2010-11: Appeared in 16 games...Dished out an assist against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11/19) and corralled a steal vs. St. Francis (N.Y.) (12/20)...Collected two assists, a steal and a rebound in a victory over SIU Edwardsville (1/20) ... Scored first collegiate points with a basket at Penn State (2/13) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2009-10: Walk-on who joined the team at the beginning of the winter quarter ... Saw action in four contests ... Made first collegiate appearance in a win over Michigan (2/2).
High School: Two-time Class B all-state selection by Detroit Free Press ... All-state selection by Detroit News as a senior after averaging 22 points and 4.5 rebounds per game ... Selected to Lansing State Journal Dream Team following senior season ... Twice named unanimous first-team all-conference ... Named to Lansing State Journal all-area team as a junior and senior ... Helped Lansing Catholic to three league championships, two district championships, one regional title and a state championship ... Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan (BCAM) academic all-state honoree ... Academic all-conference ... MHSAA scholar-athlete nominee ... Competed in BCAM all-star game ... Named team MVP and team captain as a senior ... Also competed in golf, tennis and cross country ... National Honor Society member, including serving as vice president ... Honor roll student ... High school basketball coach was Darren Zwick.
Personal: Born Austin Ruben Nichols on 5/2/91 ... Son of Ronald and Sati Nichols ... Pre-med while majoring in psychology and science in human culture.
| Season | GP/GS | Min. | FG% | 3PT% | FT% | RPG | Ast | Blk | Stl | PPG |
| 2009-10 | 4/0 | 1.0 | .000 | .000 | -- | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010-11 | 16/0 | 2.1 | .200 | .000 | .000 | 0.2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Career | 20/0 | 1.9 | .167 | .000 | .000 | 0.2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 |