakland (Feb. 6) … Notched a season-best three hits in the second contest with Oakland (Feb. 8) … Drew a pair of walks against Iowa (March 15).

2014 (Sophomore at Marist): Appeared in 50 games and made 47 starts … Tied for ninth in career home runs with 19, and holds five single-season records ... First in RBIs (52), tied for first in home runs (15), second in at bats (184), fourth in runs (43), and fifth in hits (64) … Compiled 27 hits for a .203 batting average … Tallied 20 RBIs, 15 runs, and four homers with a .323 slugging percentage … Defensively, she added 75 putouts and 50 assists … Led Marist in 10-run deficit come-from-behind victory over Lehigh (April 8), with two home runs and five RBI … Posted a five-game hitting streak from April 6 to April 12, notching six hits … Had a season-high four at bats eight times throughout the season, and two hits four separate times … Compiled 14 putouts against Bethune Cookman (March 15), while adding eight assists over Quinnipiac (April 26).

2013 (Freshman at Marist): Earned First Team All-MAAC accolades … Tabbed MAAC Rookie of the Year … Named MAAC Rookie of the Week (April 29) … Finished the season ranked eighth among freshman in home runs for Division I programs … Appeared in 55 games making 55 starts … Hit .348 which was good for third on the team … Led the team in home runs with 15, RBIs with 52, triples with two, slugging percentage with .663, total bases with 122 and at-bats with 184 … Finished second on the team with 64 hits and doubles with nine … Had 15 multi-hit games … Recorded six games in which she had three or more hits…Had season-high four hits at Holy Cross (April 23)…Season-high five RBIs at Canisius (April 13).

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Simi Valley High School…Three-time champions of the competitive Division 1 Marmonte League…Honored on Second Team All-State following senior season in 2012 with a .453 batting average, 32 RBIs and 30 runs scored…Named Marmonte League Defensive Player of the Year as a senior…Honored in 2012, as a First Team CIF Division 1 and First Team All-Ventura County player…Named Simi Valley's MVP…First Team All-Marmonte League selection in 2011…Led the league and Ventura County in triples as a junior…Played club ball with the OC Batbusters Gold travel team, who came in third at the 2011 Premier Girls Fastpitch National Tournament and second at the 2011 Louisville Slugger Tournament…Finished her club career with SGV Velocity…Four-time Scholar-Athlete honoree…Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Born Nicole DeeAnn Cheek on December 26, 1993 in Woodland Hills, Calif…Daughter of Patrick and Nancy Cheek…Has a younger sister, Haley, 17…Majoring in psychology with a minor in child development and family relations.