Academic Notes:Majored is construction management….Joined the team in thespring of 2010…Career Basketball Notes: Sawaction in 116 career games, tied for the fourth-best total inschool history...Made 45 career starts...Helped NAU to tie for BigSky regular season title as a freshman and two Big Sky TournamentChampionship game appearances...Scored 401 points in his career andgrabbed 377 rebounds….2009-10 (Basketball):Received the Most Improved Player and Coaches’ Awards at teambanquet…Saw action in all 28 games with 24 starts...Averaged7.0 points per game and 6.5 rebounds...Ranked fifth in the Big Skyin rebounding (6.4) and second in defensive rebounds (5.2) with a7.3 overall average in league games (second overall) and 6.1defensive rebound average in league games, the top total in theconference...Ninth in blocks (0.8)...Had six games in doublefigures on the season...Reset career high for points two times andrebounds four times...Had first career double-double with 11 pointsand career-best 11 rebounds against Northern New Mexico...Notched acareer-best 20 points against Northern Colorado with eight reboundsand a career-best four three-pointers...Scored a then career-best13 points with eight rebounds in season opener against SouthwesternCollege...Had career best five assists against UC Riverside...Resetcareer-high for rebounds in back-to-back games, recording 27rebounds over two games...Grabbed a career-best 15 boards in doubleovertime win over Portland State...Had 12 rebounds at IdahoState...Had nine rebounds at Texas-PanAmerican….2008-09 (Baskebtall): Saw actionin all 27 games with 14 starts…Averaged 3.1 points per gameand 3.0 rebounds...Hit the game-winning free throw to complete afour-point play after tying the game with a three-pointer with 23seconds left to help team to a 67-64 victory over NorthernColorado...Had a career-best four steals at UC Riverside...Grabbeda career-best seven rebounds at Montana State...Tied single-gamebest with four assists at Sacramento State…2007-08(Basketball): Named Most Improved Player at annual teambanquet…Saw action in all 32 games with seven starts...Averaged 2.8 points and 2.8 rebounds...Scored a season-high ninepoints against Pepperdine...Scored eight points in first careerstart at Montana...Had four points atArizona…2006-07 (Basketball): Saw action in29 games for 6.1 minutes per game…Averaged 1.1 points andrebounds per game…High School: A 2006graduate of Ventura High School…Played three years for coachDan Larson, his father…Team captain…Averaged 14.7points, 7.2 rebounds, 3.3 assists and one block per game as asenior…Made 53 three-point shots in seniorcampaign…Channel League player of theyear…CIF-Southern Section Division I-A player of theyear…Named to the first team all-state…Honored in theVentura County Hall of Fame…Played in the Ventura CountyAll-Star game…Team was CIF Southern Section Division I-1Achampions, lost in the first round of the stateplayoffs…Personal: Born Nicolaas P. Larsonon March 4, 1988 in San Mateo, Calif…Son of Dan Larson andElaine Larson…Has one brother, John, and three sisters,Shelaine, Kristen and Emma…Comes from a family of athletes:Father, Dan, played basketball and mother, Elaine, playedvolleyball, both at Santa Clara...Sister, Shelaine, competed intrack & field at Ohio State, and brother, John, played tightend on the Ohio State football team.