UNC Wilmington Athletics

2017 Season: Starter in all 56 games during senior season while spending time at first base, third base and catcher positions ... NCCSIA First-Team All-State selection ... fashioned a .278 batting average wih four home runs and 28 runs batted in ... ranked third in the Colonial Athletic Association with 28 walks ... third on the team with seven multi-RBI contests ... went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and three runs batted in against St. Bonaventure on Mar. 17 ... helped Seahawks to CAA Tournament win over College of Charleston with two hits and two RBI ... opened season with 11 RBI in first 10 games, including five games with two RBI ... scored three runs in win over Appalachian State on Feb. 25 ... committed just two errors in 271 chances ... recipient of CAA Commissioner's Academic Award. 

2016 Season: Started 43 games as a junior ... posted .248 batting average with eight runs batted in ... tallied six multi-hit games, including four consecutive efforts from Feb. 26-28 ... drove in two runs against Eastern Kentucky in 5-4 victory on Feb. 12 ... helped Seahawks to extra-inning victory over Virginia with two doubles ... ranked seventh in the Colonial Athletic Association with .992 fielding percentage, making just two errors in 240 chances ... recipient of CAA Commissioner's Academic Award.

2015 Season: Starter in 37 of 41 games played as a sophomore … saw action at catcher, first base and third base positions … posted .193 batting average with 16 hits and six runs batted in … recorded four multi-hit games … tallied two hits against Western Carolina on Feb. 28 … had a pair of two-hit performances in series against Towson … went 2-for-3 against Delaware in first game of a doubleheader on Mar. 28 … drove in two runs in season finale at Elon while contributing a double.

2014 Season: Started 51 games as a freshman ... team's second-leading hitter with a .256 batting average ... ranked second on the team with 21 runs batted in ... tied for third on the team with 34 hits, including eight doubles and three home runs ... helped Seahawks to win over North Carolina Central with two hits, including two-run home run in bottom of second inning ... also hit home run in first game of doubleheader at Drexel and against Elon.

At Corinth Holders High School: Four-year letter winner who earned all-conference notice four times … two-time all-state and all-district honoree … named Ross Renfrow Pirate Award winner (Female Student-Athlete of the Year) … Raleigh News & Observer High School Scholar-Athlete of the Week selection … earned team MVP honors all four seasons of prep career … member of National Honor Society.

Club: Played for Triangle Lightning Fastpitch Association ... guided squad to fourth place finish in 2013 ASA U18 Nationals … led team to ninth place finish in ASA “A” U18 Nationals in 2012 ... helped squad place fourth in ASA Gold Nationals and third in Dynamite Classic ... earned Defensive Award in 2010 & 2012 and Offensive Award in 2009.  

Personal:  Full Name: Nella Stewart Chamblee … born in Raleigh, N.C. … daughter of Patricia and Jody Chamblee … majoring in Secondary Education … cousin, April Dean, attended UNCW.