Gina Metzler

Career Game-by-Game Stats (through 2018)
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Career Honors & Awards

• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2016, 2018)
• Three-Time Academic All-Big Ten (2016, 2017, 2018)
• Nebraska Outstanding Scholar Award (2018)
• Nine-Time Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
• Nebraska Heart & Soul Award (2018)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
  

Senior Season (2018)
• Appeared in all 54 games with 53 starts
• Started 51 games in left field and two in center
• Set new career highs in hits (33) and RBIs (9)
• Led the team with six sacrifice hits
• Scored 23 runs while tallying four stolen bases
• Scored 10 of her 23 runs in Big Ten play
• Recorded a career-high seven multi-hit games and one multi-RBI game
• Also came in to pinch run against No. 15 Utah and scored one run
• Got her first hit of the season against No. 19 BYU
• Went 3-for-3, with two runs and an RBI in the upset over No. 6 Texas A&M
• Hit 2-for-3, with one run against St. John’s
• Had two hits and one run in the Wichita State series
• Went 1-for-2 with a run, an RBI, a double and a walk in the 7-0 win over Green Bay
• Hit 1-for-1, with one run and a walk in the 5-1 win at Kansas
• Went 1-for-4 with an RBI in game one against South Dakota State
• Hit 2-for-2, with one run, one walk and two RBIs in game two against the Jacks
• Went 3-for-3 with one RBI and a walk in 6-2 win over Creighton
• Had one RBI and drew a walk in 9-3 win over South Dakota
• Has four stolen bases and four sacrifice hits
• Went 1-for-3 with one run and a double in game one at Indiana
• Went 1-for-3 with one run in game one against Purdue
• Scored one run in game two against Purdue
• Went 2-for-6 in the three-game series against Minnesota
• Went 1-for-3 with two runs scored in game three win over Illinois
• Scored a run in the Big Ten Tournament game against Michigan State

Junior Season (2017)
• Appeared in 43 games with 26 starts
• Earned starts in center field (17), left field (6) and as designated player (3)
• Totaled a career-high six multi-hit games and recorded her first multi-RBI game
• Set career highs in hits (30), doubles (3), stolen bases (5) and RBIs (6)
• Had more hits (30) than in her first two years combined (17)
• Had more RBIs (6) than in her first two years combined (4)
• Had hit more doubles (3) than in her first two years combined (1)
• Had more stolen bases (6) than in her first two years combined (1)
• Produced more multi-hit games (6) than in her first two years combined (3)
• Had the walk-off game-winning RBI in the eighth inning in series finale vs. Northwestern
• Went 3-for-6 with a steal in two starts in the series with No. 8 Minnesota
• Posted her sixth multi-hit game with 2-for-3 effort vs. No. 8 Minnesota March 25
• Produced a career-long 10-game hitting streak from Feb. 24 to March 10
• Went 18-for-34 (.529) with two doubles and four RBIs during the streak
• Had more hits during her 10-game hitting streak (18) than she did in her first two seasons combined
• The 10-game hitting streak was the longest by a Husker in 2017
• Produced three consecutive games with three-or-more hits March 4 & 5
• Went 3-for-5 with a run vs. Lamar on March 5
• Went 7-for-8 in two games on March 4
• Was 4-for-4 with a double, two runs, a stolen base and two RBIs against Lamar
• Set career highs in hits and RBIs vs. Lamar; matched highs in runs and steals
• Went 3-for-4 with a run scored vs. IUPUI
• Marked her first career three-hit game
• Tied a career high with two runs scored in win over Oregon State
• Posted her second multi-hit game with two hits vs. California and stole a base
• Went 1-for-3 and scored a run vs. No. 13 Washington
• Went 2-for-3 with her second career double vs. No. 2 Auburn

Sophomore Season (2016)
• Started a total of 34 games in the outfield
• Started a team-high 33 games in left field and one game in right
• Appeared as a defensive replacement 12 times
• Also made nine pinch-running appearances
• Had a sacrifice and an RBI off the bench vs. Purdue in the Big Ten Tournament
• Produced her second RBI with a bases-loaded walk at Northwestern
• Recorded her first outfield assist of the season to end upset of No. 1 Michigan
• Made a catch and threw out a runner at third for a game-ending double play
• Scored a career-high two runs off the bench in game three at Maryland
• Also drew a walk in the series finale at Maryland
• Earned a start in left in the series finale at Illinois, going 1-for-2 with a walk
• Marked her second career Big Ten start and first in the batting order
• Ignited a comeback win over No. 7 Oregon with a seventh-inning leadoff single
• Had four hits in four games at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge
• Produced her first multi-hit game of the year with a 2-for-4 effort at NC State
• Also added her first RBI of the year against the Wolfpack
• Hit safely in each of her first six games in the batting order
• Her first hit of the season was her first career double vs. Drake

 

Freshman Season (2015)
• Appeared in 45 games, including 14 starts in left and one in center
• Scored 20 runs in her 45 games
• Scored 10 runs in Nebraska's 23 Big Ten Conference games
• Scored her final run of the season at No. 5 LSU in the NCAA Tournament
• Scored a run in both games of a doubleheader at Ohio State
• Totaled multi-hit games against Iowa and Montana
• Drew walks against Texas Tech and No. 10 Tennessee
• Went 2-for-2 in game two of a doubleheader at Iowa
• Was 1-for-2 and scored twice vs. No. 14 LSU and No. 10 Tennessee on Feb. 21
• Finished 1-for-2 with a run at New Mexico State in her first start in the lineup
• Went 2-for-4 with a run and her first career RBI vs. Montana the next day

Before Nebraska (Papillion-La Vista High School)
• Four-time first-team All-Nebraska Selection
• 1 of 5 players to be a four-time, first-team All-Nebraska honoree
• Won one state title and added one runner-up finish
• Produced a .500 career batting average, which ranked fourth in state history
• Hit .600 as a senior with five doubles, eight triples and 40 stolen bases
• Was named National High School Player of the Week for her efforts during the state tournament
• Went 16-for-22 (.727) during the tournament with a .750 on-base percentage
• Hit .529 as a junior with a school-record 44 stolen bases
• Batted .439 as a sophomore after hitting .440 as a freshman
• Played her travel ball for the Nebraska Gold, with her father Brad as an assistant coach

Personal
• Earned bachelor's degree as a nutrition and health sciences major at Nebraska in December of 2018
• Born on June 13, 1995
• Daughter of Brad and Jeannie Metzler
• Has two sisters, Danielle Ryan and Ashley Johnston
• Has one brother, Bradley

Year	Avg.	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	OB%	SLG%	SB-ATT	FLD%
2015	.207	45-15	29	20	6	0	0	0	1	2	6	.258	.207	0-1	.958
2016	.275	51-34	40	15	11	1	0	0	3	5	3	.370	.300	1-1	.963
2017	.341	43-26	88	14	30	3	0	0	6	1	4	.348	.375	5-6	.968
Total	.299	139-75	157	49	47	4	0	0	10	8	13	.337	.325	6-8	.963