Softball
Pendley, Nicole

Nicole Pendley
- Title:
- Graduate Assistant
A two-time national champion at the University of Oklahoma, Nicole Pendley joins Mississippi State as a graduate assistant manager for the 2020 season.
A standout outfielder for the Sooners, Pendley brought home two national championships during her tenure at Oklahoma. The Rio Rancho, New Mexico, native was a three-time All-Big 12 honoree and earned three NFCA All-Region honors.
Pendley finished her career ranked sixth in games played (254) and RBI (189), seventh in home runs (47), eighth in at-bats (730), ninth in total bases (422) and runs (177) and tenth in extra-base hits (83) and total hits (240).
A competitor in big moments, Pendley was named the Most Outstanding Player at the 2018 Big 12 Championship and selected to the 2017 and 2018 All-Tournament Teams.
Pendley continues to compete professionally. She was selected as the No. 12 overall pick in the 2018 NPF Draft by the USSSA Pride and also played with the Cleveland Comets in 2019.
In 2020, Pendley joined Athletes Unlimited for its inaugural season, playing 14 games of a possible 15 games. She was one of the first four captains in the league’s history and participated in the first player draft to form Team Pendley in Week 1.
In the final week of the 2020 season, she hit her first home run in the league and was named MVP in her second game of the weekend.
A standout outfielder for the Sooners, Pendley brought home two national championships during her tenure at Oklahoma. The Rio Rancho, New Mexico, native was a three-time All-Big 12 honoree and earned three NFCA All-Region honors.
Pendley finished her career ranked sixth in games played (254) and RBI (189), seventh in home runs (47), eighth in at-bats (730), ninth in total bases (422) and runs (177) and tenth in extra-base hits (83) and total hits (240).
A competitor in big moments, Pendley was named the Most Outstanding Player at the 2018 Big 12 Championship and selected to the 2017 and 2018 All-Tournament Teams.
Pendley continues to compete professionally. She was selected as the No. 12 overall pick in the 2018 NPF Draft by the USSSA Pride and also played with the Cleveland Comets in 2019.
In 2020, Pendley joined Athletes Unlimited for its inaugural season, playing 14 games of a possible 15 games. She was one of the first four captains in the league’s history and participated in the first player draft to form Team Pendley in Week 1.
In the final week of the 2020 season, she hit her first home run in the league and was named MVP in her second game of the weekend.