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2024-25: One of only two Rams to appear in all 30 games, making 15 appearances in the starting lineup, averaging 17.8 points per game… tallied 37 points averaging 1.2 per game, .. collected 80 rebounds, averaging 2.7 per game… tallied a team-high 25 blocks, while collecting 11 steals and dishing out 18 assists… tallied a career-high three-steals vs UMass (2/10).


2023-24: Appeared in 27 of 29 games last season, averaging 24.3 minutes per game… would shoot 45% from the field, sinking 47 shots on 103 attempts… averaged 3.5 rebounds per game and 1.0 assists per game while also recording 36 blocked shots and 20 steals… would tally a career high 12 points and six makes from the floor… tallied her first game with double-digit rebounds when she pulled down 10 on the road at La Salle on Jan. 6.

2022-23: Appeared in 16 contests as a freshman… Averaged 1.8 points and 1.0 rebounds, shooting 54.2% on the year across 8.7 minutes… Made her collegiate debut with five rebounds in nine minutes against Wagner (11/20)… Scored three points with a board against Post (12/28)… Produced two steals in 11 minutes against Richmond (1/25)… Notched two points, two offensive boards, a block, and a steal in 11 minutes at Saint Louis (1/28)… Scored a season-high eight points on 4-of-5 shooting at St. Bonaventure (2/1)… Matched that output with four more field goals against Loyola Chicago (2/4)… Recorded four points and four rebounds, plus an assist and a block in a season-high 19 minutes at Massachusetts (2/8)… Dished out a pair of assists at La Salle (2/16)... Named to the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Before Fordham: Played for six years at St. Paul's and its Division I team, including the last five with the varsity squad... Two-time team captain... Varsity MVP four straight years and St. Paul's Basketball Player of the Year three straight, including the Duffy Medal her last season, the school's highest athletic honor... Three-time Independent Schools Association and New South Wales Combined Independent Schools team member, serving as team captain her final year... New South Wales All-Schools team honoree... Outside of school, played with the Penrith Panthers, earning their 2019 Player of the Year award... Helped Panthers to a New South Wales state championship grand finalist finish... Also played soccer and futsol. 

Personal: Daughter of Greg and Melissa Nelson... Has two older siblings, Jack and Kate.

Major: Communication with a minor in marketing and focus in journalism