Mike Nilson Class: Senior Hometown: Seattle, WA Height / Weight: 6-5 / 216 Position: Guard

High School: Played at Shorecrest High, earning four letters...senior season first team All-WestCo, league MVP, All-Area and All-State...team went 16-0 during the regular season, placed second in Regionals and did not place in Washington State Class AA Tournament...averaged 14.0 ppg, 7.0 rpg and led league in steals with 4.0 per game...junior year averaged 13.0 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 3.0 steals in helping team to WestCo title and fifth-place finished in State Class AA Tournament...All-WestCo first team, second team All-State Tournament...sophomore season earned second team All-State honors and team finished 8th in State Class AA Tournament...freshman year was reserve for State Class AA runnerup squad which lost in title game to Mt. Vernon which was led by former Washington State University (Class of '96) and NBA draft choice Mark Hendrickson.

Mike Nilson's Collegiate Career

Freshman (1996-97): Came off the bench in 11 games, season-high 5 minutes in second game of season against Saint Martin's...scored 4 points in regular-season finale at Santa Clara, 3 against Saint Martin's to account for 7 of his 9 points for the season.

Sophomore (1997-98): After playing just 25 minutes as a freshman, saw his time increase to 328 minutes for an average of 9.6 minutes per game…played career-high 22 minutes at Chicago State, 21 minutes at Loyola Marymount and 20 minutes against Whitman and in WCC Tournament first round against Loyola Marymount…career-high 16 points against Whitman, his lone double-digit outing in his career…went 6-8 from the field against Whitman, 2-4 from 3-point range and 2-2 from the line…9 points late in the season at home against Portland with perfect 4-4 from the field, 1-1 from beyond 3-point line…came in off the bench in all three WCC Tournament games for a total of 44 minutes…got first career start in first round of NIT at Wyoming, playing 19 minutes…went 1-1 from the field, grabbing 5 rebounds, dishing out 2 assists, collecting 1 steal and not having any turnovers…started 2nd round game at Hawai'i, scoring 4 points on 1-1 from the field and 2-2 from the line with 1 assist and 1 steal in 11 minutes.

Junior (1998-99): Started two of the first four games, then came off the bench in the remaining 31 games to give Gonzaga valuable minutes, averaging 15.5 minutes/game…had double-digit minutes in all but two appearances…scored season-high 8 points against Saint Mary's in the West Coast Conference Tournament, and tied his career high with 6 rebounds in the season opener at Kansas...had a season-high 6 rebounds in the season opener at Kansas…came off the bench in all three West Coast Conference Tournament games, scoring 8 points in semifinal victory over Saint Mary's…scored 3 points against both Stanford and Florida in NCAA Tournament victories, all of his points against Stanford coming from the free throw line.

Misc.: Born 12-30-76...3.7 high school GPA...named Shorecrest High Distinguished Athlete of the Year as a senior.

Mike Nilson's Career Statistics

Year	G-GS	MIN	FGM-FGA	PCT.	3P-3PA	PCT.	FT-FTA	PCT.	REB-AVG	A	TO	BLK	ST	TP-AVG
1997	11-0	25	3-10	.300	0-1	.000	3-5	.600	4-0.4	2	2	0	1	9-0.8
1998	33-2	328	35-67	.522	6-15	.400	18-29	.621	57-1.7	20	18	2	22	94-2.8
1999	35-2	544	33-68	.485	8-19	.421	25-35	.714	90-2.6	23	34	6	42	99-2.8
TOTALS	79-4	897	71-145	.490	14-35	.400	46-69	.667	151-1.9	45	54	8	65	202-2.6