HONORS & AWARDS:
2007 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2006 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2005 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll

2007 | SENIOR SEASON:
Appeared in 50 total games, earning starts in 37 ... recorded a career high 11 hits, including a pair of doubles ... scored eight runs and added a career best 11 RBI ... went 1-for-2 with her first collegiate double and two RBI against Tulsa on Feb. 17.

2006 | SOPHOMORE SEASON:
Backup infielder saw action in 28 games, starting one ... saw six at bats and scored six runs ... was 2-for-3 in stolen base attempts ... started second career game Feb. 12 against Centenary. 

2005 | REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON:
Saw first collegiate action ... played in 31 games, with her only start coming Feb. 13 against Marshall ... posted first career hit on Feb. 5 against Kentucky ... drove in a run against the Wildcats with a single in the fifth inning ... first career home run came against Middle Tennessee on March 4 ... recorded four assists while seeing time in the outfield and at third base.

2004 | FRESHMAN SEASON:
Utilized her redshirt season.
 
HIGH SCHOOL:
Was a four-time first-team All-District and first-team All-East Bank Team member ... earned first-team All-State honors as a senior as well as winning District MVP ... led Chapelle to back-to-back District titles ... batted .453 as a senior with a 1.186 slugging percentage ... as a junior, hit .506 with 20 stolen bases ... Also played basketball, track and volleyball in high school ... earned Second-Team All-District honors in volleyball as a senior and in basketball as a sophomore ... took sixth place in the state pole vault competition as a sophomore ... was a Wendy’s High School Heisman nominee.

PERSONAL:
Full name is Nicole Elizabeth Russo ... daughter of John and Karen Russo ... has a brother, Daniel, and a sister, Rebecca ... majoring in nutrition and food science (concentration in pre-med) ... born on June 11, 1985 in Metairie, La