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Jersey Number 17
Lileigh Nieto
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Billings, Mont.
- High School:
- Billings West HS
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete ('25)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll ('25)
2025 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Appeared in 31 games with 21 starts ... Had seven hits in 46 at bats (.152 avg.) … Had a season long hit streak of two games ... Reached base safely in three-consecutive games ... Had eight total bases for a .174 slugging percentage ... Hit one double … Had a .241 on base percentage ... Recorded three walks ... Had three hit by pitches ... Finished the year with an OPS of .415 ... Scored five runs, including a season high of two vs. BYU (Feb. 12) ... Had five RBIs ... Recorded two multi-RBI games, including a season high of two vs. Md.-Eastern Shore (Mar. 8) and vs. Samford (Mar. 13) ... Finished with a .939 fielding percentage ... Recorded 43 putouts, including a season high of seven vs. Prairie View A&M (Feb. 23) ... Had three assists ...
HIGH SCHOOL: Played in the outfield and at second base under Preston Sanders at Billings West ... Hit.537 season at the plate as a junior, hitting five home runs and slugging .955 ... Finished the junior season with 11 doubles and also batted in 27 runs to help her to a first-team all-state selection as a center fielder ... Won Montana's All-State Homerun Derby ... Three-time all-state honoree ... Member of the National Honors Society, who earned honor roll for her entire high school career ...
PERSONAL: Daughter of Jennifer and Steve ... Has three siblings; Marleigh, Tayler and Tucker ... Tucker played college football at Carroll College ... Marleigh plays college softball at Montana State-Billings ... Majoring in Biology ...
Summit League Academic Honor Roll ('25)
2025 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Appeared in 31 games with 21 starts ... Had seven hits in 46 at bats (.152 avg.) … Had a season long hit streak of two games ... Reached base safely in three-consecutive games ... Had eight total bases for a .174 slugging percentage ... Hit one double … Had a .241 on base percentage ... Recorded three walks ... Had three hit by pitches ... Finished the year with an OPS of .415 ... Scored five runs, including a season high of two vs. BYU (Feb. 12) ... Had five RBIs ... Recorded two multi-RBI games, including a season high of two vs. Md.-Eastern Shore (Mar. 8) and vs. Samford (Mar. 13) ... Finished with a .939 fielding percentage ... Recorded 43 putouts, including a season high of seven vs. Prairie View A&M (Feb. 23) ... Had three assists ...
HIGH SCHOOL: Played in the outfield and at second base under Preston Sanders at Billings West ... Hit.537 season at the plate as a junior, hitting five home runs and slugging .955 ... Finished the junior season with 11 doubles and also batted in 27 runs to help her to a first-team all-state selection as a center fielder ... Won Montana's All-State Homerun Derby ... Three-time all-state honoree ... Member of the National Honors Society, who earned honor roll for her entire high school career ...
PERSONAL: Daughter of Jennifer and Steve ... Has three siblings; Marleigh, Tayler and Tucker ... Tucker played college football at Carroll College ... Marleigh plays college softball at Montana State-Billings ... Majoring in Biology ...
NDSU Softball Signing Day - November 12, 2025
Wednesday, November 12
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