Bio

Ashton Nelson Shidler

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (2006-2008) / Softball
Ocean Springs, Mississippi

After graduating with honors from Ocean Springs High School, Ashton Nelson attended MGCCC on a softball scholarship. During her freshman year, she had the highest batting average on the team and was named to the Mississippi Association of Junior and Community Colleges All-State Team. Nelson was named to the National Junior College Athletic Association All-Region Team and to Who’s Who Among American Junior College Athletes during her sophomore year at the college. She graduated from MGCCC in May 2008. Nelson attended Auburn University of Montgomery, graduating in 2011. While there, she was named to the NAIA All-Academic Team and was inducted into the AUM Hall of Fame for first home run, first RBI, first run scored and first base hit. During her last semester at AUM, Nelson accepted the assistant softball coach position at MGCCC. She worked with head softball coach Kenneth Long until 2014.