Academic Notes: Majoring in biology.

Personal Bests: 52-2 (SP), 159-6.5 (Discus), 195-11 (HT), 60-4 (WT)

2011: Placed 30th overall (57.69m/189-3) at the NCAA West Prelims in the hammer throw in last event of Lumberjack career …  Scored 14 points in final Big Sky Outdoor Championships after finishing runner-up in the hammer throw and fourth overall in the discus … Also competed in the shot put at the championship event … Recorded three personal-best efforts in the hammer throw in 2011, with his career-best mark coming at the outdoor championships (59.72m/195-11) … Season-best discus mark also came at the outdoor championships with a heave of 158 feet, two inches (48.22m) … Finished second overall in the hammer at the New Mexico Tailwind Invite (56.69m/186) … Scored six points at the Big Sky Indoor Championships after placing fourth in the weight throw and eighth in the shot put … Season-best weight throw came at the NAU Open (17.85m/58-6.75).

2010: Competed during the indoor season and redshirted the outdoor campaign for the Lumberjacks … Scored a fourth-place finish in the weight throw at the Big Sky Indoor Championships after recording a mark of 58 feet, 8.5 inches (17.90m) … Also competed in the shot put (10th) at the indoor championships … In final meet before the conference championships, recorded career-best hurl of 60 feet, four inches in the weight throw … Recorded season-best mark in the shot put (15.30m/ 50-2.25) at the NAU Team Challenge.

2009: Recorded two personal bests during the season in both the shot put (15.66m/51-4.5) and the discus (48.63m/159-6.5) … At the Big Sky Indoor Championships, scored seven points for the Lumberjacks after placing fifth in the weight throw (17.03m/ 55-10.25) and sixth in the shot put (15.50m/50-10) … Contributed six points for the men’s team at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships after placing fourth in the hammer throw (55.62m/182-5.75), and eighth in the discus (46.75m/153-4.5).

2008: Had successful second campaign with the Lumberjacks, competing in both of the Big Sky Championships, and earning a spot in the 2008 West Regional where he finished 24th overall in the hammer throw (56.11m/184-01) … At the Big Sky Outdoor Championships he scored 10 points for the Lumberjacks, finishing third in the hammer throw (48.33m/191-04) and fourth in the discus (47.92m/157-03) … Placed fourth in the weigh throw at the Big Sky Indoor Championships (17.36m/56-11.50).

2007: Competed only in the outdoor season his freshman year ... Season-best marks include 15.50m (shot put), 46.03m (discus) and 51.45m (hammer throw) ... At the Big Sky Outdoor Championships, secured eighth-place finish in the discus with a hurl of 151 feet (46.03m) … Was also a competitor in the hammer throw (9th) and shot put (15th).

High School: Graduated from Sunrise Mountain HS in 2006 ... Set high school records in both shot put and discus ... Named Athlete of the Meet at the 2006 Great Southwest Invitational ... Also played four years of football.

Personal: Son of Robert and Carol Nicol ... Born on Dec.18, 1987.