January 31, 2007

Nichol Reaches 1,000 Point Plateau

Blair, Nebraska ~ Amy Nichol (JR, Des Moines, IA) became only the 11^th player in Dana College Women’s Basketball History to score over 1,000 points in a career.

Women’s basketball has been a around Dana College in one form or another since the 1950’s, but took a hiatus in the early 1970’s.  Dana College brought back women’s basketball as a varsity sport in 1976.  During that time frame only ten other players have reached the 1,000 point mark.  The last player to do so was Kim Wilken in the 1999-200 season.  Wilken ranks second in career points with 1337 behind the 1520 of Katie Corbitt.   Nichol will is currently 12 points out of the top ten in scoring. 

Dana is currently 11-12 on the season.  Dana topped last seasons win record with a win on Tuesday night over the College of St. Mary.  Dana will return home on February 6 to host Concordia University at 7:30pm.

For more information, contact:


Shad Beam, sports information director, (402) 426-7389, sbeam@dana.edu

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Scott Guzinski, assistant Sports Information Director, (402) 426-7949, sguzinsk@dana.edu