Cornell University Athletics

2022-23 l SENIOR SEASON
Finished the season ranking 18th nationally in steals per game (2.8) ... started in 27 games for the Big Red, averaging 29.3 minutes per game … averaged 11 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.3 assist, and 2.8 steals per contest … went 9-for-15 on field-goal attempts and 4-for-7 on 3-pointer attempts against Princeton (2/03/23) for a career-high 23 points … went 9-for-10 on free-throw attempts at Yale (1/14/23) … ended the season with a .707 free-throw percentage, going 58-for-82 … notched 298 points, 121 rebounds, 61 assists, and 75 steals over the course of the season.

2021-22 l JUNIOR SEASON
Appeared in 24 games, starting all of them and averaging 30.6 minutes per contest ... averaged 8.5 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per contest ... notched a career-high 22 points in Cornell’s win over Brown on Feb. 12 ... made a career-high 10 rebounds against Columbia on Jan. 20 ... recorded 205 points, 60 assists, seven blocks, and 51 steals over the course of the season.

2020-21 l SOPHOMORE SEASON
Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-20 l FRESHMAN SEASON
Appeared in 17 games as a freshman, averaging 5.5 minutes per game ... averaged 1.5 points, 0.8 rebounds, and 0.4 assists per contest ... scored a career-high seven points against UAlbany on Nov. 8, also corralling a career-high four rebounds ... notched four points against NJIT on Nov. 16 and Penn on March 6 ... pulled down 13 boards, dished out six assists, and collected five steals on the season.

PRIOR TO CORNELL
Four-year letter winner at Archbishop Mitty High School ... served as team captain as a senior ... earned All-WCAL First Team All-League honors as a senior ... named All-WCAL Second-Team All-League, All-Bay Area honorable mention, and All-CCS honorable mention as a junior ... helped Archbishop Mitty win the 2018 National Championship ... three-time CCS Open Division Champions (2017, 2018, 2019) ... four-time WCAL Champions (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) ... twice named the Mercury News CCS Athlete of the Week (March 2018; February 2019) ... named the team’s Most Inspirational Player as the individual that shows work ethic and motivates other teammates with energy and intensity (2018) ... 2017 California Runner-Up State Open Division Championship ... Surf & Slam Top Division Champions (2018) ... 2018 West Coast Jamboree Champions - Platinum Division ... lettered three times in lacrosse and once in volleyball at Archbishop Mitty ... earned all-league honors in lacrosse in 2017 and 2019.

PERSONAL
Ania Marie McNicholas is the daughter of Tim and Barbara McNicholas and she has one brother and one sister ... brother, Owen, plays water polo for Chapman University ... enrolled in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations.