Brian O’Mahoney, Pioneer Press
Oak Park-River Forest’s Maeve Nelson throws to first base during the Class 4A third-place game against Barrington on Saturday, June 13. Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Maeve Nelson
Oak Park-River Forest, 2B, Fr.
2015 stats: .508 BA, 56 R, 15 2B, 4 3B, 4 HR, 36 RBI
College: Northwestern
Nelson declared her college choice before her freshman season started and didn’t disappoint. She led OPRF in batting average, doubles and triples all while moving from shortstop, her normal position, to second base because the Huskies had senior shortstop Taylor Arends.
“[Her position switch] was seamless,” Huskies coach Mel Kolbusz said. “She was our starter from Day 1.”
The 5-foot-10 cleanup hitter was the only freshman named to the Illinois Coaches Association’s Class 4A all-state team. She made the second team.
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