2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster

@Wesley Salonen
Hannah Johnson
Tommy Martino, Montana Athletics
Brian Burke
Cody Bashore
Stayson Isobe
Staverne Joseph/UTRGV Athletics
Wes Salonen
Wes Salonen

20 Nik Mains

  • Height 6-8
  • Weight 215
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Scottsdale, Ariz.
  • High School Pinnacle

Biography

Academic Notes: Earned master's degree in human relations in spring 2022...Earned bachelor's degree in information systems in summer 2021...Six-time Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)...Five-time Big Sky All-Academic selection (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022), 2023...Three-time NABC Honors Court (2020, 2021, 2022).

2022-23 (Redshirt Senior): Played in and started 35 games for the Lumberjacks… Averaged 9. Points per game… Second on the team in three pointers made and rebounds, third in minutes played, free throws made and blocks… crossed the 1,000 point mark on Jan. 19 against Idaho.

2021-22 (COVID Redshirt Junior): Started all 32 games...One of two players to start every game and one of three players to play in all 32 games...Averaged 11.5 points and 5.1 rebounds per game...Posted career-high 24 points in consecutive games vs. Embry-Riddle and Idaho...Registered first career 20-point game vs. Benedictine Mesa...Posted five games with at least 20 points...In first 10 games of 2022 calendar year, averaged 14.4 points and shot .493 from behind the arc...Scored in double-figures in 19 games...Shot .433 from the field, .401 from three-point range and .813 at the free throw line...Ranked second on the team with 75 three-pointers made and led the team in three-point percentage...Ranked seventh in the Big Sky in three-point percentage and fifth in three-pointers per game (2.3)...Tied sixth-highest single-game three-point total with career-high eight vs. Embry-Riddle...Ranked second on the team in rebounds...Grabbed season-high eight rebounds in six games...Led the team in steals and ranked second in blocks...Recorded season-high three steals vs. Eastern Washington in Big Sky Tournament...Set career-high with three blocks vs. Benedictine Mesa...Averaged 33.1 minutes per game...Tallied 1,060 minutes, the eighth-most in a single-season in program history...Totaled 367 points, 162 rebounds, 32 assists, 26 steals and 15 blocks.

2020-21 (Redshirt Junior): Appeared in 21 games with 13 starts...Started last nine games of the season...Averaged 8.8 points and 3.6 rebounds per game...Reset career-high for points on three occasions, the last with 19 points vs. Southern Utah on 7-of-11 shooting...In two games vs. Southern Utah, the Big Sky regular season champions, averaged 18.5 points and was 10-of-17 (.588) behind the arc...Averaged 11.3 points and shot .487 from the field and .458 from three in his final 13 games...Registered eight double-digit scoring games...Shot .456 from the field, .405 from three-point range and .708 at the free throw line...Ranked second on the team with 32 three-pointers made and in three-point percentage...Ranked third on the team in rebounds and steals...Posted double-double with 16 points and season-high 10 rebounds at Idaho...Recorded at least five rebounds in six games...Tied career-high with four steals vs. Northern Colorado...Averaged 24.1 minutes per game...Totaled 185 points, 76 rebounds, 12 assists, 15 steals and four blocks in 506 minutes of action.

2019-20 (Redshirt Sophomore): Appeared in 30 games with 14 starts...Started 14 of 15 games from Dec. 8-Feb. 3...Averaged 4.7 points and 2.9 rebounds per game...Recorded first career double-double with 13 points and career-high 12 rebounds in 19 minutes off the bench vs. SAGU American Indian College...Tied season-high of 13 points vs. Weber State...Recorded six games with double-digit points...Shot .476 from the field, .360 from three-point range and .852 at the free throw line...Led team in free throw percentage...Totaled at least five rebounds in six games...Posted career-high four steals vs. Benedictine Mesa...Averaged 15.7 minutes per game...Totaled 141 points, 86 rebounds, 11 assists, 14 steals and three blocks in 471 minutes of action.

2018-19 (Redshirt Freshman): Appeared in 31 games...Averaged 4.9 points and 1.9 rebounds per game...Recorded first career double-digit scoring game with 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting, including 2-for-3 from three-point range at Omaha...Posted nine points and season-best eight rebounds in season-high 27 minutes at San Francisco...Recorded back-to-back scoring games on road trip to Portland State and Sacramento State including season-high 16 points in the latter...Totaled double-digit points in four games...Shot .495 from the field, .306 from three-point range and .700 at the free throw line...Grabbed three or more rebounds in eight games...Recorded a block in 11 games...Averaged 15.4 minutes per game...Totaled 151 points, 59 rebounds, 10 assists, 14 steals and 11 blocks in 478 minutes of action.

2017-18 (Freshman): Redshirted.

High School: Attended Pinnacle High School under coach Charlie Wilde...Helped team advance to the Elite Eight of the state tournament his senior season...Averaged 12.9 points and 5.8 rebounds per game as a senior...Shot 49 percent from the field and 38 percent from three-point range.

Personal: Born April 19...Son of Matt and Deb...Has a younger brother, Jordan...Father, Matt, played basketball at University of Findlay...Brother, Jordan, currently plays basketball at Arizona...Enjoys traveling...Chose NAU because he liked the campus, coaches and players.

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2017-18Freshman

    F
    6'8" 195 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2018-19Redshirt Freshman

    F
    6'8" 195 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2019-20Redshirt Sophomore

    F
    6'8" 215 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2020-21Redshirt Junior

    F
    6'8" 205 lbs
    15
  • 20

    2021-22Redshirt Junior

    F
    6'8" 205 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2022-23Redshirt Senior

    F
    6'8" 215 lbs
    20