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2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster

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James Nelson #21 F

  • Position:
    Forward
  • Height:
    6-6
  • Weight:
    200
  • Class:
    Redshirt Sophomore
  • Major:
    History
  • Hometown:
    Salem, Utah
  • Highschool:
    Salem Hills HS

Summary

Biography

2021-22 (Redshirt Sophomore)
  • First Team All-GNAC
  • Glen Reed Award winner at 2022 Kettle Awards
  • Played in 13 games with 12 starts, averaging 25.2 minutes per game
  • Led the team and finished 10th in the GNAC with 15.2 points per game
  • Second on the team and seventh in the GNAC with 6.9 rebounds per game
  • Shot 43.4% from deep and 47.9% from the field
  • Scored 20 or more points in his first three games, with 21 against Bushnell, 21 against Western Oregon, and 25 against Western Washington
  • Also pulled down 10 or more rebounds three times, including 12 against Bushnell
2020-21 (Redshirt Sophomore) *played shortened spring season due to COVID-19
  • Played in 18 games with one start, averaging 16.9 minutes per game
  • Finished 16th in the GNAC with 8.8 points per game, tied for fourth with 5.2 rebounds per game, and fourth with a 48.7 field goal percentage
  • Season-high 18 points came against Central Washington on March 6
  • Season-best 10 rebounds came against Western New Mexico on Jan. 21 
2018-19 (Freshman)
  • Played in 27 games, averaging 17.1 minutes per game
  • Fourth on the team with 7.5 points per game and averaged 3.7 rebounds
  • Scored a season-best 22 points against Simon Fraser on Jan. 12 and followed it up with a 20-point, 11-rebound performance against Alaska Fairbanks on Jan. 17
Before NNU
  • James prepped at Salem Hills High School
  • Class 4A MVP
  • State Champion
  • 2x All-State in basketball
  • All-State in football
  • Led the state of Utah in scoring his senior season (25.0 ppg)
Personal
  • James is from Salem, Utah
  • Son of David and Amberli
  • Has six siblings, Jedidiah, Jackson, John, Jane, Joe, and Jesse 
  • Favorite non-athletic activities are reading, writing, movies and exercising
  • Favorite movie is To Catch a Thief by Sir Alfred Hitchcock

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Historical Player Information

  • 0

    2018-19Freshman

    Guard
    6'6" 190 lbs
    0
  • 30

    2020-21Sophomore

    Forward
    6'6" 200 lbs
    30
  • 21

    2021-22Redshirt Sophomore

    Forward
    6'6" 200 lbs
    21