Nicole Pauly Class: Junior Hometown: Palatine, Ill. High School: Palatine Height: 5-10 Position: IF B/T: R/R

2009: Started every game at second base ... NFCA All-Great Lakes Region selection ... All-Big Ten third-team member ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Drove in two runs to account for the winning margin in NU's 3-1 win over No. 7 Arizona (2/7) ... Hit the 30th home run of her career and scored twice on 2/7 against Kansas ... Hit a two-run home run against Hawaii then hit another two-run bomb later that night against No. 4 UCLA (2/13) ... Was 2-for-4 versus Oregon before going 2-for-3 with a double against Southern Utah (2/14) ... Hit a two-run home run against Oregon State (2/20) ... Started a four-run, sixth-inning rally with a two-out, two-run single in a come-from-behind win over Nebraska (2/22) ... Clubbed a two-run first-inning homer against Hofstra (2/28) ... Notched an RBI single in a 6-5 win over No. 8 Michigan (3/21) ... Hit a two-run home run and scored twice at Penn State (3/29) ... Went 4-for-5 with five RBIs and five runs scored during a doubleheader against Michigan State (4/1) ... Was 3-for-3 with a double and two home runs in the first game before going 1-for-2 in the second ... Continued her torrid hitting in an April 4 doubleheader versus Indiana, going 3-for-3 with a home run in two games ... Hit a homer onto the roof of McGaw Hall in game one, marking on the second time a ball has reached the roof of the basketball arena beyond left in Sharon J. Drysdale Field history ... Went a perfect 4-for-4 in the second game of a doubleheader at Minnesota (4/8) ... Walked twice and scored twice in the second game of a doubleheader with No. 23 Iowa (4/15) ... Went 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI at Loyola (Chicago) (4/16) ... Clubbed a go-ahead, solo home run against Northern Illinois (4/22) ... Was 1-for-2, walking twice and scoring three times in a win over No. 19 DePaul (4/28) ... Finished 2-for-4 with a two-run home run against No. 11 Ohio State (5/2).

2008: Started every game at second base ... Member of the top-50 watch list for the USA Softball Player of the Year award ... First-team NFCA All-Region ... Second-team All-Big Ten ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Batted .500 (7-for-14) with six RBIs and seven runs scored in four games at the season-opening Kajikawa Classic ... Was 2-for-4 with an RBI, a run and a steal against No. 3 Texas A&M (2/15) ... Finished 2-for-4 with three RBIs, two runs and a home run in NU's win over No. 1 Arizona (2/16) ... Was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI against Nebraska (2/17) ... Doubled and hit a three-run, sixth-inning home run to give NU a come-from-behind win over No. 6 LSU (2/23) ... Was 1-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI against No. 11 UCLA (2/24) ... Finished 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a game-ending two-run home run against Western Illinois (3/2) ... Clubbed a two-run double against Wisconsin (3/28) ... Went 2-for-3 with an RBI, a run and a sacrifice fly in a come-from-behind, 17-8 (6) win over Minnesota (3/30) ... Hit an RBI double against Loyola (Chicago) on 4/3 ... Hit a solo home run in the second game of a doubleheader at No. 24 Ohio State (4/6) ... Went 3-for-4 with a career-best three runs scored and a solo homer at Illinois (4/12) ... Finished 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI versus Notre Dame (4/15) ... Doubled, homered, drove in two runs and scored twice against Indiana (4/18) ... Hit a two-run single in game two versus the Hoosiers (4/19) ... Doubled and homered again with two runs and two RBIs in a game with Purdue (4/20) ... Named Big Ten Player of the Week on April 21 ... Hit two home runs, driving in three and scoring twice against Illinois-Chicago (4/22) ... Hit two solo home runs, including a game-winner in the seventh inning, in a 6-5 victory at Penn State (4/26) ... Was 2-for-4 with a run scored in a 2-1 win in the first game of a doubleheader at No. 6 Michigan (4/27) ... Clubbed a solo home run in the second game versus the Wolverines (4/27) ... Went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored against No. 20 DePaul (4/29) ... Batted a perfect 1.000 (5-for-5) in NU's series against Michigan State, going 2-for-2 with two doubles and two walks in the first game (5/3) before finishing 3-for-3 with a double, a home run, two RBIs and two runs in game two (5/4) ... Clubbed a two-run double against Ohio State in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament (5/8) ... Launched two solo home runs in NU's win over Western Illinois in the NCAA Regional (5/16).

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 ... Two-time All-State selection ... 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 ... 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 human development and psychological services.

PAULY'S CAREER STATISTICS

Year	Avg	GP	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	ATT
2007	.303	65	65	211	37	64	13	0	14	62	17	37	8	8
2008	.304	56	56	168	43	51	11	0	15	43	18	43	2	2
2009	.293	46	46	133	33	39	6	0	11	29	18	21	1	1
TOTAL	.301	167	167	512	113	154	30	0	40	134	53	101	11	11