Head Coach Wendy Schuller: "Nicole Scott is asenior who has played a lot of minutes in her three years atEastern. She also has the ability post double-double's. A key forher this season will be for her to consistently go to the glass andrebound for us. We have been a good rebounding team in the past andI think we can do that again, Nicole's rebounding numbers will playa big part in that team stat for us. Nicole also understands thatthe biggest thing we need from her is to be more consistent on theoffensive end of the floor. Nicole has the ability to get 20 pointsand 10 rebounds. We don't necessarily need those numbers from hernightly but we will count on her to be a major contributor everygame. Nicole committed herself this past summer to physically be inthe best shape of her life and she is. She wants to go out with agreat senior year and we expect her to."
2009-10: One of four co-captains for theEagles. She enters her senior season with 68 career blocked shotsto rank sixth in school history. Had she met the minimum of 2.5free throws per game to qualify, her .769 career free throwpercentage would equal the school record.
2008-09: Scott had an outstanding juniorseason, as well, and the best display of her skills came on Dec. 13against Pacific that helped her earn Co-Big Sky Player of the Weekhonors. In that contest, Scott nailed all six of her shots,including three treys, in the best shooting performance by an Eaglesince Felice Moore also went 6-of-6 at Montana State on March 6,2004. Additionally, Scott crafted an impressive streak ofconsecutive free throws made with 29 straight from Nov. 25-Feb. 7,just two shy of being one of the 22 longest such streaks inDivision I history. She led the league in free throw shooting inBig Sky games by converting on 86.5 percent of her attempts(32-of-37). She was also an intimidating force inside, placingsixth in the conference in blocks per game (0.97).
2007-08: Scott was second in the Big SkyConference in blocks per game with 1.34, an average that alsoranked her 106th among NCAA Division I players. She helped raiseher average significantly with an impressive stretch from Feb.16-March 1 when she had five blocks in three straight contests(each Eagle season-high totals in that category). She finished 18thin the Big Sky in points per game with 10.3 and 13th in reboundsper game with 6.0. She also was proficient from three-point range,making 3-of-6 against both Washington State on Nov. 18 and SanFrancisco exactly a month later, 4-of-5 at Montana on Feb. 2 and5-of-8 versus Portland State on March 1. Scott also led the team inscoring on seven different occasions. A 20-point performance onDec. 18 at San Francisco helped the Eagles to their highest pointtotal of the season in a 95-86 loss to the Dons. The rebound totalremains the second-highest of her career. She had fourdouble-doubles in the 2007-08 season, her fourth coming at thehands of Portland State when she had 21 points, the fourth-highestpoint total by any Eagle in the 2007-08 season, and 10 rebounds.
2006-07: Scott was a force to be reckoned withthroughout the season, as her 1.1 blocks per game placed her eighthamong Big Sky Conference players. She started the final 11 gamesfor Eastern. She also had double-figure point totals in six ofthose games in addition to three other times when she came off thebench. Scott had four blocks in Eastern's season-opening win overMontana Tech. The Eagles out-blocked the Orediggers in that contest10-0. She had 19 points in Eastern's tight 84-82 loss to PortlandState, her second-highest point total of the season. She also hadeight rebounds and an EWU season-high five blocks in that contest.That block total tied for the second-most by a Big Sky Conferenceplayer in 2006-07. Scott had an amazing performance againstSacramento State, hitting on 8-of-11 shots (72.7 percent) andscoring 18 points. In her next game against Montana State, Scottscored 23 points on 10-of-23 shooting (both shot makes and attemptswere EWU season highs). She had three blocks against SacramentoState in the team's meeting in California's capital city.
High School: Scott's senior campaign at CarsonHigh School saw her earn first team All-Northern Conference, secondteam All-State and team MVP accolades after averaging 14 points andnine rebounds per game. She helped lead the Senators to theNorthern Region Tournament all four years she played at Carson.Scott played for the Senator volleyball team, as well, earningsecond team All-Sierra League accolades as a sophomore, first teamas a junior and honorable mention after battling injuries hersenior season. Scott played club basketball for Jam On ItBasketball Academy.
Personal: Born 10/13/87 in Santa Maria, Calif.She is the daughter of Michael and Judith Scott. She has twobrothers, Jeremiah, 27, and Justin, 24. Scott is majoring inexercise science.
