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2026 Softball Roster

Kyle Busha

19 Allie Silliman

  • Position Infield
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • High School Columbia HS
  • Hometown Rensselaer, N.Y.

Biography

Honors and Awards
Conference of New England (CNE) Defensive Player of the Year (2025)
National Fast Pitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Region II Second Team (2025)
Conference of New England (CNE) First Team (2025, 2026)
Conference of New England (CNE) Academic All-Conference (2025)
College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District (2024, 2025)
Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Second Team (2024) 
Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Player of the Week (4/15)

At Nichols
2026: Started in all 37 appearances as a senior...logged a .348 batting average through 112 appearances at the plate, totaling 39 hits with 11 doubles and 16 RBI, 22 runs scored and 10 walks...also owned a .446 slugging percentage and .403 on-base percentage...recorded 11 multi-hit performances, with a season-high three on six occassions...drove in two RBI twice against Suffolk (3/21) and at Trinity (Conn.) (4/8)...became the program record holder for career doubles against Suffolk (3/21), and later recorded her 1,000th putout at Western New England (4/23)...ranked third in the CNE for total putouts (241). 

2025: Started in all 45 games as a junior… finished the season with a .363 batting average, recording 53 hits in 146 total at-bats… totaled 17 doubles, three triples, and one home run, driving in 24 RBI along the way… finished the season with a .541 slugging percentage and a .433 on-base percentage… stole five bases in six attempts… fielded 222 putouts with a .988 fielding percentage.

2024: Started in all 44 games as a sophomore... ranked second on the team in batting average (.312) and on-base percentage (.351), and slugged .397 on the season...led the team with 44 hits, including two doubles and one homer...drove in 20 RBI... Hit her first collegiate home run against Gordon College (4/8)...pieced together 12 multi-hit performances...was named the recipient of the “Nancy Rossini Memorial Award” for Outstanding Female Sophomore Athlete.

2023: Started in all 42 games played...made her collegiate debut against Framingham State University (3/12)...finished the season with a .273 batting average, a .375 slugging percentage and a .338 on-base percentage...chalked-up her first multi-RBI performance (2) against Lasell University (3/13)...recorded two hits on eight occasions, including a 2-for-3 performance in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Tournament versus Endicott College (5/11).

Prior to Nichols
Graduated with high honors from Columbia High School...2022 Columbia High School Theodore A. Romanowski Memorial Award recipient...Presidents List.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2023Freshman

    INF
    5'7"
    19
  • 19

    2024Sophomore

    INF
    5'7"
    19
  • 19
    C

    2025Junior

    INF
    5'7"
    19
    C
  • 19
    C

    2026Senior

    Infield
    5'7"
    19
    C