2016 INDOOR (Jr.): Played in all 32 matches... earned Southland Conference Setter of the Year for a second straight season... First Team All-Southland... produced over 1,000 assists for third consecutive year... racked up career-high 142 kills while hitting a personal-best .335... now has 3,569 career assists and needs just 948 to set a new school record.
2015 INDOOR (So.): Started all 36 matches and played in every set... earned Southland Setter of the Year honors... First Team All-Southland... Recorded school record 1,364 assists on the season... Now sits second in career assists with 2,477... Served 45 aces to move to fourth all-time with 87 career aces.
2014 INDOOR (Fr.): Played in 34 of the Islanders’ 35 matches and started in 31 of them … ran the Islanders’ offense with a team-best 1,113 assists, which ranks fourth all-time for an Islanders’ single season … averaged a team-high 9.51 assists per set, which places seventh all-time for an Islanders’ single season … also led the team with 42 aces which ranks in the Islanders’ top 10 for a single season … recorded 269 digs and 46 blocks during the season … dished out a career-best 59 assists against Houston Baptist (10/4), just three shy of the Islanders’ all-time single match record for a four-set match … posted 13 double-doubles during the season … dished out 50 or more assists in three matches and 40 or more in 10 matches … first student-athlete in program history to be named Southland Conference Freshman of the Year … also earned Southland Conference honorable mention honors … earned a spot on the Southland Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at Lewisville High School in Lewisville, Texas, under head coach Libby Rodriguez … recorded the most assists and aces on her team during her senior season, while helping the Fighting Farmers to a 20-13 record … named District 5-5A First Team in 2011-2013 … earned a spot on the Honorable Mention All-Texas Team in 2012 … eight-year club member … advanced to club junior nationals five straight years and helped the Texas Advantage Club to the 18 Open Junior National Championship in 2013 … named to the AVCA 2012 Phenom List … top 100 players to watch in North Texas in 2012-13 and was named to VYPE DFW’s top 100 Queens of the Court.
PERSONAL: Born Kristyn Nicholson on June 1, 1995, in Lewisville, Texas … parents are Tim and Lissa Nicholson … has an older sister, Lauryn … major is undecided.
