Will Nicholas Class: Senior Hometown: Orefield, Pa. High School: Parkland Height / Weight: 6-1 / 175 Position: M

2006: Played in the first 10 games of the season before suffering a torn ACL Sept. 27 against Loyola that ended his season ... Took eight total shots on the year ... NU's recipient of the Big Ten's Sportsmanship Award ... Northwestern's record over the past three seasons with Nicholas in the lineup was 16-3-1.

2005: Missed a majority of the season due to injury ... Played in three games for the Wildcats, starting all three ... Tallied two shots, one of which was on goal.

2004: Appeared in nine games, starting eight ... Started the year on a tear until being lost for the season to a broken leg against Evansville ... Named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week ... Also named to Soccer America's Team of the Week ... Honored as Tournament MVP of the Lakeside Classic ... Scored the game-winning goal in the 'Cats victory over DePaul (9/12) ... Had a five-point game, netting one goal and tallying three assists against UW-Green Bay (9/10) ... Other goal for the season came against Vanderbilt ... Totaled nine points in just nine games for the 'Cats ... More than doubled his career-point total in those nine games.

2003: Started all 19 matches in which he appeared ... Second on team in goals (4) and points (8) as a freshman ... Scored the Wildcats' first goal in their 2-1 Big Ten Tournament win vs. Michigan (11/13) ... Scored his first collegiate goal against Penn State (10/2) ... Followed that up with the first goal in NU's 2-1 win at Duke (10/5) ... Scored match-tying goal in 1-1 Big Ten tie at Ohio State (10/26) ... Scored his four goals on 11 shots.

High School: Four-year varsity letterwinnner, starting all four years and helping team win three league and two district championships ... Honored as league all-star for three years and an all-area player for two years ... Ranks in Top 10 in school history for goals and assists ... Also started for prestigious F.C. Delco club team ... Helped club win Eastern Pennsylvania (EPYSA) State Cup and Super League National Title ... Helped lead Delco to first place in Region 1 Director's League ... Competed against F.C. Barcelona in Spain ... Participated on EPYSA State team for four years and helped win two titles at Region 1 Tournament ... Led EPYSA to ODP National Championship; named winner of the Golden Ball as the Outstanding Player of the Championship after scoring the match-winner vs. Southern California in injury time ... National Honor Society member and editor-in-chief of yearbook staff ... Elected class secretary in Student Government for four years.

Personal: Born William Bradley Nicholas on 4/12/85 ... Son of Brad and Kay Nicholas ... Has a younger sister, Kathryn ... Chose NU over Wake Forest, Richmond and Rutgers ... Sociology major with a minor in business institutions.

Year	G	GS	Shots	G	A	Pts.	GWG
2003	19	19	11	4	0	8	0
2004	9	8	10	3	3	9	1
2005	3	3	2	0	0	0	0
2006	11	10	8	0	0	0	0
Totals	42	40	31	7	3	17	1