2011-12: Competed in eight regattas as the skipper in eight regattas and was the crew in one event...captured third place in the A Division of the FJ Invite (9/11)...placed eighth as the crew in the A Division of the Crews Regatta (11/6)...was the runner-up in the A Division of the Central Series 1 (3/18) and the Central Series 3 (4/8)...finished 11th in the A Division of the BU Bridge Invite (3/25) and the Oberg Trophy (4/15)...ranked 13th in the A Division of the George Morris Trophy (4/29).

2010-11: Competed in nine regattas as the skipper...led A Division boat to sixth place finish at the Harvard Invite (9/12)...placed fourth, fifth and sixth at the Midweek Tech Invite (10/19, 9/21, 9/30)...powered the A Division boat to eighth place at the Wood Trophy (3/12)...finished seventh in the B Division of the BU Trophy (4/2)...ranked ninth in the Central Series 4 B Division (4/9)...guided A Division boat to a 12th place finish at the Oberg Trophy (4/16).

On Dry Land at MIT: Majoring in aerospace engineering...research includes the Tethered Environmental Reconditioning Satellite (TERSat) structures and thermal team lead at the Space Systems Laboratory.

High School: A 2008 graduate of Woodside High School...National Merit Scholarship.

Personal: Son of Kathleen Nichols.