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Lily Nicholson

Position:
S
Height:
5-11
Class:
Freshman
High School:
McKinney North HS
Hometown:
McKinney, Texas

Sophomore (2024)
Started 28 matches for the Frogs, appearing in 112 of the team’s 113 sets over 30 contests … Helped TCU earn its first national ranking in the AVCA coaches poll in program history and first 20-win season since 2011 … Became the eighth Horned Frog to register a 1,000-assist season, totaling 1,108 in her sophomore campaign … Averaged 9.89 assists per set, the fifth most in the Big 12 and 60th nationally … Posted 13 matches with at least 40 assists, including six with 50+ … Guided the TCU offense to a .252 hitting percentage on the season, tied for the second best in program history, including 10 matches above .300 … Tallied 13 double-doubles in 2024 … Totaled 287 digs, the third most on the team … Added 36 kills, 25 blocks and seven aces … Led the Frogs to their third straight NCAA Tournament appearance, advancing to the Second Round … Tied her career high with 56 assists and added 21 digs in the win over No. 18 Minnesota (9/7) … Dished out 51 assists against UCLA (9/13) … Fed the offense to a season-best .469 clip against UTA, the seventh-best hitting percentage in a match in school history (9/17) … Recorded her 1,000^th career assist in the win over Rice (9/21) … Posted a double-double against No. 14 Baylor with 45 assists and 15 digs (10/6) … Helped TCU become the 11^th team in the last 10 years to knock off BYU in Smith Fieldhouse, racking up 50 assists (10/12) … Led the Frogs to a .362 clip with 50 assists against Cincinnati (10/19) … Tallied her 1,500^th career assist against UCF (11/7).

Freshman (2023)
Played in 24 matches while making 13 starts … Started the last 13 matches of the season for TCU … Out of her 13 starts, eight were against ranked opponents … Made her collegiate debut in the first match of the season against No. 7 Minnesota (Aug. 25) … Recorded her first career double-double (22 assists, 11 digs) in TCU’s 3-0 sweep of Texas Tech (Sept. 29) … In her first collegiate start, Nicholson posted a season-best 56 assists, the most by a TCU player in a single match of the season, against No. 6 Texas … Also recorded a career-best 13 digs against the Longhorns for her second double-double of the season (Oct. 18) … Posted 45 digs in TCU’s 3-1 win at UCF (Oct. 27) … Posted another double-double with her second 50-assists match of the season with 50 assists and 11 digs in TCU’s reverse sweep at No. 20 Baylor (Nov. 11) … Started both matches of the NCAA Tournament for the Horned Frogs … Recorded 46 assists and 13 digs in TCU’s 3-1 win over No. 22 Florida State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (Dec. 1) … Finished with 43 assists and 13 digs for her seventh double-double of the season in the NCAA Tournament Round of 32 (Dec. 2).

High School
Played varsity volleyball at McKinney North High School … Named a First Team AVCA All-American in 2022 … A two-time TCGA First Team All-State selection (2021, 2022) … Dished out 3,274 assists over four years … Tabbed Setter of the Year by Dallas Morning News after averaging 11.1 assists as a junior ... Played club volleyball for Drive Nation … Captured the USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championship her freshman season … Earned Runner-Up honors at the same tournament in both 2019 and 2021.

Personal
Is a 2023 graduate of McKinney North High School in McKinney, Texas ... Daughter of Melissa and Keith Nicholson … Has two siblings, Paige and Wyatt … Both Nicholson’s father, Keith, and grandfather played college sports at Pitt State … Her older sister, Paige Anderson, was an All-Big 12 second team honoree at middle blocker for Oklahoma from 2017-2021 ... Born Sept. 3.