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Long Island Lutheran Middle and High School.
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Drew Nicholas
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Born in Hempstead, New York, Nicholas played high school basketball at Long Island Lutheran, New York from 1995 to 1999. He played college basketball at the University of Maryland, College Park with the Maryland Terrapins from 1999 to 2003. He made the All-Atlantic Coast Conference 2nd Team in his senior season in college.
He also hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to give Coach Gary Williams his 500th career coaching victory against North Carolina State.
Nicholas was selected in the 2003 USBL Draft by the Texas Rim Rockers (59th overall). He then moved to Italy for the 2003-2004 season, signed by Fabriano Basket, in the Italian LegADue.
He led Legadue in scoring with 27.1 points per game that season. He was signed for the 2004-2005 season by Basket Livorno.
He led the Lega in scoring with 22.8 points per game.
At the end of the Italian regular season, he moved to Spain, signed for the remainder of the season by Saski Baskonia Vitoria. He then went back to Italy for the 2005-2006 season, signed by Benetton Treviso. He led the Euroleague in scoring with 18.4 points per game.
He moved to Turkey for the 2006-2007 season, signed by Efes Pilsen.
On June 24, 2008 he signed a 2-year contract with Greek club Panathinaikos. In July 2011 he signed with Armani Jeans Milano.
In January, 2012 Nicholas was waived by Armani Jeans Milano. In July, 2012 after being a free agent for 7 months since his departure from AJ Milano, Nicholas signed a one-year contract with the Russian club CSKA Moscow.
However, on November 23, 2012, Nicholas has reached an agreement to terminate his contract with the team by mutual agreement.
In July 2013 he announced retirement.
Achievements
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A 1.93 m (6"4") tall shooting guard-small forward, Nicholas led the Euroleague 2005-2006 season in scoring, averaging 18.4 points per game and thus won the Alphonso Ford Trophy. He also won the Euroleague for two times, in 2009 and in 2011. In 2002, Nicholas helped Maryland win its first National Championship. His most memorable moment came in the 2003 National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament when he hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to win a first round game against University of North Carolina-Wilmington. Nicholas helped Panathinaikos win the 2009 and 2011 Euroleague championships. He also won the Greek cup in 2009 as well as the Greek championship in 2009, 2010, and 2011.
