Leah Nakashima

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
San Jose, Calif.
High School:
Abraham Lincoln

2017: Pitched in eight games with three starts … Tallied a 7.37 ERA, 1-2 record, one complete game, and 10 strikeouts on the year … Pitched a complete-game 7.0 innings in game one win vs. Yale (Apr. 30), allowing two runs on seven hits with four strikeouts.

2016: Made 19 appearances with 14 starts in the circle … Pitched 74.0 innings … Tossed seven complete games and one shutout … Struck out 41 batters, averaging 3.88 strikeouts per game … Registered a 3.97 ERA … Picked up a save in game two win vs. Cornell (Apr. 9) … Struck out a season-high six batters in each of two games … Finished with a 4-9 record … Did not allow an earned run in a complete-game win in game two at UMBC (Mar. 30) … Permitted just one unearned run in a complete-game win in game two at Yale (Apr. 30).

2015: Earned Honorable Mention All-Ivy honors … Played in 19 games with 12 appearances in the circle … Made six starts as a pitcher, throwing 37.2 innings … Compiled a 5.58 ERA and a 2.04 strikeouts per game ratio … Finished the year with a .238 batting average (5-for-21) … Tallied four runs scored, a home run, and two RBIs … Threw a complete game seven innings and allowed just two runs on five hits with three strikeouts in 4-2 win vs. Harvard (Apr. 12) … Hit the go-ahead two-run home run in the team’s 6-4 win vs. Yale (Apr. 25).

2014: Appeared in 22 games with 12 starts as a pitcher … Recorded a team-high three wins on the season … Finished second on the team with 71.2 innings pitched … Led the team with a 4.40 ERA while striking out 24 batters … Pitched three complete games … Picked up first collegiate win in 4.0 innings of relief at UNC Wilmington (Mar. 2) … Threw combined 11.0 innings without allowing an earned run in doubleheader split with Dartmouth (Apr. 20), including complete-game four-hit victory in nightcap.

Before Brown: Vice-president of the National Honor Society and president of the French Society at Abraham Lincoln High School … Also a member of the class council and the California Scholarship Federation … Selected to the honor roll for four consecutive years … Earned four varsity letters in softball and two in basketball at Abraham Lincoln High School … Captained the softball team during her junior and senior year … Led her team to the championship title during her freshman year … Received her league’s Freshman of the Year Award, Sophomore of the Year Award and Junior of the Year Award … Earned Second Team All-League honors during her senior season … Also played for the San Jose Lady Sharks.

Personal: Leah Nakashima is the daughter of Ann and Kent Nakashima of San Jose, Calif. … She has two sisters, Taylor and Mari … Enjoys playing the viola in the orchestra and Girl Scouts … Engineering concentrator.