Nicole Wilson

Height:
6-3
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Lincoln, Neb.
High School:
Lincoln Christian High School

Updated January 17, 2007

* AVCA Honorable Mention All-American (2005)
* AVCA All-Central Region First Team (2005)
* NCAA Penn State Regional All-Tournament Team (2005)
* AVCA National Player of the Week (Sept. 26, 2005)

* Big 12 Player of the Week (Sept. 26, 2005)
* Two-time All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
* Academic All-Big 12
* Big 12 record holder (season hitting percentage)
* Mizzou all-time leader (career hitting percentage)
* Mizzou all-time leader (career blocks per game)
* Mizzou record holder (season hitting percentage)
* Mizzou record holder (season block assists)

Latest Feature Story:
Nicole Wilson is Tigers' Lucky 13
By Jeremy Anders of mutigers.com written Friday, November 18, 2005

2006:
Placed on AVCA's All-Central Region Honorable Mention list, adding All-Big 12 Honorable Mention honors for the second-consectuve season ... finished in the top-10 of three Big 12 categories, including hitting percentage (5th, .341), points per game (9th, 4.38), and kills per game (10th, 3.63) ... ends Tiger career as the Mizzou all-time leader in hitting percentage (.350), block assists (376), and blocks per game (1.07) ... had 25 matches with 10-or-more kills in 2006, adding 12 matches with five-or-more blocks ... in a sweep on No. 5 Texas on Sept. 23, scored tied-season-high nine blocks and 11 kills on a .333 average ... versus Kansas State on Oct. 21, scored season-high 23 kills on .375 average, adding three blocks and an ace ... in the NCAA Tournament - vs SANTA CLARA, scored on six kills, adding three aces and seven blocks; at STANFORD - posted 15 kills, adding two aces and seven blocks for 21 total points.

2005:
Earned honorable mention AVCA All-America, AVCA All-Central Region first team, and All-Big 12 honorable mention honors in her junior season ... started in all 30 matches for the Tigers, played in 105 games ... broke the Big 12 record in hitting percentage in a conference season (.418) and ended the year fourth in the nation in the category (.415) ... was named Big 12 & AVCA National Player of the Week on September 26 after recording a week of errorless play in sweeps at Colorado and at home versus then-No. 17 Kansas State, hitting .719 over the stretch with 17 kills (3.83 kpg), 5.25 ppg, 2.83 bpg, and 0.67 dpg ... in the K-State match on September 24, Wilson record 11 kills on 13 attempts (also having nine blocks), recording a conference-season high hitting percentage of .846 ... went three matches in a row without committing an error in late September going 34-of-53 (.642) over the stretch ... had 15 or more kills in three matches and 10 or more kills in 21 contests ... marked 14 matches with a .500 hitting percentage or better, improving from four matches the season before ... had 13 matches with five or more blocks ... tallied a season-high 19 kills at Texas Tech, October 1 ... counted a season-high five aces vs Texas Tech, November 2 ... in four matches, marked a season-high nine total blocks ... in the NCAA Tournament ... vs MISSOURI ST - scored 11 kills on .526 hitting, adding five blocks ... vs ARKANSAS - marked nine kills on .538 hitting, adding two blocks and six digs ... vs HAWAII - tallied seven blocks and eight kills ... vs TENNESSEE - marked 15 kills, adding a block and a service ace.

2004:
Finished third in the Big 12 in hitting percentage among all contests (.375), and sixth in conference matches (.344) ... was also in the nation's top 30 among hitting percentage ... had third-best season ever for a Tiger in hitting percentage ... started all but one match for the Tigers ... had at least a .300 hitting percentage 20 times this season and hit over .500 seven times, including a season-high .615 against SEMO on Sept. 21 ...had at least 10 kills in 12 matches, including 19 against Colorado on Oct. 23 ... had two solo blocks five times and recorded five or more total blocks in nine matches ... hit .333 with 10 kills and had four aces in season-opener against Wisconsin ... had 10 kills, a .368 hitting percentage and three aces against Creighton on Sept. 10 ... recorded 16 kills and a .500 hitting percentage and had a season-high six aces against Arkansas State ... hit at least .400 in six-straight matches from Sept. 10-21 ... had a .588 hitting percentage against Baylor on Sept. 18 and hit .615 against Southeast Missouri State on Sept. 21 ... had 13 kills and a .440 hitting percentage in win over No. 15 Texas A&M on Oct. 9 ... had 13 kills, a .417 hitting percentage, four aces and six blocks against Texas Tech on Oct. 20 ... had season-high 19 kills and hit .562 against Colorado on Oct. 23. .... hit over .500 in the NCAA First Round tilt with Arkansas.

2003:
One of two freshman to play in every match for MU ... hit over .300 in 16 matches and had a hitting percentage over .500 seven times ... had seven or more blocks in six matches ... made no errors on 15 attempts in first four matches of the year ... had nine kills and hit .375 against Ohio on Sept. 12 ... added two aces against Ohio ... had six kills and hit .857 against Oklahoma on Sept. 20 ... followed that with a .750 hitting percentage against Texas Tech on Sept. 24 ... made first start of the year at Texas A&M on Sept. 26, recording eight kills, a season-high four digs and seven blocks against the Aggies ... hit 1.000 with five kills on five attempts against Iowa State on Oct. 4 ... set career-high with 11 blocks (2 solo/9 assists) against Kansas State on Oct. 8 ... had eight kills, three digs and seven blocks in MU's victory over No. 8 Nebraska on Oct. 15 ... had eight blocks on Oct. 22 against Colorado ... set a career-high with 14 kills and no errors and hit .452 at Texas Tech on Oct. 25 ... added seven blocks against Lady Raiders ... recorded 12 kills and seven blocks (one solo and six assists) against Colorado on Nov. 22 ... had a career-high five aces against Baylor in the regular season finale.

High School:
Was a three-time letterwinner at Lincoln Christian High School...led Lincoln Christian in kills per game with a 5.97 average...had a team-leading 430 kills last year...also led team in digs with 183 and digs per game with a 2.54 mark...finished the season with a team-high 63 services aces...was a Super State first team selection and was twice named to the All-State first team...was a two-time All-City first team selection...named to the All-Conference first team two season...won the Elks Lodge Female Athlete of the Year Award...was a Girls and Women in Sports and Fitness representative for one year while at Lincoln Christian High...also lettered in basketball four years...earned All-City honors in basketball twice...was All-State and All-Conference in basketball three years... named to the Super State First Team in basketball one season...was on the Honor Roll all four years.

Personal:
Majoring in nutrition and fitnees ... also has interest in physical therapy or medicine and plans to either become a grad assistant or start work right out of college in the field ... also considering playing professionally overseas ... hopes to one day own her own clinic ... also considered Nebraska, Wisconsin, Michigan and Baylor ... born Nicole Lynn Wilson on September 21, 1984.

More Features:
Nicole Wilson is Tigers' Lucky 13
By Jeremy Anders of mutigers.com written Friday, November 18, 2005

Volleyball Q&A: Nicole Wilson
By Media Relations Staff of mutigers.com written Saturday, September 25, 2004

Volleyball team finds talent
By Bob Thompson of Columbia Daily Tribune written Sunday, August 4, 2002

Career Stats

Year	MP	GP	K	E	TA	Hit%	A	SA	DIGS	BS	TB
2003	30	93	163	59	404	.257	7	27	48	13	93
2004	29	96	276	58	582	.375	3	34	70	16	89
2005	30	105	332	71	629	.415	11	29	85	13	132
2006	31	114	385	109	875	0	17	30	66	20	124
TOTALS	120	408	1156	297	2490	.345	38	120	269	62	438

Match Superlatives
Career Bests
Kills, 23, KANSAS STATE (10-21-06),
Attacks, 48, KANSAS STATE (10-21-06),
Hiiting %, .857, OKLAHOMA (9-20-03),
Assists, 3, 2 times,
Aces, 6, ARKANSAS ST. (9-10-04),
Solo Blocks, 2, 13 times,
Total Blocks, 11, at Kansas State (10-8-03),
Digs, 9, at Kansas State (10-26-05),
Points, 25.5, KANSAS STATE (10-21-06),

2006 Season Bests, ,
Kills, 23, KANSAS STATE (10-21-06),
Attacks, 48, KANSAS STATE (10-21-06),
Hiiting %, .579, KANSAS (10-4-06),
Assists, 3, at Texas (11-11-06),
Aces, 3, three times,
Solo Blocks, 2, 4 times,
Total Blocks, 9, twice,
Digs, 6, twice,
Points, 25.5, KANSAS STATE (10-21-06),