Academic Notes: Majored is construction management….Joined the team in the spring of 2010…Career Basketball Notes: Saw action in 116 career games, tied for the fourth-best total in school history...Made 45 career starts...Helped NAU to tie for Big Sky regular season title as a freshman and two Big Sky Tournament Championship game appearances...Scored 401 points in his career and grabbed 377 rebounds….2009-10 (Basketball): Received the Most Improved Player and Coaches’ Awards at team banquet…Saw action in all 28 games with 24 starts...Averaged 7.0 points per game and 6.5 rebounds...Ranked fifth in the Big Sky in rebounding (6.4) and second in defensive rebounds (5.2) with a 7.3 overall average in league games (second overall) and 6.1 defensive rebound average in league games, the top total in the conference...Ninth in blocks (0.8)...Had six games in double figures on the season...Reset career high for points two times and rebounds four times...Had first career double-double with 11 points and career-best 11 rebounds against Northern New Mexico...Notched a career-best 20 points against Northern Colorado with eight rebounds and a career-best four three-pointers...Scored a then career-best 13 points with eight rebounds in season opener against Southwestern College...Had career best five assists against UC Riverside...Reset career-high for rebounds in back-to-back games, recording 27 rebounds over two games...Grabbed a career-best 15 boards in double overtime win over Portland State...Had 12 rebounds at Idaho State...Had nine rebounds at Texas-Pan American….2008-09 (Baskebtall): Saw action in all 27 games with 14 starts…Averaged 3.1 points per game and 3.0 rebounds...Hit the game-winning free throw to complete a four-point play after tying the game with a three-pointer with 23 seconds left to help team to a 67-64 victory over Northern Colorado...Had a career-best four steals at UC Riverside...Grabbed a career-best seven rebounds at Montana State...Tied single-game best with four assists at Sacramento State…2007-08 (Basketball): Named Most Improved Player at annual team banquet…Saw action in all 32 games with seven starts... Averaged 2.8 points and 2.8 rebounds...Scored a season-high nine points against Pepperdine...Scored eight points in first career start at Montana...Had four points at Arizona…2006-07 (Basketball): Saw action in 29 games for 6.1 minutes per game…Averaged 1.1 points and rebounds per game…High School: A 2006 graduate of Ventura High School…Played three years for coach Dan Larson, his father…Team captain…Averaged 14.7 points, 7.2 rebounds, 3.3 assists and one block per game as a senior…Made 53 three-point shots in senior campaign…Channel League player of the year…CIF-Southern Section Division I-A player of the year…Named to the first team all-state…Honored in the Ventura County Hall of Fame…Played in the Ventura County All-Star game…Team was CIF Southern Section Division I-1A champions, lost in the first round of the state playoffs…Personal: Born Nicolaas P. Larson on March 4, 1988 in San Mateo, Calif…Son of Dan Larson and Elaine Larson…Has one brother, John, and three sisters, Shelaine, Kristen and Emma…Comes from a family of athletes: Father, Dan, played basketball and mother, Elaine, played volleyball, both at Santa Clara...Sister, Shelaine, competed in track & field at Ohio State, and brother, John, played tight end on the Ohio State football team.