Dave Nichols

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Mesa, Ariz.
High School:
Rochester Adams [Mich.]
Swing:
Right

Michigan Career ... 2003 GCAA All-America Scholar ... Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2002, '03, '04) ... four-time U-M Athletic Academic Achievement (2001, '02, '03, ‘04) ... played in 36 career tournaments ... averaging 75.80 strokes per round for career ... 91 of 104 career rounds under the 80-stroke barrier ... fired a career-best 69, twice - third round, 2003 Northern Intercollegiate (Sept. 20-21) and first round, 2002 Wolverine Invitational (Oct. 5-6) ... tallied a career-best 147 36-hole tournament total at the 2002 Kepler Intercollegiate (April 12-14) after rounds of 76-71 ... tallied a career-best 216 54-hole tournament total at the 2002 Landfall Tradition (Nov. 1-3) after rounds of 74-74-71 ... tallied a career-best 299 72-hole tournament total at the 2003 Big Ten Championships (May 2-4) after rounds of 76-72-78-73.

Senior (2003-04) ... Academic All-Big Ten … U-M Athletic Academic Achievement ... played in nine tournaments ... averaged 76.76 strokes per round ... 21 of 25 rounds below 80 strokes ... tied a career-best single round score with a 69 in the third round of the Northern Intercollegiate (Sept. 20-21) ... tied for 41st at Big Ten Championships (May 8-9) with a 224 total (76-75-73) ... tied for 12th at the Northern Intercollegiate ... tied for 23rd at Franklin Street Partners Invitational (Oct. 3-5) ... tied for 27th at the Hoosier Invitational (Sept. 27-28) ... tied for 45th at Bruce Fossum/TaylorMade Invitational (May 1-2) ... tied for 62nd at Furman Intercollegiate (March 26-28) ... 81st at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational (Oct. 13-14) ... 88th at the Boilermaker Invitational (April 10-11) ... competed in the U-M/Arizona State/Purdue tri-match (Feb. 14).

Junior (2002-03) ... GCAA All-America Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement ... played in 12 tournaments ... averaged 75.97 strokes per round ... collected two top-20 finishes, one top-10 ... 30 of 37 rounds below 80 strokes ... shot a career-best 69 in the first round of the Wolverine Invitational (Oct. 5-6) ... tallied a career-best 216 54-hole tournament total at the Landfall Tradition (Nov. 1-3) ... tied for 27th at the Big Ten Conference Championships with a 299 total (76-72-78-73) ... tied for seventh at the Landfall Tradition ... tied for 17th at the Wolverine Invitational ... tied for 22nd at the Johnny Owens Invitational (March 29-30) ... tied for 27th at the Ridges Intercollegiate (Sept. 14-15) ... tied for 41st at the Coastal Carolina Invitational (March 10-11) ... tied for 50th at the El Diablo Intercollegiate (March 15-16) ... tied for 55th at the Xavier Invitational (Oct. 14-15) ... tied for 60th at the Northern Intercollegiate (Sept. 28-29) ... tied for 64th at the Kepler Intercollegiate (April 12-13) ... tied for 70th at the Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 23-25) ... 73rd at Bruce Fossum/TaylorMade Invitational (April 26-27).

Sophomore (2001-02) ... Academic All-Big Ten ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement ... played in 10 tournaments ... averaged 74.78 strokes per round ... collected one top-20 finish ... 27 of 28 rounds under 80 strokes ... shot a season-best 71, two times - in the first and second rounds of the Badger Invitational (Sept. 8-9) ... tallied a season-best 218 54-hole tournament total at the Xavier Invitational (Oct. 8-9) ... finished 43rd at the 2002 Big Ten Conference Championships (75-73-74-79/301) ... tied for 17th at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate (April 12-14) ... tied for 24th at the Xavier Invitational ... tied for 25th at the Badger Invitational ... tied for 40th at the Bruce Fossum/TaylorMade Invitational (April 27-28) ... tied for 41st at the Johnny Owens Invitational (March 29-30) ... tied for 42nd at the Wolverine Invitational (Sept. 28-29) ... tied for 48th at the El Diablo Intercollegiate (March 16-17) ... tied for 62nd at the Marshall Invitational (April 5-6).

Freshman (2000-01) ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement ... played in five tournaments ... averaged 75.71 strokes per round ... 13 of 14 rounds under 80 strokes ... shot a season-best 70 in the first round of the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate (April 14-15) ... tallied a season-best 223 54-hole tournament total at the Kepler Intercollegiate ... tied for ninth at the Kepler Intercollegiate ... tied for 24th at the Wolverine South Invitational (March 3-4) ... 34th at the Northern Intercollegiate (Sept. 30-Oct. 1) ... tied for 46th at the Bruce Fossum/TeamGearOnline.com Invitational (April 28-29) ... tied for 82nd at The Nelson (Oct. 27-29).

Prep ... Rochester Adams High School (2000) ... four-year golf varsity letterwinner ... four-time all-league selection ... All-State Super Team selection (1998, ‘99) ... 1997 all-state first team ... shot a school-record 67 during his junior season only to break it his senior year with a 65.