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Bubba Nickles
Personal information
Full nameMadilyn Ida-Marie Nickles-Camarena
Born (1998-03-08) March 8, 1998 (age 27)
Merced, California
Sport
CountryUSA
SportSoftball
College teamUCLA Bruins
TeamBandits
Medal record
Women's softball
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Team

Madilyn "Bubba" Ida-Marie Nickles-Camarena (born March 8, 1998) is an American professional softball player for the Bandits of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL). She played college softball for the UCLA Bruins, where she was named an All-American and won a national championship in 2019. She currently serves as an assistant coach at UCLA. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal.

Playing career

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Nickles competes with the UCLA Bruins softball team and has been named a two-time Second Team and First Team All-Pac-12 player.[1] She was also chosen a National Fastpitch Coaches Association First Team All-American as a junior, where she also helped lead the Bruins to the 2019 NCAA Division I National Championship.[2][3] She made her professional debut with Athletes Unlimited in 2021.[4] Nickles also played for the Toyota Red Terriers of the Japan Diamond Softball League.[5] She won the 2024 AUX Softball competition with 1,344 points, defeating Jocelyn Alo for the Championship by only six leaderboard points, in the closest finish in Athletes Unlimited history.[6]

On January 29, 2025, Nickles was drafted in the fourth round, 14th overall, by the Bandits in the inaugural Athletes Unlimited Softball League draft.[7]

Coaching career

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On October 2, 2024 Nickles was named an assistant coach at UCLA for the 2025 NCAA Division I softball season.[8]

Team USA

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Nickles played for two seasons with Team USA and was named to the roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics, where she won a silver medal[9] Nickles had a hit in two appearances during the tournament. Nickles did not play in the gold medal game, where Team USA was defeated by Team Japan 2–0.[10][11]

Personal life

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Nickles is of Chamorro descent.[12] She is the daughter of Natalie and Ted Nickles, and has one older sister.[1]

Statistics

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UCLA Bruins
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
2017 63 188 36 53 .282 35 10 0 10 93 .494% 10 19 4 4
2018 65 184 36 76 .413 52 10 2 14 124 .674% 19 15 0 1
2019 62 210 66 82 .390 72 18 1 12 150 .714% 24 27 6 7
2021 27 77 16 24 .311 22 4 1 6 58 .753% 6 8 0 0
TOTALS 217 659 154 235 .356 181 42 4 42 411 .623% 59 69 10 12
Team USA
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB
2020 15 33 14 11 .333 8 1 0 1 15 .454% 10 4 0
2021 8 23 2 2 .087 0 0 0 0 2 .087% 1 7 0
Olympics 2 2 0 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 .500% 1 1 0
TOTAL 25 58 20 14 .241 8 1 0 1 18 .310% 12 12 0

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bubba Nickles". uclabruins.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "2019 ALL-AMERICAN AWARDS". NFCA.org. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  3. ^ "Softball Wins NCAA Title in Walk-Off Fashion". uclabruins.com. June 4, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  4. ^ Miles, Bruce (September 11, 2021). "Bubba Nickles Debuts With First Pro Homer In Team Jaquish's 14-6 Victory". Athletes Unlimited. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  5. ^ Collins, Savanna (May 17, 2023). "Garcia, Nickles re-sign with AU Softball". Athletes Unlimited. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  6. ^ Collins, Savanna; Lewis, Alexandra (June 26, 2024). "Bubba Nickles Crowned 2024 AUX Champion in Close Finish". auprosports.com. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  7. ^ "AUSL Allocation Draft: Kilfoyl Goes First Overall; Hoover, Brady Among Selections". d1softball.com. January 29, 2025. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  8. ^ "UCLA Softball Announces Role Changes for Walker, Nickles-Camarena". uclabruins.com. October 2, 2024. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  9. ^ "2020 U.S. Olympic Softball Team". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on October 7, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  10. ^ "JPN 2, USA 0". olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. July 27, 2021. Archived from the original on July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  11. ^ "Nickles". olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. July 27, 2021. Archived from the original on July 29, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  12. ^ Lujan, Patrick (June 4, 2019). "Guam Roots: Bubba Nickles and Sydney Romero". Guam Sports Network. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
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