COLLISON, NICHOLAS JOHN 'NICK'
Hometown: Iowa Falls, IA
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Nick Collison - a few Kansas highlights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBORajsG5-Y&feature=related
| CATEGORY | TOTAL | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |
| YEAR | Fr. | So. | Jr. | Sr. | ||
| POSITION | F | F | F | F | ||
| HEIGHT | 6'9 | 6'9 | 6'9 | 6'9 | ||
| WEIGHT | 240 | 250 | 250 | 255 | ||
| JERSEY | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Games Played/Started | 142/130 | 34/33 | 33/23 | 37/36 | 38/38 | |
| Minutes | 3888 | 774 | 892 | 990 | 1232 | |
| Per Game | 27.4 | 22.8 | 27.0 | 26.8 | 32.4 | |
| Points | 2097 | 357 | 461 | 577 | 702 | |
| Per Game | 14.8 | 10.5 | 14.0 | 15.6 | 18.5 | |
| Rebounds | 1143 | 234 | 222 | 307 | 380 | |
| Per Game | 8.0 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 8.3 | 10.0 | |
| Offensive | 390 | 69 | 72 | 124 | 125 | |
| Defensive | 753 | 165 | 150 | 183 | 255 | |
| Blocks | 243 | 32 | 54 | 83 | 74 | |
| Assists | 257 | 38 | 71 | 64 | 84 | |
| Steals | 155 | 36 | 36 | 39 | 44 | |
| Turnovers | 346 | 70 | 91 | 93 | 92 | |
| (Assists+Steals)/TO | 1.19 | 1.06 | 1.18 | 1.11 | 1.39 | |
| FG: Attempts | 1526 | 292 | 313 | 414 | 507 | |
| Made | 858 | 145 | 187 | 245 | 281 | |
| Percent | 56.2 | 49.7 | 59.7 | 59.2 | 55.4 | |
| 3FG: Attempts | 64 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 38 | |
| Made | 23 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | |
| Percent | 35.9 | 38.5 | 40.0 | 37.5 | 34.2 | |
| FT: Attempts | 574 | 92 | 136 | 146 | 200 | |
| Made | 358 | 62 | 85 | 84 | 127 | |
| Percent | 67.4 | 67.4 | 62.5 | 57.5 | 63.5 | |
| Production Points/Game | 18.77 | 13.24 | 17.45 | 20.16 | 23.50 | |
| Production Points/Minute | .685 | .581 | .646 | .754 | .725 |
COLLEGE:
As a senior, named to NCAA All-Final Four Team...NABC Player of the Year...Named
First-Team All-American by Associated Press, Basketball Times, USBWA and NABC...Also
named to John R. Wooden All-American Team...First-Team All-Big 12 (AP and
coaches)...First-Team Academic All-Big 12...NCAA Tournament West Region
All-Tournament Team...Three-time Big 12 Player of the Week (12/16, 2/3 and
3/3)...Selected as National Player of the Week on 3/3 by ESPN.com, FoxSports.com
and CollegeInsider.com...NABC First-Team All-District 12...Finalist for Senior
CLASS Award, Naismith Award (Top 20) and Wooden Award (Midseason Top
30)...Preseason First Team All-Big 12 (media and coaches)...Named to Playboy
Preseason All-America Team...As a junior, named to All-Midwest Region Team by
Basketball Times and NCAA...Honorable Mention AP All-American...Named to Big 12
All-Tournament team...Named to USBWA All-District VI Team...Second-Team All-Big
12...Academic All-Big 12 Second Team...NABC All-District 12 Second Team...Won
Dick Harp Field-Goal Percentage Award...As a sophomore, was named Second-Team
All-Big 12 by Associated Press and First Team by coaches...Sporting News
First-Team All-Big 12...NABC All-District 12 First Team...Second-Team Academic
All-Big 12...Big 12 Player of the Week twice...Won Dick Harp Field-Goal
Percentage Award...As a freshman, was Honorable Mention All-Big 12...Named to
Big 12 All-Freshman Team...Two-time Big 12 Rookie of the Week...Won Ted Owens
Defensive Player Award...2002-03 (Senior): Led Kansas to the NCAA title
game...Topped Jayhawks in scoring (18.5 ppg, second in Big 12), rebounding (10.0
rpg, third in Big 12, 18th in nation) and blocks (1.9 bpg)...Shot 55.4 percent
from the field...Total of 702 points were the seventh-highest single-season
total in Kansas history...Led the Jayhawks in scoring 14 times and in rebounding
17 times...Scored a career-high 33 points against Duke in NCAA Sweet 16
victory...Grabbed a career-high 23 rebounds vs. Texas, the highest total by a
Kansas player under Roy Williams...2001-02 (Junior): Finished first on team in
field-goal percentage (.592) and blocks (83)...Led the Big 12 in blocked shots
(2.20 bpg)...Finished second on the team in scoring (15.6 ppg) and rebounding
(8.3 rpg)...2000-01 (Sophomore): Ranked third on team in scoring, fourth in
rebounding and first in blocked shots...1999-00 (Freshman): Started every game
with the exception of Senior Day...Ranked third on team in scoring and second in
rebounding.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER:
Professional Links:
http://www.nba.com/playerfile/nick_collison/index.html
http://www.nba.com/sonics/roster/nick_collison.html
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3715
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?playerId=1978
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/collini01.html
http://www.sportsline.com/nba/players/playerpage/400539
Collison tickled to return to KU, J6/23/2005
KU to Retire Collison's Jersey, 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IroDbPpwlM&feature=related
From Wikipedia: Nicholas John Collison (born 26 October 1980) is an American basketball player.
Currently (2005) a power forward for the Seattle SuperSonics, and is well known in basketball circles for his accomplishments at the University of Kansas (KU). Teaming with Kirk Hinrich for one of the best duos in college basketball, he helped KU reach two Final Fours (2002, 2003). Perhaps his best performance, at least in college, was in the 2003 NCAA tournament, in which he scored 33 points and grabbed 19 rebounds for a thrilling victory over the Duke University Blue Devils. In 2003, his Jayhawks lost to the Syracuse University Orangemen and freshman phenom Carmelo Anthony in the Tourney final 78-81. During his time in college, he also played for the Dream Team basketball squad in the 2002 Olympics.
Like his teammate Kirk Hinrich, Collison played for four years in college. He was selected in the by the Sonics with the 12th pick of the 2003 NBA Draft, but missed the 2003 season with injuries to both shoulders. He made his regular season NBA debut on November 3, 2004 against the Los Angeles Clippers, scoring 3 points in an 84-114 loss.
Nick Collison's #4 jersey was retired by the Kansas Jayhawks at halftime of a 2004 match between Kansas and Michigan State University. His was only the eighth jersey retired by the university, to recognise his achievements in 2002-03 where he was NABC Player of the Year, a consensus First-Team All-American and Big 12 Player of the Year.
Nick Collison was a 1999 McDonald's All-American in high school while attending Iowa Falls High School.
