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Jersey Number 4
Niki Prince
- Year:
- Senior
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 5-5
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Ashburn, Va.
- High School:
- Stone Bridge
- Major:
- Sport and Recreation Management
Bio
As a Senior:
As a Junior:
As a Sophomore:
As a Freshman:
High School:
Personal:
Getting to Know Niki Prince:
- Second Team All-ECAC
- NFCA First Team All-Northeast Region
- VaSID First Team All-State
- CAA All-Tournament Team
- All-CAA First Team
- CAA Player of the Week (April 17)
- Started 55 games at shortstop
- Close season with a career-best .371 average at the plate to rank third on the team
- Ranked second on the squad with a .642 slugging percentage and .443 on-base percentage
- Scored a team-best 54 runs, the fifth-most over a single-season
- Finished fourth on the team with 56 hits, including 10 doubles, two triples and a career-high nine home runs
- Her 47 RBIs were the eighth-most over a single season in JMU history
- Held a .960 fielding percentage with just six errors committed in 153 chances
- Scored two runs with an RBI after a 2-for-3 outing against UNCW to open the CAA Championship (5/10)
- Went 2-for-3 with a home run to open the Elon series on May 5
- Set JMU's and the Colonial Athletic Association's runs scored record after scoring her 160th career run at North Carolina on April 26
- Seventh Duke in program history to record 100 or more career RBIs
- Currently ranks second in program history with 54 career stolen bases
- Plated four runs off two hits against the Blue Hens (4/15)
- Went 3-for-3 and tied her season high of four RBIs in the series opener at Delaware (4/14)
- Knocked a grand slam in JMU's extra-innings victory at Towson (4/9)
- Drove home three runs after a 2-for-3 outing at Towson (4/8)
- Scored game-winning run in JMU's come-from-behind victory against College of Charleston (4/2)
- Tied season-high with two stolen bases at ECU (3/11)
- Posted a 3-for-4 day with two RBIs on a double and home run against Yale (2/24)
- Went 3-for-5 with two doubles and a home run for 4 RBIs at Charleston Southern (2/10)
- Tallied two hits including a double against #17/19 Missouri (2/10)
- Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2016)
As a Junior:
- Started in all 56 games this season at shortstop
- Recorded 12 multi-hit games this season, including going 3-for-4 with two homers against BYU
- Second on the team in assists
- Broke the single-season and career hit by pitch record
- Hit a grand slam in a 11-6 win against Towson (4/2/16)
- CAA Player of the Week 3/8/16
- Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2016)
As a Sophomore:
- All-CAASecond Team
- Third Team All-Northeast RegionNFCA
- First Team All-StateVaSID
- Started all 58 games this season
- Broke JMU single-season record for hit by pitches (12) while tying for second in triples (5)
- Led CAA in runs scored (56) and plate appearances (213) while ranking tied for second in triples and third in hit by pitches
- Hit .313 with three home runs, 24 RBIs, 56 runs, 21 walks, a .492 slugging percentage and a .420 on
- Tallied a .922 fielding percentage, making 69 putouts and 84 assists, to go with 13 errors
- Had 14 multi-hit games, including seven games with three base hits
- Produced five multi-RBI games, including two games with three RBIs
- Put together a four-game hit streak and reached base safely in 28 straight games during the season
- Hit 3-for-4 with two doubles, and an RBI and run against Maine (Feb. 15)
- Was 3-for-4 with a home run and two runs against Minnesota (Feb. 27)
- Went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and two runs versus Fairfield (March 13)
- Was 3-for-4 with a home run against Hofstra at the CAA Championship (May 8)
- Named to the JMU Dukes Invitational All-Tournament Team
- Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2015)
As a Freshman:
- CAA Rookie of the Year
- First Team All-CAA
- CAA All-Rookie Team
- NFCA Third Team All-Region
- Appeared in and started 50 games for the Dukes
- Hit .287 with seven doubles and six home runs, adding 22 RBIs, 32 runs, 21 walks and 14 steals in 15 attempts
- Hit three leadoff home runs, tied for the second-most in a season by a Duke
- Reached base in 21 consecutive games, the fourth-longest streak in school history and the second-longest by a freshman
High School:
- Virginia State Player of the Year
- Three-time All-State selection, including First Team twice
- VHSCA All-Star Game participant
- Two-time Northern Region Player of the Year
- Four-time All-Liberty District selection
- Three-time The Washington Post All-Met selection
- Played her club ball for the Vienna Stars, the Ashburn Shooting Stars and the Shamrocks
Personal:
- Daughter of Kim and Kevin Prince
- Father, Kevin, played football and baseball at Randolph Macon
- Sister, Cori, plays softball at George Mason and brother, Michael, played football at JMU
- Also an All-Region basketball player at Stone Bridge High School
- Majoring in sport and recreation management
Getting to Know Niki Prince:
- Why did you choose to play at JMU? The welcoming people and the beautiful views
- What do you love most about JMU? I love the food here
- What is your favorite place to eat on campus? Dukes
- Most people don’t know that I … Played with Heather Kiefer during 12u on the Shamrocks and Erica Fields
- What will be your “walk out” song/songs for 2014? The Only Way I Know – Jason Aldean
- Food: Steak
- Movie: Hunger Games
- TV Show: Ridiculousness
- Song: Space Jam by Timeflies
- Athlete: Bryce Harper
- Holiday: Christmas
- What is one personal goal you have for the 2014 season? Communicate well with my teammates
- What are your favorite hobbies away from softball? Basketball
- What is the best advice you’ve ever received? No magic potions, no fairy dust, no one to push you, no one to do it for you. Just one determined front of the other
- What is your ideal vacation? Any where hot and near the water
- If not softball, what other sport would you want to play at JMU? Basketball
- If you could have dinner with any three people in the world, who would they be? Zac Efron, Ryan Sheckler, and Taylor Newton
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