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Jersey Number 23
Nick Brooks
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Somerset, N.J.
- High School:
- Vermont Academy
- Prev School:
- West Virginia Wesleyan
- Saw action in eight games at Rutgers
- 2020-21 and 2019-20 Academic All-Big Ten Selection
- Named to NABC Honors Court in 2020
- Walk-on from the Garden State who spent three seasons at Rutgers
- Previously spent two seasons at West Virginia Wesleyan.
- Saw action in 40 games at the Division II level with the Bobcats, averaging 4.4 points per game.
- Redshirted the 2018-19 season due to NCAA transfer rules.
- Saw action in three games, scoring against FDU (Nov. 27) and collecting a rebound versus Sacred Heart (Nov. 25)
2019-20 (Junior at Rutgers)
- Saw action in five games, with two points in win over Caldwell (Dec. 30) and an assist in win over NJIT (Nov. 26)
- Redshirted the season due to NCAA transfer rules.
- Played in 23 games with nine starts. Averaged 16.1 minutes and 6.3 points per game.
- Collected 39 rebounds, 36 assists and 14 steals. Improved to a field goal percentage of 41.9 percent. Shot 23.9 percent from three-point distance (11-of-46) and 63.8 percent (30-of-46) from the free throw line.
- Scored career high 21 points at West Liberty (November 20, 2017) and had 17 points against West Virginia State (February 4, 2018).
- Had career-best six assists vs. Saint Rose (November 25, 2017)
- Had career-high eight rebounds at Urbana (February 8, 2017)
- Appeared in 17 games off the bench, playing 127 minutes overall.
- Averaged 1.8 points with 13 rebounds, 11 assists and four steals. Shot 26.9 percent from the field.
- Ranked No. 5 player in Vermont and No. 99 player in New England in 2016 by New England Recruiting Report.
- Spent final two high school seasons at Vermont Academy. Was high School classmates with three players to play at the Division I level: Bruce Brown (Miami), Tyrique Jones (Xavier) and Patrick Fisher (Winthrop). Brown was drafted by the Detroit Piston in 2018.
- Led team to two NEPSAC championship games, winning the title in 2016.
- Began high school career locally at Rutgers Prep. As a junior, was named First Team All-Somerset County Junior Team and Second Team All-Somerset County by the Star Ledger.
- As a sophomore, averaged 10.2 points per game and was a Courier News and Home News & Tribune Honorable Mention All-Area selection.
- Son of Maddie and Kenneth Brooks
- Has a brother, Christopher Brooks
- Major is Human Resources Management
| Nickname: | TheyWantNick |
| One word to describe your Coach: | Hilarious |
| Favorite Rutgers athlete, past or present: | Quincy Douby |
| Best player ever competed against: | Kyrie Irving |
| Major: | Human Resources Management |
| I chose my major because: | The amount of job opportunities with HR are endless regardless of what you do. |
| Favorite place to hang out on campus: | My room. |
| The person I most admire is and why: | John Cena, never back down, never give up, never quit! |
| If I wasn’t playing (sport), I’d be: | Preparing to be a General Manager of some sort. |
| Favorite professional athlete: | LeBron James |
| Favorite professional sports team: | NEW JERSEY Nets |
| One word to describe myself on the field/court: | Crafty |
| One word to describe myself off the field/court: | Comfortable |
| Few people know that I: | Can sing. |
| Person who had greatest influence on my athletics career: | Parents |
| I started playing my sport because…: | I fell in love with it at the age of 5 |
| I chose Rutgers because…: | Its close to home and you can do anything coming out of here |
| Favorite cereal: | Cinnamon Toast Crunch |
| The movie I have watched the most in my lifetime is: | Space Jam |
| The best actor/actress to play me in a movie is…: | Will Smith |
| Favorite musician/group: | A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie |
| The first song I knew all the words to is: | Run it - Chris Brown |
| If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a gold medal at: | OCD cleaning. |
| Famous people I have met include: | Klay Thompson A Boogie Jay Z and Beyonce Kyrie Irving |
| Rituals I have before, during or after a game are: | Headphones in before... Thank God for bringing me this far during... Wheres the food after |
| Favorite all-time gift received: | My father took me to a New Jersey nets open practice for my birthday when I was 9 where I got to shoot around with the team and do shooting contests. |
| Pets I had growing up were: | Guinea Pigs Fish |
| My favorite Halloween costume growing up was: | Red Power Ranger |
| The place in the world I would most like to visit is: | Bahamas |
| The website I visit most often is: | Youtube |
| My favorite teacher was/is:(name, grade, subject) | Mr. Greg Clarke - 5th Grade Teacher |
| The quote that most resonates with me is: | “I am an Eagle, not a Chicken” |
| If my life was a book, the title would be: | TheyWantNick |
| If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: | Blue |
| My spirit animal is: | Dog |
| One thing on my bucket list is: | Spend a weekend in Hollywood and Miami |
| Phone app you cannot live without: | Messages |
| What would you like to say to the R Fund donors who have provided for your scholarship and/or facility resources? | You folks are the best and hopefully I can give back to Rutgers someday just like you |
| How has Rutgers and donor support changed your life? | Ive met so many powerful people through this institution in one year. Along with making memories that will last a lifetime, I’m in a much better position to have a great career and be successful after leaving RU. |
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