MSU Denver Athletics

2016: Played in 46 games with 24 starts as a junior utility player … helped the Roadrunners to an RMAC tournament championship and a NCAA tournament birth … batted .200 with 17 runs scored, 13 hits, seven runs batted in, three doubles, and one home run … walked four times with nine strikeouts in 65 at bats … was tied for fourth on the team in stolen bases with eight … had one multi-hit game and two multi-RBI games … recorded first career hit as a Roadrunner in a win over Adams State in Game 2 of a doubleheader on Feb. 21 … went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, a double, and a run in helping the team to a win at Black Hills State on April 22.

Before Roadrunners: Played two seasons at Garden City Community College in Kansas ... all-conference as a freshman ... batted .276 with 39 runs and 17 stolen bases as a sophomore ... batted .316 with 19 doubles, 11 home runs and 80 runs batted over her two seasons ... coached by Rebecca Gundy.

High School: 2013 graduate of Frederick High School ... four-year letterwinner ... coached by Rodger Dufour ... earned all-state as a senior ... batted 385 with a .548 slugging percentage, 56 RBIs and 48 stolen bases over four years ... also lettered in soccer and basketball.

Personal: Born Liberty Allyne Nelson in Pocatello, Idaho ... daughter of Bradley Nelson (father) and Penny Merta-Nelson (step-mother) ... has three sisters Emily, Jessie and Jacque, and a brother Jakob ... majoring in physical education/elementary education).