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Nelia Peralta Season 2024

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Nelia Peralta Season 2024

PositionINF
Height5-6
YearJunior
HometownWellington, Fla.

HONORS & AWARDS
2024 CSC Academic All-District
2024 Plainsman Invite All-Tournament Team
2024 Jane B. Moore Memorial All-Tournament Team
2023-24 Chi Alpha Sigma Inductee 
2023-24 Athletic Director’s Honor Roll
2023 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2023 NFCA All-Southeast Region Third Team

2023 All-SEC Second Team
2023 CSC Academic All-District Team
2023 Plainsman Invite All-Tournament Team
2023 Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team
2022 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
2022 Jane B. Moore Memorial All-Tournament Team
2022 Plainsman Invite All-Tournament Team
2021-22 First-Year SEC Honor Roll
 
2024 | JUNIOR SEASON
Started 49 games at shortstop for the Tigers … totaled 32 hits, including three doubles, one triple and a pair of home runs … finished second on the team with 27 RBI … added 14 runs scored … drew 24 walks to help build a .349 on-base percentage … finished 7-for-8 in stolen base attempts … turned in a .943 fielding percentage and led the team with 14 double plays turned … named to the Plainsman Invite and Jane B. Moore Memorial All-Tournament teams …  first hit of the season versus Virginia Tech (2/9) was the 100th of her collegiate career … set a career high with five RBI with help of her first career grand slam versus Southeast Missouri State (2/24) … went 2-for-3 and drove in both runs in Auburn’s 2-1 win versus No. 20 Arkansas (3/17) … her lone triple of the season plated a crucial insurance run in Auburn’s 4-1 victory over No. 4 Tennessee (3/31) … drove in a pair of runs at Florida State (5/19) in the final game of the Tallahassee Regional
 
2023 | SOPHOMORE SEASON
One of two Tigers to start all 62 games of the 2023 season, starting every contest at shortstop … was a staple at the top of the lineup throughout the season and lead the team with a .329 batting average … also the team leader in hits (54), runs scored (39), walks (43) and on-base percentage (.479) … first Tiger to record 50 or more hits in a season since the 2019 season … 20 of her hits came against SEC opponents … led the team with 15 multi-hit games … totaled the third most walks ever recorded by an Auburn sophomore … finished tied for sixth in Auburn single-season history in walks … ranked sixth in the SEC with a 0.69 walks per game average and ninth in on-base percentage …  held a .561 slugging percentage behind seven doubles, two triples and nine home runs … ranked tied for 24th in the SEC in home runs … four of her nine home runs led off a game during the season … led the team with five home runs in SEC play … reached safely in 57 of Auburn’s 62 contests … recorded a consecutive reached base streak of 29 straight games, the sixth longest in school history … totaled 23 RBI … finished 4-for-7 in stolen base attempts … with a complete overhaul of her defensive game, committed just eight errors at shortstop for a .948 fielding percentage behind 71 putouts and 75 assists … NFCA All-Southeast Region Third Team … 2023 All-SEC Second team … earned all-tournament selections at both the Plainsman Invite and Tiger Invitational … in her first at bat of the 2023 season, slugged a solo home run versus St. John’s (2/10) … scored a career high three runs versus Brown (2/24) … went 2-for-3 and turned in Auburn’s lone multi-home run game of the season at No. 15 Florida (4/7) … set a career high with three RBI in the game against the Gators … slugged a two-run home run versus No. 13 LSU (4/14) … turned in multi-hit efforts in all three games of the No. 14 Alabama series (4/22 to 4/23) … went 2-for-3 with a double, a RBI, a run scored and a walk at No. 10 Clemson (5/21)
 
2022 | FRESHMAN SEASON
Appeared in 53 games, earning 52 starts … started 46 games at shortstop and six at third base … was a staple batting third in the Tiger lineup, closing the season with a .313 average … finished tied for second on the team with 45 hits and was tied for the team lead with 11 multi-hit games … scored 24 runs … tied for the SEC lead in doubles with four additional student-athletes, totaling 15 her debut season … finished second in the league with a 0.28 doubles per game average … her 15 doubles were the third most ever recorded by a Tiger freshman … added one triple and 10 home runs for a .639 slugging percentage, the second highest mark among Auburn starters … just the third freshman in program history to record at least 10 home runs in a season … recorded the third highest slugging percentage by a freshman in school history … finished second on the team with 42 RBI … totaled 11 multi-RBI games … finished with the third highest RBI total recorded by a freshman in school history … one of Tigers to record at least 20 walks the season, ending the year with 21 … added a .394 on-base percentage … turned seven double plays on defense … finished second on the team with four sacrifice flies, tied for the fifth most in the SEC … tied for fifth in Auburn single-season history for sacrifice flies … named to the Plainsman Invite and Jane B. Moore Memorial All-Tournament Teams … in her collegiate debut, went 2-for-4 at the plate with a home run, four RBI and two runs scored versus Seton Hall (2/11) … drove in the go-ahead run with an RBI single in the third inning during Auburn’s come-from-behind victory over Seton Hall (2/12) … knocked her first collegiate double versus No. 3 UCLA (2/19) … her first collegiate triple came against Toledo (3/4) during a 2-for-3 performance … went 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles against Texas A&M (3/11) … knocked a pair of doubles at No. 8 Kentucky (3/25) … turned in a three-hit performance with a double and two home runs, including the walk-off blast, in the series-clinching win over South Carolina (3/21) … was a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate with two doubles and a home run at Mississippi State (4/24) … drove in the game-winning run off a sacrifice fly to clinch the series win over No. 15 Georgia (4/30) … turned in a multi-hit effort at the Clemson Regional, going 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI against Louisiana (5/21)
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked the No. 6 recruit of the 2021 class by Extra Innings Softball … held a .537 average at the plate with three doubles, two triples, three home runs, 17 runs scored and 16 RBI as a senior ... tabbed 2019 Florida 8A All-State honoree after holding a .461 batting average with 22 RBI, 35 hits, five home runs and 12 walks as a junior ... posted a .522 on-base percentage coupled with a .828 slugging clip and 1.351 OPS … earned 2019 All-County 8A Palm Beach County honors … member of the Science National Honors Society and the Spanish Honors Society … competed with the Birmingham Thunderbolts club organization … over the Atlanta Legacy tournament, held a .656 average with three homers and 18 RBI … posted a .458 average with three home runs, 13 RBI and an .808 on-base percentage at USA Gold Nationals … closed the 2020 summer season with a .371 average with seven home runs and 38 RBI … added a .453 on-base percentage and .691 slugging clip ... selected to the 2021 PGF All-American Game ... earned Most Valuable Player honors at the PGF All-American Game after going 1-for-2 with a two-run double and a walk

PERSONAL
Born Nelia Peralta on Oct. 4, 2002 ... daughter of Carlos and Nelly Peralta ... has two sisters: Carlina and Isabela ... majoring in exercise science