Shippensburg University Athletics

2023 Division II Academic All-District
2022-23 NFCA Scholar-Athlete
2022 PSAC Eastern Division Second Team
Two-Time NFCA Scholar-Athlete (2021-22, 2020-21)
 
2023 (Junior): Moved seamlessly across the infield to second base and served as a steady sparkplug during the Raiders’ PSAC Championship-winning season…started and appeared in all 54 games…registered a .285 batting average and a .387 on base percentage…totaled 45 hits and 22 RBIs…was hit by pitch a team-best 12 times, becoming the program’s all-time leader in that category…went a perfect 6-for-6 in stolen base attempts…posted 11 multi-hit games and a season long hitting streak of eight games (March 8-28)…recorded a sparkling .990 fielding percentage, coming just two errors in 207 total chances defensively…a 2022-23 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Scholar-Athlete and 2023 Division II Academic All-District honoree.
 
2022 (Sophomore): Named to the All-PSAC Eastern Division Second Team at shortstop…appeared and started in all 52 games at shortstop…had a .280 batting average…totaled 42 hits, three doubles, one triple, 23 RBIs and 25 runs scored…produced 12 multi-hit games and a season-long hitting streak of five games…posted a .383 on-base percentage…ranked fourth in the PSAC with a team-high nine hit by pitches…tied for second in the PSAC and tied for the team lead with seven sacrifice bunts…ranked eighth on the team with a .313 slugging percentage….stole three bases…ranked fourth on the team with 16 walks…ranked second on the team in assists en route to a .942 fielding percentage…classified as a 2021-22 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Scholar Athlete.
 
2021 (Sophomore): Appeared in 30 games and had 29 starts…had an average of .287 batting average, totaling 27 hits, seven doubles, one triple, two home runs, 17 RBIs and 18 runs scored…produced nine multi-hit games and a season-long hitting streak of eight games…posted a .440 on-base percentage…led the team with eight hit by pitches…ranked fourth on the team with a .447 slugging percentage….stole three bases without being caught…made 27 starts at shortstop and two in right field…classified as a 2020-21 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFHCA) Scholar Athlete.
 
2020 (Freshman): Emerged as a regular in her debut season, starting all 12 games in which she appeared in a season that was canceled in March due to the coronavirus pandemic…ranked second on the team with a .467 batting average, totaling 14 hits in 30 at-bats…tied for fourth on the team with 11 runs…slugged five doubles…produced eight RBIs…made nine starts in right field and three at second base…totaled four multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games…managed a season-long hitting streak of six games.
 
West Middlesex Junior/Senior High School: Totaled four varsity letters for the Big Reds under head coach Leah Ann Williams…played at club level with Ohio Outlaws for coach Rob Latess…was a two-time Small School All-District 10 honoree and a two-time All-Region First Team honoree, earning the awards as a junior and senior…finished as a three-time All-Region honoree after earning Second Team honors as a sophomore…posted the highest batting average in District 10 as a sophomore, batting .620 in the 2018 season…set school records for career batting average (.475), single-season batting average (.620) and career hits (105)…also earned four varsity letters in volleyball…was a two-time All-Region honoree in volleyball, earning First Team honors as a senior and Second Team honors as a junior…served as the president of her school’s chapter of the National Honor Society…was the salutatorian of her graduating class.
 
About Nehlen: Full name is Alyssa Rene Nehlen…is the daughter of Addison Weldy and Tara Nehlen…majoring in biology with a pre-med concentration while seeking minors in biochemistry and exercise science…has a brother, AJ.