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2026 Softball Roster

22 Riley Nelson

  • Position Pitcher/First Base
  • Hometown Edwardsville, Ill.
  • Class Freshman
  • Previous School Edwardsville
  • B/T R/R

Biography

PRIOR TO SLU
Earned four varsity letters at Edwardsville … earned All-State honors as a senior (first team) and junior (second team) and was the Tigers’ team captain and Most Valuable Player both seasons … three-time All-Conference selection (first team as a junior and senior, second team as a sophomore) … named All-Metro Spring Player of the Year by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in her senior season and was a second-team All-Metro choice as a junior … tabbed Edwardsville Intelligencer MVP and collected an Athlete of the Quarter and two Athlete of the Month awards as a junior … her career statistics included a .366 batting average, a .413 on-base percentage, 10 home runs and 104 RBIs at the plate, and a 1.54 ERA, a .182 opponents’ batting average and 487 strikeouts in 354 2/3 innings in the circle … those numbers included a .394 batting average, nine home runs, a 1.13 ERA and 214 strikeouts in 143 innings in her senior campaign … Edwardsville was a super-sectional winner and finished third in the state in her freshman season, and captured three sectional championships, four regional titles and four conference crowns during her career … played for Illinois Firecrackers Adkins in travel ball … posted a .400 batting average, a .434 OBP, 26 RBIs, a 1.86 ERA, a .212 opponents batting average and 80 strikeouts in 83 innings in 2025 … batted .500 with 28 RBIs and recorded a 1.65 ERA in 2023 … IHSA and Southwest Conference Academic All-Conference as a junior and senior … Illinois State Scholar … National Honor Society member … made Edwardsville’s high honor roll all four years.

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