West Virginia University Athletics

• 2023 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award - Big 12 Conference's highest academic honor

2022 (Jr.)

• WVU's Most Valuable Varsity Rower
• Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association's Scholar Athlete Team
• Academic All-Big 12 Conference First Team
• All-Big 12 Rowing Team
• Member of Varsity 8+ boat that competed at the Big 12 Championship on Lake Walter E. Long in Austin, Texas
• Rowed on the 1V8+ boat that finished second in the petite finals at the George Mason Invitational, racing on the Occoquan Reservoir at Sandy Run Regional Park in Fairfax Station, Virginia
• Member of the 1V8+ boat that finished in second place in the finals of the Knecht Cup Regatta on the Cooper River at Cherry Hill, New Jersey
• Rowed on the 1V8+ boat that competed at the Murphy Cup Regatta on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2021 (So.)

• Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association's Scholar Athlete Team
• Academic All-Big 12 Conference First Team
• Participated in four of WVU's six Regattas, including one exhibition
• Member of the 1st Varsity 8+ boat that competed at the Big 12 Conference Championships
• Rowed on the 1st Varsity 8+ boat that won the finals at the George Mason Invitational
• Member of the 1st Varsity 8+ boat that won its race at the Robert Morris Invitational

2020 (Fr.)

• Season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

High School

• Member of the Resilient Rowing Club under coach Paul Albright
• Took third place in the women’s varsity eight event at 2019 Virginia Scholastic Rowing Association (VASRA) championships
• Placed third in the women’s varsity quad event at the 2018 Scholastic Rowing Association of America (SRAA) nationals
• Also placed third in the women’s varsity quad event at the 2018 VASRA championships
• Finished second in the women’s varsity double event at the 2017 VASRA championships
• Represented the Mid-Atlantic Region at the 2017 World Rowing Championships

Personal

• Daughter of Karl and Blakeslec Nicolai
• One of five children (1 brother, 3 sisters)
• Majoring in agribusiness management
• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
• WVU's Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll