Bio

2013: Appeared in 15 games for the Express as a freshman, batting .319 after collecting 15 hits in 47 at-bats...Ranked second on the team in home runs (1)...Tied with teammate Kendrick Wilson for the fewest amount of times struck out (6, min. 40 at-bats)...Made three appearances in the circle for Wells, allowing seven earned runs in 2 2/3 innings...Went 2-for-2 in her first collegiate game against SUNY Canton on Apr. 4...In game two of the doubleheader against the Kangaroos, smacked her first collegiate home run...Posted two hits five times in a season...Secured two RBI against SUNY Canton (4/4) and Morrisville State (4/14)...Ended season with hits in six-of-seven games.

PRIOR TO WELLS: 2012 graduate of San Dieguito Academy...Played basketball, softball, soccer and field hockey for the Mustangs...Coached by Brooke Wilson in field hockey, Lisa Gomez in soccer and Sam Corrao in softball...Member of the National Honor Society and the Japanese National Society...Served as Chief Marketing Officer at a school-run cafe...Served as a senior mentor and was a Smith Book Award recipient...Earned placement in the 2011 San Diego Union Tribune All-Academic team...Named a Mustang Scholar...Played four years of varsity softball...Earned San Diego Union Tribune All-Academic team placement from 2010-12...Placed on the 2011 Valley League Honorable Mention team...2012 Valley League Second Team honoree.
 
PERSONAL: Daughter of Walter Nishioka and Dee Ann Gottshall Nishioka...Sister of Colin...Cousin of field hockey teammate Emily Gottshall '13...Undeclared major...Also a member of the Wells College women's soccer team...Enjoys painting, photography, traveling and horseback riding...Aspires to become a doctor or work in business.