2020 Softball Roster
Missy Nunes
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Livermore HS
- Hometown:
- Livermore, Calif.
• Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
• Following her season total of nine home runs, she is tied for 10th in program history with 27 career home runs.
• Ranks eighth (tied) in program history after hit by 11 pitches this season.
• Earned the Benny for Most Inspirational Player.
• Finished second on the team with 24 RBI, nine home runs, a .531 slugging percentage, and a .382 on-base percentage; closed the season third with 36 hits.
• In the field, finished second with 121 putouts and six runner caught stealing bases.
• Started all 46 games at three different positions - catcher, outfield, and third base.
• Tallied nine multi-hit games, six multi-RBI games, and six multi-run games.
• Hit four home runs in the first weekend of play (2/12-14).
• Went 2-for-3 on six occasions - at Cal State Fullerton (2/13), against Seattle (2/27), against Northern Colorado (3/6), against Sacramento State (3/12), against California (3/20), and at Stanford (5/2).
• Finished the season with 36 hits, 24 RBI, five doubles, nine home runs, two stolen bases, and 25 runs.
Junior - Part One (2020)
• Started all 26 games in 2020.
• Hit her first-career grand slam at Hawaii on Feb. 28.
• Went 3-for-4 with three RBI, two runs scored and a home run vs. Dayton on Feb. 14.
• Recorded two hits, two runs and three RBI against Idaho State.
• Went 3-for-4 and scored two runs on Feb. 29 vs. Nevada.
• Led the team with five homers and 22 RBI.
• Finished the season with a .291 batting average, 25 hits including six doubles and 14 runs.
Sophomore (2019)
• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention.
• Started all 45 games; 37 at third base, seven at shortstop and one at designated player.
• Batted .273 with 36 hits, 23 runs and 27 RBI.
• Earned Pac-12 Player of the Week on Feb. 11 after belting three home runs, seven hits, five runs and 10 RBI over the course of five games Feb. 8-10 – all victories.
• Led the team in hit by pitch with nine.
• Had second-most home runs (7) and second-best slugging percentage (.485).
• Went 3-for-4 with one home run, two RBI and two runs scored against New Mexico on Mar. 9.
• Recorded two hits, including a home run with two RBI and two runs scored at Oregon on Apr. 26.
Freshman (2018)
• Pac-12 All-Freshman Team.
• Pac-12 Freshman of the Week on April 17.
• Started in all 58 games as a true freshman; 49 at third base and the last nine starts coming at shortstop.
• Batted .250 with 40 hits and a .413 slugging percentage.
• Had second-most doubles (8) and home runs (6) on the team.
• Led with 12 hit by pitch, was tied for third in the Pac-12.
• In her collegiate debut went 1-for-2 with two RBI and two runs scored against No. 21/24 Oklahoma State.
• Hit a home run in her first collegiate start on Feb. 9.
• Had a breakout weekend at Stanford on April 13-15; went 8-for-9, batted .889, two doubles, two home runs, seven RBI and slugged 1.778 with no strikeouts.
Livermore High School
• First Team All-State for three years from 2015-17 for Livermore H.S.
• Second Team All-State in 2014
• 2014 Coaches’ Award winner
• 2017 NCS prep2prep Senior of the Year
• 2017 California State All-American
• 2017 National High School All-American
• 2017 Team Captain
• 2016 and 2017 Team MVP
• Four-year letter winner in softball
• Member of the 2015 Livermore Stampede Championship team
• Placed second in the NCS Championship playoffs
Personal
• Daughter of Manuel and Carrie
• Mother is an accountant, father is an oiler
• Has one sister, Amanda
• Majoring in human development and family science.
• Enjoys watching Netflix, hiking, hanging out with friends and boating
• Favorite athlete is Buster Posey
• Biggest athletic thrill is coming back from five runs to win the Livermore Stampede Championship Game
• Chose Oregon State because of the great coaching staff and for the beautiful campus
