2025 Softball Roster
Nigey, Bella
Jersey Number 6
Bella Nigey
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Bettendorf, Iowa
- High School:
- Assumption
Bio
Career Awards
- 2023 NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
- 2022-23 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
- 2023-24 CSC Academic All-District Team
- 2024-25 CSC Academic All-District Team
- Appeared in 28 games, starting 22.
- Threw 114 total innings, the most of any member of the DePaul pitching staff.
- Posted a team-best 9-12 tally as the pitcher of record, adding one save against Jacksonville (March 1).
- Earned a career-best eight strikeouts against Georgetown (May 2).
- Led the team with a 3.32 ERA and 81 strikeouts.
- Recorded two putouts and 27 assists along with a pair of errors for a .935 fielding percentage.
- Added BIG EAST Honor Roll recognition (February 24).
Sophomore (2024)
- Appeared in 23 games and earned 16 starts during her sophomore season.
- Had a team-best record of 4-11 with an ERA of 6.02.
- Tallied her first win of the season in a complete game shutout of Memphis (Feb. 25), throwing 7.0 innings with zero runs on six hits.
- Set a new career-best with seven strikeouts against Georgetown (March 9).
- Recorded her first career save against Georgetown (March 10).
- Totaled one putout and 12 assists with zero errors for a 1.000 fielding percentage.
Freshman (2023)
- Earned seven starts and appeared in 16 games.
- Finished the season with a 4-4 record on 57.1 innings pitched.
- Pitched four complete games and earned one shutout against Saint Francis (3/4/2023).
- Recorded 35 strikeouts throughout the season.
- Named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week (May 8) and earned a nod to the BIG EAST Honor Roll (March 6).
- Four-year letter winner in softball at Assumption High School.
- Won a pair of state championships for the Knights in 2019 and 2021 while finishing runner up in 2022.
- Two-time First Team All-State, All-Metro and All-Conference.
- Named to the Class 3A-All Tournament Team as a junior and a senior.
- Posted a 24-4 mark in her senior campaign with a .75 ERA.
- Went 25-2 in the circle as a junior, throwing 222 strikeouts in 140 innings while boasting a .85 ERA.
- Played travel ball with the Southeast Iowa All-Stars.
- Daughter of William and Kathryn Nigey.
- Has three younger sisters, Madalyn, Charlotte and Emeilia.
- Majoring in Psychology with a minor in Speech Language Pathology
Blue Demon Room Podcast Episode 14: Bella Nigey & Baylee Cosgrove
Wednesday, February 05
Episode 13: Allie Quigley & Lindsay Chouinard Platt, 2024 Hall of Famers
Thursday, January 16
Nicole Sullivan Mic'd Up
Monday, August 07
Softball BIG EAST Championship Game One Highlights
Thursday, May 12