NikkiSagermann

• Third-Team NFCA All-Southeast Region (2014)
• All-SEC Second Team by league coaches (2014)
• SEC All-Tournament Team (2014)
• Preseason All-SEC second team by College Sports Madness (2015)
• SEC Academic Honor Roll (2013, 2014)

Senior (2016): Started the season on a six-game hitting streak … Has six home runs on the season, three off the team lead for homers … Had a team-high and season-high three RBI against New Mexico in the Kajikawa Classic … Has a team-high 34 walks … Has six different two-out RBI hits this year to score runs … Became the fourth player in UK history with 100 career walks on Wednesday, March 9 vs. Indiana with two in the game … Had a home run and a double on her birthday vs. Ole Miss in the Sunday rubber game … Drew five walks in the weekend series sweep at Arkansas … Scored on a non-recognized time call by LSU to put UK up 1-0 on a steal of home at No. 8 LSU … Had a home run in UK’s win at No. 4 Alabama to put UK up 2-0 … Homered in the bottom of the eigth inning to tie the game at 2-2 against Mississippi State. 

Junior (2015): Played in 58 games with a team-best
.303 average … Added 11 doubles, eight homers, 23 RBI and a .410 on-base
percentage … Hit a home run in UK’s season opener vs. Florida A&M,
while blasting two bombs against Kennesaw State for four RBI … Set a
career high in runs scored vs. Georgia Southern with three… Had two
hits, including a double and a RBI in the TAMU series … Had three hits
in the Ohio series with a double and home run… Went 2-for-2 in the
series-clincher vs. LSU with two runs scored and an RBI … Had three
hits in game one vs. the Owls, tying a career high … Went 1-for-2 in
the series opener with Florida, hitting several balls hard during the
series with four walks drawn … Two hits in the South Carolina series,
including an RBI, while she moved to the leadoff spot in the order
against Louisville and started the game with a single … Had a hit in
all three games against Georgia, including 2-for-2 on Sunday and an RBI
on Saturday … UK’s best hitter in the regional with a .455 average,
adding one double, two homers and three RBI … Both her home runs in
regional play came when UK was down and tied the game … Had a 10-game
hitting streak towards the end of the season that was the longest on the
team.

Sophomore (2014): Showed her power by leading the team in home runs with 13 and RBI with 49 … Her 13 home runs ranked third most in single season UK history, while 49 RBI ranked fourth … Played in all 69 games with 60 starts … Finished the season with a .277 average, including 10 doubles, one triple and 32 runs scored … Recorded a hit against Oklahoma … Had two hits in the Texas Classic and had several loud outs … Played solid defense and improved greatly at the hot corner … Went 2-for-2 against FAU with a three-run homer and two-RBI double … Walked three times against Butler, adding an RBI … Big game vs. Miss. State, going 2-for-3 with two RBI, including a monster home run over the scoreboard … Had a hit and an RBI against Marshall … Had a three-run homer against Missouri and posted two singles against Indiana … Went 2-for-4 against Kansas with a home run and two RBI … Hit her first career triple against Kent State … Had a home run and three RBI in the Auburn series … Had a season-high three hits against Louisville with three RBI … Went 2-for-3 in UK’s series-clinching win over Texas AaM with a three-run home run … Hit two solo home runs against Ole Miss to help UK clinch the series sweep with her HR in the 10th serving as the game-winner … Hit a game-winning home run in each of the first two games vs. Arkansas … … Launched a two-run homer at WKU … Game-winning RBI in UK’s win vs. Tennessee before a two-run double in the eighth inning vs. Louisville … Had a hit in three of the four SEC Tournament games, including the walk-off single vs. Miss. State and a home run vs. Georgia … Game-tying double against JMU in regional play that sparked a two-run game-winning rally for UK … Was UK’s leading hitter in the Super Regional with a .444 average, adding two RBI … Had an RBI in 27 of UK’s last 49 games, including 14 multi-RBI games during that stretch … Had a hit in 29 of her last 49 games.

Freshman (2013): Had a good freshman season for the Wildcats, performing well at the plate and improving defensively at third winning the full-time starting role at the hot corner … Played 57 games with 52 starts … Hit .314 on the year to finish fifth on the team in batting average, while blasting seven homers, three doubles and 26 RBI … Went 3-for-3 in stolen base attempts … Recorded two multi-hit games in the Kajikawa Classic recording her first double vs. Oregon State and going 2-for-2 with an RBI against Portland State … Recorded a 2-for-4 series vs.a?^Ole Miss as well as registering four walks … Went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored in UK’s historic win vs. UNC … Went 2-for-3 vs. WKU with her first career homer and two RBI … Blasted a homer in the second game of the Mississippi State series … Also had a home run, a double and an RBI after going 5-for-10 in the South Carolina series … Had two RBI and one run scored after going 1-for-4 with a homer in the first game of the doubleheader vs. EKU … Went 1-for-2 in game three of the Arkansas series, drilling a home run for three RBI to give the Cats the win … Was a crucial component in the win over Missouri, going 2-for-3 with an RBI … Provided offensive support in the wins over Alabama, recording a run in game one while going 3-for-5 with a homer, double, two runs scored and a season-high six RBI in the series-clinching win … Reached base safely in every game of the Lexington Regional and hit the walkoff single for the Wildcats in the first game vs. Marshall after making the game-saving catch earlier in the inning … Showed her ability to perform at a high level going 2-for-5 in the Tempe Super Regional with a home run.

High School: Two-way player at Mill Creek High School in Buford, Ga. … Played third base and pitched … Played on Mill Creek’s 2008 5A State Championship team and helped team to 2011 5A State Runner-up title … Lettered all four seasons … Hit over .500 as a junior en route to earning All-County Offensive Player of the Year honors … Best season came her senior year, when she hit .511, including 11 home runs and hitting for the cycle, while pitching a no hitter during the season … Countless awards her senior year, including All-County Offensive Player of the Year, Region Player of the Year and Georgia Dugout State Player of the Year … High school mascot was the “Hawks” and she earned the Hawk Award her junior and senior years … Also participated in track and field … Parents are Mark and Laura Sagermann … Major is undecided.