2014 (Senior)
Appeared and started all 54 games...Led the team in home runs (15), RBI (42), slugging percentage (.663), runs scored (35), doubles (11) and total bases (106)...Became the program's all-time leader in career homers, doubles, RBI and slugging percentage during the season...Had 10 multi-hit games during the season...Led the team with 13 multi-RBI games...Recorded a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage for the second straight season...Set a new program single-season record in home runs on May 3 at UNCG after going 1-for-3 with two runs scored...Went 2-for-3 with three RBI, a run scored and a home run versus Maryland-Eastern Shore...Had four RBI with a home run versus Towson on March 20...Went 2-for-4 with three RBI, a home run, a double and two runs scored versus Coppin State...Drove in three runs versus Charlotte while hitting a home run and scoring a run...Went 1-for-3 at Georgia Southern with a home run and three RBI...Batted 2-for-3 versus Bethune-Cookman with two RBI and a double...Named the Southern Conference Player of the Week on March 3...Earned first team All-Southern Conference accolades...Place on the NFCA Mideast All-Region third team.
2013 (Junior)
Played and started 51 games in center field...Named to the NFCA Mideast All-Region First Team...Selected to the All-SoCon First Team...Named the SoCon's Player of the Month for April...Earned the SoCon's Player of the Week twice...Ranked among the top-five in the league in batting average (.370), slugging percentage (.660), doubles (14), home runs (11) and total bases (107)...Ranked second on the team with 18 multi-hit games...Had a hitting streak of 13 games...Ended the season on a 13-game reached base streak...Tied an NCAA Division I softball record with three doubles at Appalachian State on April 7 after going 4-for-4 with a home run, a run scored and a RBI...Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a season-high four RBI versus Western Carolina on April 13...Hit two home runs at North Carolina Central on April 23 and went 2-for-2 with two runs scored and a season-high tying four RBI...Became the fifth player in school history with 40 or more career doubles versus the Mountaineers on April 7...Recorded her second straight season of a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.
2012 (Sophomore)
Played and started all 51 games on the year...Had 14 multi-hit games, including four 3-hit games and a four-hit game...Drove in a season-high four runs on a grand slam at N.C. State on April 19...Paced the team in doubles (10), triples (2)...Was second on the team in batting average (.338), runs scored (34), slugging percentage (.522), hits (53), on-base percentage (.408), RBI (33) home runs (6), stolen bases (17), and total bases (82)...Ranked fifth in the SoCon in stolen bases...Had a season-high four hits with two RBI against N.C. Central on Feb. 11...Began the year on a 10-game hit streak that she extended to 14 games...Recorded a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage during league play.
2011 (Freshman)
Played in 49 games, making 47 starts…Led the team with a .377 batting average (60-for-159) and 36 runs scored…Hit a team-best 16 doubles, good for first in the conference…Hit five home runs and one triple and drove in 29 runs on the year…Slugged a team-best .585 and had an on-base percentage of .434…Ended the season on a 10-game hitting streak…Struck out only eight times in 175 plate appearances, nationally ranking in the top-20 toughest players to strike out…Never struck out more than once in a game all season…Recorded 17 multiple hit games…Drove in a season-high five runs and had two doubles on Feb. 19 against Morgan State…Recorded her first collegiate hit on Feb. 18 against Seton Hall…Made a game-saving diving catch in Elon’s 7-5 win over CofC in the SoCon Tournament on May 11…Ended the season ranked fifth in the league in batting, seventh in slugging, eighth in on-base percentage, fifth in runs scored, seventh in hits, first in doubles and fifth in total bases…Earned second-team all-conference accolades and was named to the SoCon All-Freshman squad.
High School: Earned all-county, all-district and all-state honors in 2007, 2009 and 2010…Hit .616 her senior year, which ranked sixth in the NCHSAA state record book that season…Earned team offensive player of the year honors in 2007 and team MVP accolades in 2009 and 2010…Named conference player of the year in 2010…Named East Forsyth Female Athlete of the Year in 2010…Named Triad Sports Weekly Softball Player of the Year in 2009…Named to the Greensboro News & Record all-area team in 2009 and 2010…In the North Carolina high school record book for batting average (single season and career), hits (single season and career), doubles (single season and career) and consecutive games with a hit…Was also a standout volleyball player at East Forsyth, earning all-conference honors in 2009 and 2010 and team MVP accolades as a senior.
Personal: Full Name is Carleigh Nester…Daughter of Tony and Jan Nester…Born on May 22, 1992…Majoring in psychology.