High School: Four-year member of the varsity • 2012 conference regular season and tournament champions •  2012 state champions • Coaches Award winner • Member of the honor roll • High school teammates with Coleman Johnson (Fairfield), Patrick Holloway (George Mason), Erick Green (Virginia Tech), Deon Jones (Towson) and Raven Barber (Mount St. Mary’s) • Personal: son of Oray and Carol Nicolai.