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2023 Softball Roster

13 Laurin Nodine

  • Position INF
  • Height 5-6
  • Custom3 R/R
  • Major Chemistry
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Wellford, SC
  • High School James F. Byrnes HS

Biography

FMU:  Returning letterwinner....Conference Carolinas Winter/Spring Academic All-Conference Team 2023....Played in 48 games (36 starts - 29 at 2B, 2 at 1B, 5 in RF) as a freshman in 2022....Ranked T-12th in Conference Carolinas for double plays turned (6)....2 multi-hit games....Will bring some great energy to our program on the field, and in the dugout...A talented student in the classroom and that dedication to her studies flows over into her dedication to developing her softball skills as well....Are excited to see her in action wearing the red, white, and blue....Signed early in 2020....Division II ADA Academic Achievement Award 2023....NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete 2022.....FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll 2021 (fall), 2022 (spring, fall), 2023 (spring)....Conference Carolinas Presidential Honor Roll 2022, 2023 (spring).

PERSONAL:
  • Born Laurin Elizabeth Bailey Nodine in Columbia, SC
  • Graduate of James F. Byrnes High School, where she played for coach Brandi Aiken
  • Named her school’s Freshman Academy Female Athlete of the Year for 2017-18
  • Been a part of two upper state championship squads for the Lady Rebels
  • Helped Byrnes to a 29-4 mark in 2019, the same year that Nodine garnered her school’s Rebel Award
  • Two-sport athlete, was named the basketball team’s most valuable player as a sophomore
  • Member of the National Honor Society and Beta Club
  • FCA Great Commission Leader
  • Nickname is Nodey 
PERSONAL FAVORITES:
  • Campus activities/Academic Achievements: Dean’s List Fall 2021, Spring 2022
  • Major: Biology 
  • How you got your nickname: It’s short for my last name and my travel team started calling me it 
  • As a child what you wanted to be when you grew up: Doctor 
  • Favorite Superhero: Superman
  • Favorite Athlete: A’ja Wilson 
  • Favorite Sports Team: Golden State Warriors 
  • Favorite Movie or TV Show: Grey's Anatomy 
  • Favorite Food: Crab legs 
  • Favorite Vacation Spot: Fripp Island
  • Favorite Musical Artist: Lauren Daigle 
  • Favorite Thing About FMU: The family-like team and community all around and being able to communicate and get help from professors easily 
  • Favorite Off- Field Activity: Playing basketball/Drawing/Hanging out with friends 
  • Goals for Upcoming Season: My goals for this season are to make it back to where we ended this past year and continue to go even further, which includes winning our conference, the conference tournament, and the NCAA tournament!
  • Why you first chose your sport: I first chose my sport because it makes me happy and I have fun doing it, I also enjoyed my dad being able to coach me when I was younger
  • Biggest mental challenge in your sport: the biggest mental challenge is probably being able to separate a bad at bat from your performance in the field and up to bat after the mistake happens 
  • Interesting Notes: I’ve been a part of/won two state championships, I received female athlete of the year at my high school, I was 3lbs when I was born, and I have two middle names 

Statistics

Season:
2023

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2022Freshman

    INF-OF
    5'6"
    13
  • 13

    2023Sophomore

    INF
    5'6"
    13