2015 Softball Roster
Roster
Paige Nekola
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Papillion, Neb.
- High School:
- Papillion-La Vista South
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year starter at Papillion-La Vista South High School for head coach Dan Hogan … Ended career with a .418 batting average and .497 on-base percentage … Racked up numerous honors as a senior … Named to Omaha World-Herald All-Nebraska Second Team as well as Class A Second Team … Also claimed a spot on the Lincoln Journal Star SuperState Second Team and Class A All-State squad … Hit .516 at the plate as a junior … As a result achieved Omaha World Herald All-Nebraska First Team as well as Class A First Team recognition … Two-time member of Papillion Times All-ITG Softball Team … Three-time All-Division Metro selection and two-time All-Metro Conference Team member … Attained Class A All-State Honorable Mention status as a sophomore … NCPA All-State Academic Team and All-Metro Conference Scholar Athlete Honor Roll recipient … Helped lead team to Class A State Runner-Up finish as a junior and four district championships … Also played two years of basketball … Played club ball with Omaha Quakes Gold, Omaha Quakes Black and Echoes … Club teams won ASA Colorado Explosion Championship in 2014, a Premier Fastpitch Regional Championship in 2013 and finished as NAFA 16-U National Runner-Up in 2011 … Earned Presidential Award for Educational Excellence … Graduated in top five percent of class with four years of honor roll each semester and Academic Awards of Excellence in final two years … Member of National Honor Society, Key Club, Leo Club and DECA … Volunteered with Key Club, at Huntington Park Care Center and at Goodwill.
PERSONAL: The daughter of Angie and Jim Nekola … Has one brother, Jimmy … Father Jim played football for the University of Nebraska Omaha … Plans to study pre-pharmacy at Creighton.
