2026 Softball Roster
Roster
Kenzie Nakasawa
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Yuma, Ariz.
- High School:
- Cibola HS
- Deals:
2025 (Redshirt Freshman at Creighton)
Saw action in 40 contests, making 28 starts (13 at second base, nine at first base and three at third base and as the designated play) during her first season of action with the Bluejays ... Slashed .250/.348/.375 with 20 hits, four doubles, two home runs and nine RBI ... Drew 12 walks and scored 19 runs, while posting a pair of multi-hit and multi-RBI games ... Committed just four errors in 87 chances, recording 65 putouts and 18 assists ... Made first career start, going 1-for-3 in the Bluejays' season-opening win over Purdue Fort Wayne on Feb. 7 ... Opened the year with a hit in each of her first seven appearances ... Drove in a pair of run with a double and a walk in the Bluejays' 10-0 run-rule victory over Northern Kentucky (Feb. 15) ... Recorded a season-high 11 putouts and drove in the game-winning run against Saint Mary's on March 1 ... Blasted first career home run in 6-1 win over Providence (March 8) ... Went 2-for-2 with two runs scored against Connecticut (March 28) ... Homered and drove in a career-high two runs against Omaha on April 1 ... Doubled and scored a pair of runs in victory over Butler on April 12 ... Followed that by drawing a pair of walks and registering her lone stolen base of the year in a 19-5 win over Butler (April 13) ... Delivered a pinch-hit RBI single in the 10th inning of the Bluejays' 7-6 win over Seton Hall (May 3) ... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete ... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.
2024 (Freshman at Creighton)
Did not play during her first season as a Bluejay ... BIG EAST All-Academic Team honoree.
Cibola High School and Gila Ridge High School
A utility player from Cibola High School in Yuma, Arizona ... Was named to the All-Region First Team after hitting .455 with eight home runs as a senior ... Finished her junior season with a .432 batting average and a .621 slugging percentage ... Was named the 2020-2021 Yuma Sun/Yuma Rotary Club Softball Player of the Year after hitting .621 ... Prior to her junior year, Nakasawa transferred to Cibola High School from Gila Ridge High School ... While with the Hawks, she led her team to the Arizona Class 5A State playoffs after recording team-highs with 36 doubles, 12 triples and six home runs during her sophomore season ... Earned a spot on Arizona’s All-Academic Softball First Team during her first three years of high school while accumulating a 4.0 GPA ... Was also an AIA (Arizona Interscholastic Association) Scholar Athlete during her sophomore and junior season ... Played club softball for the Power Surge Walling 18U Gold team under the direction of Steven Walling ... Also played varsity volleyball during her junior and senior seasons.
Awards & Honors
2023-24 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Personal
- Daughter of Jerry and Lori Nakasawa.
- Has one brother, Jared.
- Currently pursuing a degree in business.
- Mother, Lori, played softball for Pima Community College.
-Chose Creighton because of the quality education and beautiful campus.
- Favorite type of music is Rap, but named the Zac Brown Band as her favorite band.
-Listed steak and rice as her favorite meal.
- NIL deal she wants is with On Performance Running Shoes.
- Named listening to music and watching movies as her hobbies.
- One place she’d like to visit is Tokyo, Japan.
- Favorite ice cream flavor is caramel butter pecan.
- Identified Hunger Games as her favorite movie.
- Dream vacation destination is Japan.
- Sports hero and current favorite athlete is baseball player Shohei Ohtani.
- Historical event she wishes she could have witnessed was the Boston Tea Party.
- Favorite Omaha restaurant is J. Gilberts Steakhouse.
- Chose No. 14 because her mom wore No. 14 when she played softball and volleyball.
- Most important lesson she’s learned from her dad is to never give up on her dreams.
- Listed Jennifer Lawrence as her favorite actress.
