ACADEMIC NOTES: Major is construction management.

2008-09 (JUNIOR): 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 (SOPHOMORE): 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 (FRESHMAN): Saw action in 29 games for 6.1 minutes per game…Averaged 1.1 points and rebounds per game.

PREP: 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, is a tight end on the Ohio State football team.

Larson’s Career Bests
Points 9 vs. Pepperdine (11/28/07)
Rebounds 7 at Montana State (1/10/09)
Assists 4 vs. Western Kentucky (12/1/07)
4 at Sacramento State (1/18/09)
Steals 4 at UC Riverside (11/22/08)