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Tennessee State University

2024 Softball Roster

Aaron Quinn
Aaron Quinn
TSU Athletics
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4 Nahtali Simpson

  • Position SS
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown West Orange, N.J,
  • Prev School New Haven

Biography

COLLEGE:
2022:
 Named to the Northeast-10 All-Conference Third Team as a second baseman … Played in 27 games, starting all 37 … Finished the season third on the team with a .277 batting average, knocking 28 hits, second most on the team, including eight for extra bases on five doubles and three home runs … Led the team with 18 RBI and scored 22 runs, second most on the team … Finished a perfect 2-of-2 on the base paths and led the team working 19 walks on the year … Hit safely in 19 games, including seven games with multiple hits … Best outing of the year came in game one of a doubleheader against Assumption (Mar. 27) where she finished a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate with an RBI … Also closed out a doubleheader against Saint Rose (Apr. 9) with four hits, with a pair of base knocks in each end of the DH … Capped off her career with three hits across a Senior Day doubleheader against Southern New Hampshire (Apr. 30) … Earned Academic Honors accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll following the Fall semester.

2021: Named to the Northeast-10 All-Conference Third Team … Earned Academic Honors accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll and was named to the New Haven Dean's List following the Fall 2020 semester … Started all 37 games as the everyday starter at second base … Closed out the season second on the team with a career-high .345 batting average which came on 40 hits in 116 at bats … Among her 40 hits was a team-best 18 extra base hits on 12 doubles, three triples and three home runs, the first two of which led the team … Also led the team with 25 RBI and scored 24 runs, hitting primarily out of the third position in the lineup … Tied with a team-high .578 slugging percentage, while also leading the team with 15 stolen bases, which came on 16 attempts … Finished with at least one hit in 25 games, including 11 games with multiple hits, while leading the team with seven multiple RBI games … Finished four games with a career-high three hits, including both ends of a double header against American International (Apr. 27) when she finished 6-of-7 with three RBI … Also finished 3-for-4 with three RBI in the first game of a doubleheader against Southern Connecticut (Apr. 7) … Closed out one other game with three RBI which came on a 2-for-3 effort at the plate, both hits were doubles, against Saint Rose (Apr. 17) … Strung together a season-long six-game hitting streak that concluded with her going 10-of-19 at the plate in that stretch … Closed out the season with at least one hit in each of the final five games, all of which came in postseason, two against Adelphi (May 9) in the NE10 Southwest Division Championship Series and the remaining three at the NCAA East Region Championship in Manchester, N.H. … Closed out the season with 66 putouts and 54 assists, while she was a part of five of the Chargers 17 doubles plays turned.

2020: Earned Academic Honors (Fall) and Academic Distinction (Spring) accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll … Also named to the New Haven Dean’s List following the Spring semester … Started all six games before the season being suspended due to COVID-19… Finished with five hits, second most on the team, in 19 at bats … Closed out one game with a pair of hits, against Florida Southern (Feb. 8) … Drove in two runs, both of which came on a double against Palm Beach Atlantic (Feb. 7) … Added 19 putouts and six assists to her credit.

2019: Named to the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll following the fall semester … Appeared in 32 games, including three starts while primarily serving as a running specialist … Collected one hit on the season in 11 at bats while scoring eight runs … Finished with five stolen bases without being caught stealing … Her first collegiate hit came in her first start against Felician (Feb. 15) at the Snowbird Freeze Out in Myrtle Beach.

High School: Played four years of varsity softball at West Orange High School … Captain of the softball team … Three-time National Champion … Broke school record for most hits … Selected four years in a row for First Team All-Conference … Also played four years of Basketball … Sectional Champion in Basketball … Involved in Club Softball-Central Jersey Lightning.

Personal: Daughter of Alton and Dionne Simpson … Has an older sister, Jasmine and an older brother, Parris … Also has a younger sister, Nia 

Undergrad majored in music & sound recording, Grad-MBA General Business. 

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    2023Graduate Student

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    2024Graduate Student

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    5'7"
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