2024 USC Beach Volleyball Roster
Jersey Number 42
Nicole Nourse
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Orange Lutheran HS
- Hometown:
- Newport Beach, Calif.
Bio
CAREER
Nourse was a two-year volleyball letterwinner as a setter and hitter at Orange Lutheran HS in Orange, Calif., under head coach Andrew Mabry… 2019 AVCA High School Beach Volleyball All-American… 2019 OLHS Athlete of the Year… helped OLHS win the 2017 CIF Championship… 2018 USA High Performance National Champion… 2017 West Coast AAU U16 Junior Olympic Games Champion… 2017 BVCA U16 National Champion… two-time USA High Performance Champion (2017, ’18)… graduated summa cum laude… also lettered in basketball and helped OLHS to 2016 CIF championship… played four years with Elite Beach Volleyball Club… won the 2017 BVCA Championship with Elite Beach VBC.
INTERNATIONAL and AVP EXPERIENCE
Nourse teamed with her sister Audrey to claim fifth-place finishes at several 2019 FIVB events including in India, Malaysia, and Brazil… also qualified for main draw at FIVB events in Cambodia and France… qualified for two 2019 AVP event main draws at Huntington Beach and Hermosa Beach… paired with Maddie Anderson (Florida State) to play in the 2021 U21 World Beach Championship held in Phuket, Thailand.
PERSONAL
Nicole Anne Nourse was born on April 28, 2001, in Newport Beach, Calif.… parents are Sherri and Jerry Nourse… twin sister Audrey is also a member of the USC beach volleyball team… older brother Garrett is also a USC student… father was a two-time water polo All-American at USC and also swam for the Trojans… mother was a member of the UCLA dance team… uncle Randy Nourse played water polo and swam at USC… majoring in business administration at the USC Marshall School of Business with aspirations to a career in the National Basketball Association.
- 2024 NCAA All-Tournament Team (Pair No. 3)
- 2024 Pac-12 All-Tournament Team
- 2024 AVCA/CBVB National Pair of the Week (Apr. 29) with Audrey Nourse
- 2024 AVCA Top Flight Award, No. 2 and 3 position with Audrey Nourse
- 2024 Academic All-America First Team
- 2024 College Sports Communicators All-District Team
- 2023 NCAA All-Tournament Team (Pair No. 3)
- 2023 CSC At-Large Academic All-American Third Team
- 2023 CSC At-Large Academic All-District Team
- 2023 Pac-12 Honor Roll
- 2023 Pac-12 Pair of the Week (April 4) with Audrey Nourse
- 2023 AVCA/CBVB National Pair of the Week (May 8) with Audrey Nourse
- 2022 AVCA Top Flight Award, No. 4 position with Audrey Nourse
- 2022 NCAA All-Tournament Team Pair No. 4 with Audrey Nourse
- 2021 NCAA Elite 90 Award Winner
- 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-America third team
- 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 At-Large Team
- 2021 AVCA Top Flight Award, No. 5 position with Audrey Nourse
- 2021 Pac-12 Pair of the Week with Audrey Nourse
- 2021 Volleyball Magazine All-America honorable mention
- 127-23 overall record
- NCAA All-Tournament Team (Pair No. 3)
- Pac-12 All-Tournament Team
- AVCA/CBVB National Pair of the Week (Apr. 29) with Audrey Nourse
- AVCA Top Flight Award, No. 2 and 3 position with Audrey Nourse
- Academic All-America First Team
- College Sports Communicators All-District Team
- Went 33-7 overall, primarily paired with Audrey Nourse
- Went 1-0 in dual matches at the No. 3 position with Madison White
- Ranked 6th in USC history with 127 career victories
- Most wins (123) by USC pair in dual matches with Audrey Nourse
- Season-high 10-match win streak in the NCAA Tournament while paired with Audrey Nourse
- Served as the clinching point in three NCAA Tournament duals with Audrey Nourse
- Went 4-0 in Pac-12 Tournament with Audrey Nourse, including leadoff dual point in championship
- NCAA All-Tournament Team (Pair No. 3)
- CSC At-Large Academic All-American Third Team
- CSC At-Large Academic All-District Team
- Pac-12 Honor Roll
- Pac-12 Pair of the Week (April 4) with Audrey Nourse
- AVCA/CBVB National Pair of the Week (May 8) with Audrey Nourse
- Went 30-6 overall on the season
- Went 4-0 in the NCAA Tournament with Audrey Nourse (wins against Georgia State, LMU, TCU, and UCLA)
- Served as the clinching point in three NCAA Tournament duals with Audrey Nourse
- Went 29-6 in dual matches with Audrey Nourse (2-0 at the No. 1 position; 15-6 at the No. 2 position; 12-0 at the No. 3 position)
- Went 1-0 in a dual match at the No. 1 position with Megan Kraft
- Held a season high 12-match win streak while paired with Audrey Nourse
- AVCA Top Flight Award, No. 4 position with Audrey Nourse
- NCAA All-Tournament Team Pair No. 4 with Audrey Nourse
- Went 28-4 overall on the season
- Went 24-4 in dual matches at the No. 4 position with Audrey Nourse
- Went 1-0 in dual matches at the No. 4 position with Shannon Scully
- Went 1-0 in dual matches at the No. 4 position with Mollie Ebertin
- NCAA Elite 90 Award Winner
- CoSIDA Academic All-America third team
- CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 At-Large Team
- AVCA Top Flight Award, No. 5 position with Audrey Nourse
- Pac-12 Pair of the Week (March 5, with Audrey Nourse)
- Volleyball Magazine All-America honorable mention
- 27-4 overall record at No. 5 with Audrey Nourse
- Won first 18 matches of the season and extended a winning streak from 2020 to 26 consecutive wins to set the program’s third-longest streak
- Had a second seven-match winning streak
- Secured the clinching winning point in five duals
- Went 9-2 overall in a season shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Partnered with sister Audrey Nourse to go 9-2 overall with an 8-2 mark at No. 3
Nourse was a two-year volleyball letterwinner as a setter and hitter at Orange Lutheran HS in Orange, Calif., under head coach Andrew Mabry… 2019 AVCA High School Beach Volleyball All-American… 2019 OLHS Athlete of the Year… helped OLHS win the 2017 CIF Championship… 2018 USA High Performance National Champion… 2017 West Coast AAU U16 Junior Olympic Games Champion… 2017 BVCA U16 National Champion… two-time USA High Performance Champion (2017, ’18)… graduated summa cum laude… also lettered in basketball and helped OLHS to 2016 CIF championship… played four years with Elite Beach Volleyball Club… won the 2017 BVCA Championship with Elite Beach VBC.
INTERNATIONAL and AVP EXPERIENCE
Nourse teamed with her sister Audrey to claim fifth-place finishes at several 2019 FIVB events including in India, Malaysia, and Brazil… also qualified for main draw at FIVB events in Cambodia and France… qualified for two 2019 AVP event main draws at Huntington Beach and Hermosa Beach… paired with Maddie Anderson (Florida State) to play in the 2021 U21 World Beach Championship held in Phuket, Thailand.
PERSONAL
Nicole Anne Nourse was born on April 28, 2001, in Newport Beach, Calif.… parents are Sherri and Jerry Nourse… twin sister Audrey is also a member of the USC beach volleyball team… older brother Garrett is also a USC student… father was a two-time water polo All-American at USC and also swam for the Trojans… mother was a member of the UCLA dance team… uncle Randy Nourse played water polo and swam at USC… majoring in business administration at the USC Marshall School of Business with aspirations to a career in the National Basketball Association.