Alicia Armstrong Season 2013

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Career Honors & Awards

• Nebraska Team Captain (2015 & 2016)
• Two-Time Second-Team All-Big Ten (2013 & 2014)
• Big Ten All-Defensive Team (2013)
• Three-Time Academic All-Big Ten (2014, 2015 & 2016)
• Seven-Time Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
• Nebraska Student-Athlete HERO Leadership Award (2016)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2014, 2015, 2016)
• Nebraska Record Holder, Walks in a Game (4 vs. Northwestern in 2015)
• Nebraska Record Holder, Doubles in a Game (3 at Illinois in 2014)
• Nebraska Record Holder, RBIs in a Game (8 vs. Omaha in 2015)

 

 

Career Notes

• Ended her career ranked 4th in school history with 29 career hit-by-pitches
• Ended her career ranked 7th in school history with 221 career hits
• Ended her career ranked 8th in school history with 678 at bats
• Ended her career ranked 10th in school history with 139 career runs
• Ended her career ranked 16th in school history with a .326 career batting average

 

 

Senior Season (2016)

• Battled through a back injury to start 50 games at shortstop
• Totaled 10 multi-hit games and eight games with multiple RBIs
• Ranked 3rd in Nebraska season history in hit-by-pitches (15)
• Went 2-for-3 in game one at Northwestern with a solo home run
• Had a two-out RBI double that drove in only run in 1-0 win over No. 1 Michigan
• Hit her sixth homer of the season in game two against Iowa
• Had three RBIs in the first two games at Maryland before missing game three
• Played only one inning in the three-game series at Illinois due to injury
• Drew a season-high three walks vs. DePaul
• Tied a school record with eight RBIs in her 200th career start vs. Omaha
• Went 3-for-4 with her first career grand slam vs. the Mavs
• Went 5-for-13 with a double and five RBIs at the Louisville Slugger Invitational
• Went 3-for-4 with four runs and five RBIs int he final two games of the invite
• Reached base safely in seven of her eight plate appearances in the final two games
• Tied her career high with three runs scored vs. Georgetown
• Produced her 200th career hit vs. Ohio State
• Had seven RBIs in three games vs. top-10 teams at the Mary Nutter Classic
• Hit a go-ahead three-run homer vs. No. 9 Washington in the seventh inning
• Hit a three-run homer and drove in four runs in a win over No. 7 Oregon
• Went 8-for-14 (.571) in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge
• Added a double, a homer and three RBIs in two games at NC State
• Hit a three-run seventh inning homer in game one vs. the Wolfpack
• Had consecutive two-hit games against Drake and Green Bay
• Hit first home run vs. Green Bay and drove in three runs

 

Junior Season (2015)
• Started all 58 games at shortstop
• Became the fourth player in Nebraska history to total 50 hits in each of her first three seasons
• Became the seventh Husker to hit .300 in each of her first three seasons
• Hit more home runs (9) than her career total entering the season (8)
• Totaled more RBIs (49) than her career total entering the season (46)
• Produced as many walks (25) as her career total entering the season
• Topped her previous best average by .010, slugging percentage by .088 and on-base percentage by .061
• Totaled 18 multi-hit games and 12 games with multiple RBIs
• Had two straight games in Big Ten play where she walked or was hit by a pitch in every plate appearance
• Recorded seven three-hit games
• Reached base safely in 12 consecutive plate appearances in April
• Tied a school record with four walks vs. Northwestern
• Produced a career-high five RBIs at UNO after totaling four RBIs at Purdue
• Had a three-run, eighth-inning triple to lead the Huskers past UNO
• Recorded her second career two-homer game at New Mexico State

 

Sophomore Season (2014)
• Started 61 of 62 games - all at shortstop - missing only the season opener
• Became the third Husker shortstop to earn all-conference honors as both a freshman and sophomore
• Became the 10th Husker to produce 100 career hits prior to her junior season
• Produced 15 multi-hit games and eight games with multiple RBIs
• Batted .382 (34-for-89) over her final 30 games with nine doubles and 18 RBIs
• Hit .375 with nine doubles and 15 RBIs in Big Ten play
• Batted .440 (11-for-25) with runners in scoring position in league play
• Tied for second in the league with nine doubles in conference play
• Tied a school record with three doubles in game three at Illinois
• Went 7-for-12 (.583) in the series with four doubles, six runs and three RBIs
• Hit .348 (8-for-23) in the NCAA Tournament with two home runs
• Went 7-for-15 (.467) to help Nebraska win its second straight regional title
• Produced her first multi-homer game with two homers vs. Bradley in the NCAA Regional

 

Freshman Season (2013)
• Started 60 of 61 games, all at shortstop
• 1 of 5 players named to the All-Big Ten and Big Ten All-Defensive teams
• Became the first Husker shortstop to earn all-conference honors since 2006
• Became the fifth Husker freshman shortstop to earn all-conference accolades and first since 1997
• Became the sixth freshman to lead Nebraska in batting average
• Led Nebraska with 62 hits and a .346 batting average
• Posted a streak of 22 consecutive games reaching base safely
• Posted an 11-game hitting streak that ranked second on the team
• Totaled 16 multi-hit games and two games with multiple RBIs
• Posted the second-best fielding percentage (.953) by a shortstop in NU history
• Set a Nebraska shortstop record by fielding 258 total chances
• Was part of a Husker defense that turned a school-record 49 double plays
• The 49 double plays rank third in NCAA history
• Batted .380 in Big Ten play
• Went 12-for-28 (.429) in the NCAA Tournament with one homer and five RBIs
• Led NU in hits, average and slugging percentage (.571) in the NCAA Tournament
• Hit safely in all eight NCAA Tournament games
• Had the game-winning RBI in Nebraska’s 4-2 victory at No. 3 Oregon
• That win punched Nebraska’s ticket to the Women’s College World Series

 

Before Nebraska (Beatrice High School)
• All-state selection as a senior in softball, basketball and soccer
• Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior
• Four-time all-state selection and three-time Super-State honoree
• Set a then-state record with a .514 career batting average
• Set a state record by batting .690 as a senior
• Became the first player in state history to hit .600 in a season
• Set Class B records for home runs (20) and runs scored (153)
• Played her travel ball for the Beatrice 18’s and Nebraska Gold

 

Personal
• Economics major
• Earned bachelor's degree from Nebraska in August of 2016
• Born on Feb. 21, 1994
• Daughter of Bill and Gina Armstrong
• Father Bill played football for Nebraska in the 1970s
• Has one brother, Joseph
• Has one sister, Adria

 

Year	Avg.	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	OB%	SLG%	SB-ATT	FLD%
2013	.346	60-60	179	32	62	10	0	4	19	15	24	.397	.469	7-12	.953
2014	.316	61-61	174	29	55	10	3	4	27	10	15	.365	.477	0-0	.939
2015	.356	58-58	177	48	63	10	0	9	49	25	17	.458	.565	4-4	.950
2016	.277	51-50	148	30	41	4	0	7	39	24	17	.426	.446	3-3	.936
Total	.326	230-229	678	139	221	34	3	24	134	74	73	.413	.491	14-19	.945