Hall of Fame
Holly Nichols
Holly was a member of the softball 1st Team All-American in 2007 at Parkland. She hit .389 with 4 home runs and 52 RBI her sophomore season and led the team in runs scored with 81. She helped her team to a two-year record of 95-25. While at  Parkland, Holly was a Distinguished Academic All American in 2007 and Parkland Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2007.  After Parkland, she transferred to University of Missouri-St. Louis and was a member of the softball team
that won the Great Lakes Valley Conference and earned a spot at the NCAA regionals for the first time in over 20 years. She continued her education at Eastern Illinois University, receiving the E. Warner/S. Rives Higher Education Award and the Old Main Memorial Scholarship, earning a Master of
Science degree in 2014. Recently Holly was Assistant Director of Academic Services in the Athletics Department at Eastern. Currently, Holly is an Academic Advisor at the College of Media, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
