[Nick Vier]

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#12 NICK VIER

Year: Senior
Position: G
Height: 6-1
Weight: 165
Hometown: Franklin Lakes, NJ
High School: Bergen Catholic

Coach Lonergan on Nick Vier: “Nick is a great defender who has had a very good career at UVM. We are looking for him to be more consistent this season and to have a great senior season.”

2008-09 Season: Played in all 33 games, starting in 29 as a junior … Finished second on the team in assists (97), while averaging 6.6 points per game … Shot 45.6 percent from the floor and 41.4 percent from three … Reached double figures seven times … Scored a career-high 20 points in a home win against UNC-Wilmington … Pulled down a career-high six rebounds on two occasions at Binghamton and at Boston University … Handed out a season-high seven assists versus George Washington in an opening round win of the Rainbow Classic.

2007-08 Season: Started in 19 contests and played in all 31 … Finished second on the team in assists with 88 and also averaged 4.9 points per game ... Scored 12 points and dished out seven assists at Yale ... Tallied 10 points in a win at Harvard ... Poured in 12 points and handed out four assists in a win over Quinnipiac... Scored eight points and had seven assists in a win against Central Connecticut ... Added seven points while dishing out six assists in a win versus Binghamton ... Handed out seven assists in a win at Maine ... Tallied 10 points in a home win against Stony Brook ... Scored 13 points in a win at Boston U. ... Scored six points and handed out five assists in a win against Hartford ... Tallied 12 points in a win at UNC-Wilmington ... Scored 11 points and handed out five assists off the bench in a home win against Maine.

2006-07 Season: Made six starts as a freshman and played in all but one contest … Posted the third-most assists on the team (45), while averaging just under 11 minutes a game … Made his collegiate debut in the season opener against New Orleans … Had six points and two assists at Maryland … Handed out five assists at Michigan State … Scored four and added four assists at Towson … Had six points and four assists in a win over Iona … Scored four points and added four rebounds and two assists in a win over Dartmouth … In his first career start at Binghamton he went for a career-high 12 points, hitting 2-for-4 from three and 4-for-4 from the free throw line in 27 minutes of action … Handed out four assists and grabbed four boards in the very next game at Hartford.
Prior to UVM: An ultra-quick 6-foot-1 guard from Bergen Catholic High School in Oradell, N.J., Vier (pronounced Veer) was also a McDonald’s All-American nominee who averaged 15 points and 4.5 assists per game as a senior ... As a senior he was named to the All-Bergen County and the Bergen Record All-North Jersey First Teams ... He led the Crusaders to a 16-9 record in one of the top high school leagues in New Jersey ... Vier also played for one of the East’s top AAU basketball programs, The Playaz.

Personal: Is the son of Phillip and Deborah Vier ... Has three older siblings, Katheryn, Mike and Jeff ... Is majoring in business.

Career Statistics

SEASON       TEAM            GP/GS  MIN   FG-FGA  PCT  3FG- FGA PCT  FT-FTA   PCT   OFF- DEF REB--AVG  PF-FO   A  TO BLK  ST  PTS   AVG
2006-07      VERMONT         32/6   10.8  14  53  .264  4   15 .267  33 42   .786     6  25  31   1.0  37 1   45  52   0  15   65   2.0
2007-08      VERMONT         31/19  19.4  49 123  .398  22  65 .338  32 47   .681    11  43  54   1.7  73 1   88  67   0  25  152   4.9
2008-09      VERMONT         33/29  25.5  62 136  .456  29  70 .414  65 92   .707    14  73  87   2.6  74 0   97  74   0  28  218   6.6   
TOTALS.......................96/54  18.6 125 312  .400  55 150 .366 130 181  .718    34 141 172   1.8 184 2  230 193   0  68  435   4.5

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