2016 Softball Roster
Roster
Tash Coffiel
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Omaha, Neb.
- High School:
- Benson
2017 (Junior at Creighton)
Appeared in 49 games, including 48 starts during her third season at Creighton ... Led the Bluejays with 25 hits and 16 runs scored during BIG EAST play ... Hit total (25) and batting average (.379) during league action both ranked eighth in the conference ... Started 30 games at shortstop and 19 at third base ... Paced Creighton with 16 multi-hit games ... Posted team-best .410 on-base percentage during all games ... Went 5-for-11 with three RBIs at the Santa Clara Invitational (Feb. 24-25) ... Owned team-high 88 assists ... Finished with career-high four hits during second game of a doubleheader at Georgetown (March 25) ... Honored as team’s Most Inspirational Player at the 2017 Creighton Athletics Hall of Fame banquet (for 2016 season).
2016 (Sophomore at Creighton)
Made 46 starts for the Bluejays ... Led the team in batting average (.353), on-base percentage (.463) and triples (2) ... Her on-base percentage ranked ninth-best in Creighton single-season history ... Started 26 of 27 games at third base before playing the final 20 games at shortstop ... Scored a career-high three runs twice ... Tallied her first career triple on Feb. 27 against Sam Houston State ... Notched two stolen bases against Sacred Heart (March 5) at the Rebel Spring Games on her way to scoring three runs ... Finished with a career-high four RBIs while going 2-for-3 with two runs scored in the second game of a doubleheader against Georgetown (April 9) ... Had three hits and two sacrifice bunts during a three-game series at Butler (April 23-24) ... Recorded eight multi-hit games ... Hit .360 with runners in scoring position with nine hits.
2015 (Freshman at Creighton)
Appeared in 32 games, including 31 starts at third base ... Earned a start in Creighton’s season-opener against Pacific ... Claimed her first career hit in the first game of a doubleheader against Northern Colorado on Feb. 20 ... Scored two runs on March 10 against Saint Peter’s ... Notched multi-hit game going 2-for-3 with a run scored against South Dakota on April 8 ... Opened the conference schedule with a 2-for-2 performance against Seton Hall on April 11.
Benson High School
Played softball all four seasons at Benson High School under the tutelage of Bob Woodworth ... Hit .529 as a senior to earn All-State Second Team Honors in Class A, claim a spot on the Omaha World-Herald All-Nebraska Second Team and claimed All-Metro Conference Team recognition … Helped lead Benson to a 19-10 record in 2013 after helping the school earn its first berth in the Class A state tournament in 2012 … In that tournament, Benson became the first No. 8 seed to defeat a No. 1 seed in a first-round state tournament game … During the 2012 campaign attained All-State Second Team Honors in Class A and All-Metro Conference First Team laurels as a junior … Nabbed Honorable Mention honors after her first two seasons at BHS … Also played four years of basketball while dabbling in tennis and track for a year as well … Four-year honor roll student in the classroom.
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Personal
The daughter of Nita Spencer and Michael Nelson … Plans to major in business at Creighton.
