Rylee Nicholson

Position:
OF
Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
High School:
Hebron HS
Hometown:
Frisco, Texas
Prev School:
South Dakota
Pronounced:
R/R

ACCOLADES
2025 NFCA/Easton All-America Scholar-Athlete
2025 CSC Academic All-District
2025 American Conference All-Academic Team
2024 NFCA/Easton All-America Scholar-Athlete
2024 American Conference All-Academic Team
2023 Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal
2023 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2022 NFCA/Easton All-America Scholar-Athlete*
* South Dakota

2025 (Senior)
Finished her UNT career with 36 stolen bases, ranking seventh in program history … Tied for the second-most stolen bases (22) in single-season UNT history … Collected 32 walks to tie for the fifth-most in single-season program history … Started in all 57 games at center field … Ranked second on the team with 32 walks and 22 stolen bases … Tallied 36 hits including eight doubles and one home run … Recorded career highs in runs scored (38), RBI (18) and on-base percentage (.396) … Posted two hits, including an RBI double, and scored two runs versus Tennessee State on Feb. 7 … Matched career highs of three hits and three runs scored while she added two stolen bases and one RBI versus Northwestern State on Feb. 22 … Tied the single-game UNT record of three stolen bases versus Memphis on March 21 … Hit her first home run of the season at Abilene Christian on April 1 … Tied the UNT single-season record of 22 stolen bases at ECU on May 2 … Scored the lone run in the American Conference semifinals win over Florida Atlantic on May 9 … Honored as an NFCA/Easton All-America Scholar-Athlete … Awarded CSC Academic All-District honors … Named to the American Conference All-Academic Team.

2024 (Junior)
Appeared in 43 games with 26 starts … Drew 18 starts in left field, seven in center and one in right … Finished second on the team with seven stolen bases … Recorded a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage mark on 36 chances … Has not recorded an error in 72 consecutive games played, dating back to March 19, 2023 … Became the first player in UNT history with three-plus stolen bases in multiple games after she swiped three against South Dakota State on Feb. 17 … Hit her first triple with the Mean Green at UAB on April 7, third of her career … Tallied two-run home run against Florida Atlantic on April 13 … Matched her career high with five putouts, including a pair of diving stops while playing center field versus Florida Atlantic on April 14 … Honored as an NFCA/Easton All-America Scholar-Athlete … Named to the American Conference All-Academic Team.

2023 (Sophomore)
Appeared in 56 games and collected 51 starts … Posted a .213 batting average in her first season … Registered a .349 on-base percentage with 23 walks and team-high six hit by pitches … Scored 22 runs and drove in 15 RBI … Ranked fifth on the team with a .353 slugging percentage after she collected four home runs and seven doubles … Raced for seven stolen bases and contributed four sacrifice bunts … Collected 73 putouts with a .949 fielding percentage … Posted a 2-for-3 performance with two runs, two RBI and one home run against her former team South Dakota on Feb. 17 … Set her career high of three hits including two doubles with two RBI and a run scored in a win over Northwestern State on Feb. 26 … Matched her career high with five putouts and added two hits, one stolen base at Texas on March 1 … Opened league play with a 3-for-3 performance including a home run at LA Tech on March 12 … Hit her first career grand slam along with a career high three runs scored versus UTSA on March 18 … Added an insurance run with a fourth-inning solo homer to help defeat Middle Tennessee 2-0 on May 5 … Awarded Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal and Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

Prior to UNT
Played the 2022 season at South Dakota … Appeared in 47 games with 44 starts, all but one in left field … Collected 13 extra-base hits including eight doubles, two triples and three home runs … Hit for a .237 average with four stolen bases on four attempts … Recorded 49 putouts and two assists with no errors, the only regular starter with a perfect fielding percentage … Made her collegiate debut as a starter and scored a run in a season-opening win over Houston Christian on Feb. 11 … Collected her first career hit versus Dayton on Feb. 12 … Swiped her first career stolen base at Furman on Feb. 18 … Registered her first career extra-base hit with a double on Feb. 25 against Brown … Tallied her first career RBI with a double on Feb. 27 versus Stony Brook … Slammed her first career home run with a two-run shot at Drake on March 29 … Awarded NFCA/Easton All-America Scholar-Athlete honors … Named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List … Four-year letter winner at Hebron HS … Awarded TGCA 6A All-State honors in 2021 … Named third team all-area by The Dallas Morning News … Member of the All-Metroplex Team from DFW Fastpitch … Won District 6-6A Newcomer of the Year award … Listed on 2021 Extra Elite 100 by Extra Inning Softball … Played travel ball for Texas Glory and head coach Kevin Shelton.