Nicole Powell
Nicole Powell

Player Profile
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Asheville, N.C.

High School:
Asheville

Height:
5-10

Position:
Guard

Joining the team as a sophomore walk-on after attending UNC as a freshman.

PREP/PERSONAL Coached by Sonita Gibbs • Member of back-to-back state championship teams at Asheville High in 2004 and 2005 along with current Tar Heel teammate Rashanda McCants and sister Lauren, a senior at Western Carolina • All-conference performer in 2006 and 2007 • Also served as team captain her final two seasons • Named to the Blue-White All-Star game in 2007 • Namd second-team All-Western North Carolina by the Asheville Citizen-Times in 2006 and 2007 • Scored over 1,000 career points in her high school career • Also a three-time all-conference performer in tennis • Member of the National Honor Society • Father, Scot, played JV basketball at UNC in 1977-78 under former Tar Heel assistant Dave Hanners • Born Nicole Brittany Powell on May 4, 1989, in Asheville, N.C. • Daughter of Scot and Katy Powell.