| Nicole Pauly |
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2007: Started every game at second base ... Big Ten Freshman of the Year ... First-team NFCA All-Mideast Region ... First-team All-Big Ten ... Tied the Northwestern freshman record for home runs with 14 ... Had 62 RBIs, NU's freshman record and the second-best total in school single-season history ... Had a 13-game hitting streak from March 18 to April 3 ... First-career hit drove in the game-tying run in the eighth inning of a win over No. 21 Fresno State (2/9) ... Hit a seventh-inning solo home run against No. 8 Stanford (2/10) ... Went 2-for-4 versus No. 1 Arizona (2/10) ... Hit an RBI double and scored a run against No. 12 UCLA (2/25) ... Was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored against No. 9 Stanford (3/3) ... Hit a two-run, bases-loaded, eighth-inning double to break up a scoreless game against No. 11 Oregon State (3/3) in an eventual 4-0 NU win ... Was 1-for-3 with a steal and three RBIs against Western Illinois (3/16) ... Homered, drove in three and scored twice against Columbia College (3/18) ... Hit a two-run home run in NU's 5-3 win against Saint Louis (3/20) ... Was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs against Liberty (3/25) ... Went 2-for-3 with a two-run double against No. 10 Michigan (3/30) ... Finished 2-for-4 with four RBIs in the first game of a doubleheader against Michigan State (4/1) ... Then clubbed two homers and drove in four more runs in the second game of the double-dip (4/1) ... Named Big Ten Player of the Week after the first weekend of conference play ... Hit two doubles and went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and a steal against Indiana in the first game of a doubleheader (4/8) ... Clubbed a solo home run in the first game of a doubleheader against Penn State (4/15) ... Went 2-for-4 with three RBIs in the second game of the double-dip ... Was 1-for-3 with two RBIs, a run and two steals at Minnesota (4/22) ... Went 3-for-4 with a double, four RBIs, two runs and a steal at Notre Dame (4/24) ... Hit three homers in NU's final Big Ten weekend ... Clubbed a solo shot on 4/27 against Iowa, then hit a two-run homer versus Iowa on 4/28 ... Went 2-for-3 with three RBIs in the first game of a doubleheader against Illinois (4/29) before hitting a two-run homer in the second game ... Blasted two solo home runs in the second game of a doubleheader against No. 14 DePaul (5/3) ... Went 1-for-3 with a run scored and her first-career intentional walk in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament against No. 10 Michigan (5/11) ... Finished 1-for-4 with a double and two RBIs against Wright State in the NCAA Regional (5/18) ... Hit a two-run single in the NCAA Regional championship game against Illinois State (5/20) ... Clubbed two solo home runs in the clinching game against South Carolina in the NCAA Super Regional (5/26) ... Doubled at the Women's College World Series against No. 11 Washington (6/1) ... Hit a solo home run against No. 7 Baylor at the WCWS (6/2).
High School: Holds school's single-season record with a .496 batting average ... Career average was .460 ... MSL All-Conference selection and All-Area captain ... Pioneer Press Great Northwest team captain ... Chicago Sun-Times All-Area second-team ... Chicago Tribune All-State second-team ... Illinois Coaches Association All-State second-team ... Chicago Tribune Athlete of the Week ... Team broke the school record for wins in each of her last three seasons ... Also a four-year letterwinner in basketball ... School's career-leader in steals and points ... Named MSL Most-Valuable Player, All-Conference and all-area ... National Honor Society member ... All-Academic team selection in every year of high school.
Personal: Born Nicole T. Pauly on 6/27/88 ... Daughter of Nick and Jackie Pauly ... Father played college hockey ... Volunteers with a U-12 girl's softball program in the summer ... Chose Northwestern over Illinois and Loyola (Chicago) ... Majoring in secondary teaching.
Pauly's Career Statistics
| Yr. | Avg. | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB-SBA | Slugging | OBP |
| 2007 | .303 | 65-65 | 211 | 37 | 64 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 62 | 8-8 | .564 | .359 |
| Totals | .303 | 65-65 | 211 | 37 | 64 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 62 | 8-8 | .564 | .359 |
