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2020: Appeared and started in three games before the season was cut short due to COVID-19 … Threw 10.0 IP … Posted seven strikeouts … Pitched season-high 5.0 innings and recorded four strikeouts at Vanderbilt (Feb. 23) … Made UIC debut with 3.2 IP at Auburn (Feb. 16). 

2019: Did not appear in a game to fulfill NCAA transfer requirement.

PRIOR TO UIC: Pitched two seasons at Virginia ... Appeared in 22 games with nine starts for the Cavaliers ... Made eight starts in 2018 and posted a 2.70 ERA in 40.0 innings pitched ... Held opponents to a .188 batting average as a sophomore ... Started and threw 5.1 innings of a staff no-hitter against William & Mary (Feb. 28) ... Helped UVA reach NCAA Fort Worth Regional in 2017.

PREP/PERSONAL: Attended St. Anne's Belfield in Ivy, Va. ... Helped the Saints to runner-up finishes in 2014 and 2015 ... Four-time VISAA All-State honoree and All-Prep League selection ... Also earned All-State honors in football in 2016 ... Born October 29, 1997 ... Son of Lorrie and Steve Nicholson ... Father, Steve, played football at Tulsa University ... Has one sibling, Allie, who was a rower at UVA for four years ... Majoring in Human Development and Learning at UIC.