UNLV REBELS

Sandy Nakamura

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Class: Senior Hometown: Mililani, Hawaii High School: Mililani HS

Height: 5-6 Position: 1B Birthdate: 07/16/1985 Experience: 3L Bats/Throws: L/L

UNLV: Finished four-year career in 2008.

2008: Started 25 of 47 contests played in with 23 at first base and two as the designated player...Hit .173 with 13 hits (three doubles and one triple)...Knocked in eight RBI and scored six runs...Had one multiple-hit game with three hits against Nebraska (G2-March 16)...Had two multiple-RBI games with a three-RBI contest against Southern Utah (G1-April 2) and two vs. Nebraska (G2-March 16)...Hit .714 in four games during the UNLV Round Robin (March 14-16), which included going 5-for-7 (one double and one triple), three RBI and two runs.

2007: Started 11 of 59 contests played in, with eight coming as the designated player and three coming at first base...Hit for a .220 average and collected 13 hits (one double)...Knocked in five RBI and scored two runs...Had two multiple-hit games: Mississippi (Feb. 24) and Sacramento State (March 24)...Notched her only double vs. Arizona State (G2-April 24). 2006: Started seven of 38 games played in, all as the designated player...Hit for a .205 average with nine hits (one home run and two doubles)...Knocked in seven RBI and scored four runs...Had two multiple-RBI games: San Diego State (G2-April 15) and New Mexico (G1-April 21)...Hit only home run vs. San Diego State (G2-April 15)...Notched doubles vs. Hawaii (March 11) and New Mexico (G1-April 21).

2005: Was injured at the beginning of the season and slowly eased herself into the lineup...Started one of 12 games played in as the designated player...Hit for a .308 average with four hits (one double)...Collected first career hit (double) vs. New Mexico (G2-May 8) in the MWC Softball Tournament.

High School: A 2003 graduate of Mililani HS...A member of three-straight O.I.A. West conference championships and one state runner-up finish...Was a first-team O.I.A. selection at first base and a state second-team...An honorable mention selection her junior and senior years...Also, played two years on the JV basketball team and two on the varsity squad.

Personal: Sandy Hayami Nakamura was born July 16, 1985, in Mililani, Oahu, Hawaii...The oldest child of Alan and Pamela... Has two younger siblings: Corie and Ian...Majoring in university studies.