High School: Teamed up with current teammate Will Regan to lead Nichols to a 2010 state championship, averaging 16.5 points per game that season... spent his junior season at La Lumiere Prep in Indiana, averaging 15 points and seven rebounds per game... returned to East Aurora as a senior to play alongside his brother Cam... led the team to a 21-6 record after averaging 26 points, 11 rebounds, and three assists per game in his senior year... set East Aurora school records for points in a season (585), points in a game (40), and average points per game... he led the state in three pointers made, with 68, and ranked third in the state with 132 made free throws... first team all state... Western New York Player of the Year... played AAU ball for the Albany City Rocks and coach Jim Hart... hit 64 percent of his three pointers during a week-long stretch at nationals.

Personal: Born June 4, 1993... son of Todd and Donna... has two brothers, Thad and Cam, and two sisters, Brittany and Isabelle... career goal is to becoming a head coach... favorite athletes are Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, and Tim Tebow... was also recruited by Princeton, Cornell, The Citadel, Rhode Island, Davidson, and Providence... favorite musician is LeCrae... lists his toughest opponent faced as Ricky Ledo, the 21st-ranked player in the nation in the class of 2012 and now a freshman at Providence... he held Ledo to seven points while scoring 18 of his own... lists his brothers as his greatest athletic influences and his father as the person he admires most... chose the number 24 because he wore it when Nichols won the state title, and because he is close friends with former Bull Dave Barnett, who also wore it... lists John Wooden as the person in history he would like to meet most.