AUSL

Nerissa Myers

University of Louisiana at Lafayette '13

Hometown: Petal, Mississippi

2017 Cowles Cup Champion

Myers began her softball career playing slow pitch, but transitioned to fast pitch in the eighth grade. In 2013, she hit her first professional home run off of Lisa Norris, who she married in 2018. Myers enjoys woodworking, gardening, and spending time with their four dogs.

Myers began her professional career with the Akron Racers in 2014 where she was named an All-NPF selection and earned Offensive Player of the Year. She joined the Scrap Yard Dawgs in 2016 and won the Cowles Cup Championship in 2017. In 2018, Myers became a member of the Great Britain National Team. She played internationally with Italy’s Specchiasol Bussolengo in 2019, where she was named MVP, and won the Women’s Italian Premier Cup and European Championship.

  • Set all-time record for career runs scored (243) for the Ragin Cajuns
  • 2013 First Team All-Sun Belt
  • 2012 First Team All-Lafayette Region
  • 2012 College Sports Madness Third Team All-American
  • 2012 All-Sun Belt First Team
  • 2012 Louisville Slugger Division-I National Player of the Week (3/12-3/18)
  • Two-Time SBC Player of the Week
  • 2011 All-Sun Belt Second Team
  • 2010 All-Baton Rouge Regional Team
  • 2010 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
Headshot of Nerissa Myers

Career Stats

YEAR
G
GS
PA
AB
AVG
OBP
SLG%
OPS
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
HP
SO
TB
SF
SH
SB
CS
2020 Championship*
15
15
55
35
.257
.500
.457
.957
11
9
1
-
2
5
13
5
7
16
1
1
-
-
Career Totals
15
15
55
35
.257
.500
.457
.957
11
9
1
-
2
5
13
5
7
16
1
1
-
-

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Game Log

DATE
HOME TEAM
AWAY TEAM
PA
AB
AVG
OBP
SLG%
OPS
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
HP
SO
TB
SF
SH
SB
CS
9/28/2020
Team PiancastelliTeam Ocasio
4
4
.750
.750
1.500
2.250
1
3
-
-
1
2
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
-
9/27/2020
Team WarrenTeam Piancastelli
4
3
.333
.500
.333
.833
1
1
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
9/26/2020
Team OstermanTeam Piancastelli
4
3
.333
.500
.333
.833
-
1
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
9/21/2020
Team OstermanTeam Reed
3
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
9/20/2020
Team WarrenTeam Osterman
2
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
9/19/2020
Team OstermanTeam Hayward
3
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
9/14/2020
Team ReedTeam Sanders
3
1
-
.667
-
.667
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
9/13/2020
Team SandersTeam Osterman
5
1
-
.800
-
.800
2
-
-
-
-
-
3
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
9/12/2020
Team PiancastelliTeam Sanders
4
4
.250
.250
.250
.500
-
1
-
-
-
1
-
-
1
1
-
-
-
-
9/7/2020
Team HaywardTeam Ocasio
4
3
.333
.500
1.333
1.833
1
1
-
-
1
1
-
1
-
4
-
-
-
-
9/6/2020
Team ShowTeam Hayward
5
2
1.000
1.000
1.500
2.500
2
2
1
-
-
-
3
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
9/5/2020
Team OstermanTeam Hayward
3
2
-
.333
-
.333
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/31/2020
Team PendleyTeam Fagan
4
1
-
.333
-
.333
2
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
-
-
1
1
-
-
8/30/2020
Team FaganTeam Wagner
3
1
-
.667
-
.667
1
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/29/2020
Team WarrenTeam Fagan
4
2
-
.500
-
.500
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Awards & Honors

2017 Cowles Cup Champion

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