Hailey Nicholson

Year:
Freshman
Position:
F
Hometown:
Malta, Mont.
Previous School:
HS

2017-18 (sophomore season): Lady Griz Classic All-Tournament Team ... Played in all 31 games, averaging 15.1 minutes ... Started the season’s first two games ... Also made three late-season starts in place of injured Jace Henderson ... Averaged 5.4 points on 42.2 percent shooting and 3.8 rebounds ... Six times scored 10 or more points, four coming in a five-game stretch in late November and early December ... Matched a career high with 17 points in home win over Southern Utah ... Scored 16 points on two occasions, in home wins over Cal State Fullerton and Stephen F. Austin ... Also grabbed a season-high nine rebounds against Fullerton and reached nine again in home win over Montana State ... A dozen times grabbed five or more rebounds ... A 75 percent shooter from the line.

2016-17 (freshman season): Voted team’s Grace Geil Most Improved Player ... Played in 29 of 30 games, getting 16 starts ... Missed game at Portland State with a concussion ... Started seven of season’s first eight games and nine of the last 10 ... Averaged 18.3 minutes per game ... Ranked fourth on the team in scoring (5.6/g), fifth in rebounding (3.9/g) ... Led team in field goal percentage (.391) ... A 74.1 percent shooter from the line ... Scored seven or fewer points in first 13 collegiate games before erupting for 17 on 7-of-11 shooting at home against Idaho ... Scored eight or more points seven more times down the stretch, including 14 in Big Sky Conference first-round loss to Idaho State ... Six times reached double figures in scoring, once in rebounding, with 10 at home against Sacramento State ... Hit only 3-point attempt of season at Sacramento State ... Blocked eight shots, two at Montana State ... Played a season-high 36 minutes in overtime home loss to Montana State.

Career Highs
Points: 17, two times
Rebounds: 10, Sacramento State (1.21.17)
Assists: 4, Montana State (2.4.17)
Blocks: 2, Montana State (2.25.17)
Steals: 3, Northern Arizona (12.28.17)
3FG made: 1, Sacramento State (2.16.17)
FT made: 6, Cal State Fullerton (12.1.17)
FT attempted: 7, Montana State (2.25.17)
Minutes played: 36, Montana State (2.4.17)
Double-figure scoring games: 12
Double-figure rebounding games: 1

Prep: A 2016 graduate of Malta High ... Led the M-ettes to unbeaten Class B state titles as a junior and senior ... Named MVP of the state tournament as a senior ... Averaged 14.2 points and 7.6 rebounds as a senior ... Part of teams that went 74-2 her final three years of high school ... Played in the 2016 Montana-Wyoming all-star series.

Personal: The daughter of Chad and Michelle Nicholson ... Has an older brother, Brandon, two younger sisters, Jada and Nikki, and a younger brother, Jay ... A business administration major.