Minnesota State University - Mankato Athletics

2023: Played and started in all 50 games for the Mavericks, splitting time at catcher and the designated player…Batted .302 with seven doubles and six home runs…Drove in 31 runs and scored 28…Recorded at least two hits in 13 games…Drove in a season-high three runs against St. Cloud State (4/7) and Winona State (4/25)…Named to the All-NSIC Second Team…Finished her career tied for sixth all-time in home runs at Minnesota State with 25.

2022: Played and started in 50 games for the Mavericks, splitting time at catcher and as the designated player…Batted .348 with six home runs and 26 RBI…Scored 34 runs and posted 54 hits…Stole 14 bases in 18 attempts…Named the NSIC Player of the Week and was named to the All-NSIC Second Team…Put together an 11-game hitting streak…Recorded at least two hits in 13 games…Named to the NSIC All-Tournament Team…Owned a .995 fielding percentage.

2021: Named to the All-NSIC Second Team…Named to the NSIC All-Tournament Team…Played and started in all 50 games for the Mavericks, splitting time at catcher and as the designated player…Finished third on the team in hits with 58 as she batted .345…Led the team in runs scored (40), home runs (10) and runs batted in (43)…Owned a team-best .601 slugging percentage…Stole eight bases…Tallied at least two hits in 19 games…Drove in a season-high five runs against Winona State, including two home runs…Scored a season-high four runs against Southwest Minnesota State…Tallied three hits during MSU’s NCAA Tournament run.

2020: Made 19 appearances for the Mavericks, including 18 starts…Recorded a .311 batting averaging on 19 hits while recording 12 runs…Recorded a .541 slugging percentage with three home runs, three doubles and a triple.

High School: A two-sport athlete from Marion, Iowa, Sydney Nielsen was a four-time letterwinner with both the softball and basketball teams at Marion High School...As a freshman, she batted .346 with three home runs and 29 RBI, en route to claiming All-State Third Team honors...As a sophomore, she went on to claim All-State Second Team accolades as she set school records with 10 home runs and 48 RBI while batting .508...As a junior, Nielsen received All-State First Team honors as she batted .465 with nine home runs and 35 runs batted in...With basketball team, she helped her team to three conference championships while competing as a guard.

Personal: Sydney is the daughter of Jeff and Shelly Pearson...Born March 13, 2001...Intends to major in criminal justice.