Lauren Nicholson

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Lauren Nicholson

No. 1 – Townsville Fire
Position	Guard
League	WNBL
Personal information
Born	(1993-03-26) 26 March 1993 Campbelltown, New South Wales
Nationality	Australian
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Career information
High school	Woolooware (Woolooware, New South Wales)
College	Saint Mary's (2012–2016)
WNBA draft	2016: undrafted
Playing career	2009–present
Career history
2009–2011	Sydney Uni Flames
2016–2017	Sydney Uni Flames
2017–2020	Adelaide Lightning
2020–present	Townsville Fire
Career highlights and awards
WNBL Champion (2017) WNBL Defensive Player of the Year (2019) All-WNBL Second Team (2020)
Medals Representing Australia Women's basketball FIBA Asia Cup 2019 Bangalore 2021 Jordan

Lauren Nicholson (born 26 March 1993) is an Australian professional basketball player.

College

Nicholson played college basketball at Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga, California for the Saint Mary's Gaels.

Statistics

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2012–13	Saint Mary's	31	0	13.9	31.6%	28.6%	76.7%	1.6	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.6	3.0
2013–14	Saint Mary's	18	16	29.7	49.4%	48.0%	80.0%	2.7	1.3	0.0	0.7	1.8	12.4
2014–15	Saint Mary's	33	33	33.1	47.0%	33.6%	81.7%	3.5	1.8	0.2	1.1	3.2	17.6
2015–16	Saint Mary's	28	25	31.6	45.4%	30.1%	89.0%	3.9	2.1	0.1	0.6	2.3	17.0
Career		110	74	26.7	45.4%	36.0%	84.3%	2.9	1.4	0.1	0.7	2.0	12.5

Career

WNBL

Nicholson would begin her WNBL career in her home town, as a development player, with the Sydney Uni Flames. Nicholson remained a member of the Flames squad through to 2011. She then departed to begin her college career in the United States. After the conclusion of her college career, Nicholson returned to Australia and she was signed by the Sydney Uni Flames for 2016–17.

During her second season with the Adelaide Lightning, Nicholson was recognised as the WNBL Defensive Player of the Year for the 2018–19 season.

In 2020, Nicholson would head North and sign with the Townsville Fire for the 2020–21 WNBL season.

National Team

Youth Level

Nicholson first played for Australia at the 2009 FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship for Women where she took home Gold in Brisbane, Australia. She would then go on to participate in the inaugural Under-17 world championship in France where Australia placed seventh.

Senior Level

In January 2019, Nicholson was named to her first Opals squad, earning her a place in the first camp as preparations for this years upcoming tournaments got underway. After taking part in the Opals team camps, Nicholson was named to the final roster for the 2019 FIBA Asia Cup where she would make her Opals debut.