The 5-foot-2 senior raced to the Division II individual state championship this past season with a time of 18:05.4, leading the Knights to a state title as a team. The 2015 Greater Catholic League Runner of the Year, Nichols finished 18th at the Nike Cros
Nichols has maintained a 3.76 GPA in the classroom.
A member of her school's varsity football cheerleading squad, she has volunteered locally on behalf of an area homeless shelter and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to benefit the needy.