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2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster

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1 Dru Nickson

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Melbourne, Fla.
  • High School Holy Trinity Academy
  • Major Business Administration

Biography

• 2024-25 Second Team All-Sunshine State Conference
• 2025 Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• 2023-24 Third Team All-Sunshine State Conference


2024-25 (Senior): Earned Second Team All-Conference honors…named to the Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll…started in 28 of his 29 appearances…the Eagles’ scoring leader at 16.1 points per game…also averaged 4.1 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game…opened the season with 29 points on 10-of-17 shooting against Morehouse (Nov. 8)…was 12-for-13 from the free throw line on the way at 31-point output against Fort Lauderdale (Nov. 27)…erupted for 43 points on 10-of-18 shooting from long range and 9-of-10 from the charity stripe against Rollins (Feb. 22).

2023-24: Named Third Team All-Sunshine State Conference...Played all 32 games with 31 starts...averaged 32.8 minutes per game (top-5 in the SSC), 12.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 4.0 assists per contest...scored double figures in all but six games...season-best 21 points at Morehouse (Nov. 11)...went 5-for-11 from 3pt at Tampa (Jan. 3)...season-high seven rebounds and eight assists vs. Eckerd (Feb. 21)...registered seven steals at Rollins (Feb. 14)

2022-23: Returned to the program and had a great sophomore season...played in 30 games with 28 starts, averaging 27.1 minutes...scored 9.3 points, grabbed 3.9 rebounds, and dished out 3.2 assists...scored in double-digits 11 times, and dished out five-plus assists seven times...scored a career-high 21 points with eight rebounds and seven assists versus Elizabeth City State (Nov. 25)...had 19 points and eight rebounds against No. 23 Alabama Huntsville in the NCAA II South Regional.

2019-20: Played in 18 games with three starts as a true freshman before suffering a season-ending injury...averaged 7.4 points, 3.5 assists and 3.3 rebounds in 21.7 minutes as a rookie...went for a season-high 19 points and six assists in a win over Palm Beach Atlantic (Dec. 14)...nine assists against Spring Hill (Nov. 15) were the most for a true freshman in program history.

Prep: 2019 graduate of Holy Trinity Academy...standout for the Tigers, scoring over 1,000 career points...helped guide his team to the FHSAA state semifinals as a freshman and the quarterfinals as a sophomore...All-Conference performer as a sophomore...also starred on the gridiron, leading Holy Trinity to the second round of the FHSAA Class 3A playoffs in 2018.

Personal: Born in Fort Stewart, Georgia...son of Stephanie and Ellis Nickson...majoring in Business Administration.

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2019-20Freshman

    Guard
    6'3" 180 lbs
    4
  • 1

    2022-23Sophomore

    Guard
    6'3" 180 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2023-24Junior

    Guard
    6'3" 180 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2024-25Senior

    Guard
    6'3" 180 lbs
    1