Julie Nicholson, Volleyball, 1997-00
Outside Hitter/Middle Blocker, 5-10
Horseheads, New York
Horseheads HS
Syracuse Records Owned by Nicholson
Single Season: Eighth in blocks assists (117) in 1997.
Career: Fifth in blocks assists (316) … Fifth in total blocks (366) … Sixth in blocks per game (0.89).
Nicholson's SU Career Year-by-Year
Senior Year: Team Co-Captain … Appeared in 104 games … Recorded 192 kills with a .240 hitting percentage … Tallied 20 service aces … Posted 158 digs … Totaled 16 solo blocks and 73 block assists … Received the Abbie Bigelow Award … Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both fall and spring … Named a BIG EAST Academic All-Star.
Junior Year: Played in 24-of-37 matches … Hampered by chronic ankle problems all season … Averaged 1.46 kills per game, to go with 1.28 digs per game and 0.52 blocks per game … Served 19 aces … Killed nine attacks and blocked six against Princeton in the Asics/Blue Hen Tournament … Had a season-high nine blocks and two aces in tournament championship win over Princeton … Recorded a double-double in an earlier loss to the Tigers, with 11 kills and nine digs … Had 11 kills, nine digs and a block against Weber State … Posted 12 digs and eight kills in regular season finale against Villanova … Also served a pair of aces against the Wildcats … Posted eight kills, eight digs and two aces against St. John’s … Received the Abbie Bigelow Award … BIG EAST Academic All-Star … Member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in fall and spring.
Sophomore Year: One of three Orange to play in all 32 matches ... Ranked third on team with 78 block assists, fourth with 84 total blocks and fifth on team with 173 kills ... Posted a season-best 14 kills on a season-high 33 attacks at Canisius ... Dished-out a career-high three assists versus Memphis ... Made a career-best 11 digs vs. St. John’s and Cornell ... Named to Syracuse Invitational All-Tournament team after posting a career-best 12 block assists in the tourney championship game against Memphis ... Received the Lucille H. Verhulst Sportswoman of the Year Award … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in fall and spring.
Freshman Year: One of three players to appear in all 36 matches ... BIG EAST conference-play block leader (1.60 per game) ... Ranked fifth in blocks per game in the BIG EAST through all matches (1.25 per game) ... Had a season-high seven kills against Marquette ... Recorded a season-high nine block assists against West Virginia ... Made a season-best 10 digs against Seton Hall ... Served a career-best four aces and made a season-best 21 attacks in a victory against Pittsburgh ... Second on team, and first among freshmen, in total blocks (134) ... Second among freshmen in kills (117) and digs (111) ... Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in fall and spring.
Personal: Born October 3, 1979 ... Daughter of John and Jan Nicholson ... One sister.
