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Nina Simms, Softball, Athlete, New Paltz

Nina Simms, Softball, Athlete, New Paltz

Simms batted .615 with 16 hits in 26 at-bats to help SUNY New Paltz clinch a SUNYAC playoff spot, while going 6-2 over the past week. She hit her first career home run in a 7-1 win over SUNY Potsdam and then backed up her performance by going 3-for-3 in a 6-4 win the next day against Plattsburgh. Simms had seven multi-hit games over the Hawks' last eight-game stretch, while leading the team with nine RBIs and eight runs scored. In 26 at-bats she only struck out twice, while earning three walks and a stolen base. In her first action in the field all season, she produced an .833 fielding percentage while making some highlight catches in left field against SUNY Potsdam.