2009-10
Team tri-captain ... Earned the Robin Lombard Award in recognition of those qualities that exemplify the true spirit of Lady Lion basketball ... Started on Senior Night against Wisconsin (2/25). It was her fourth career start ... Made her only shot from the field and finished the game with two points and a career-best two rebounds in the victory over Monmouth (12/9) ... Started third career game at Minnesota (12/6) ... Grabbed one rebound and took her first career free throw attempt in the win over Buffalo (11/27) ... Pulled down a rebounds in the home-opening win against NJIT (11/15) ... Had two rebounds in four minutes against IUP (11/8).
2008-09
Selected as the Tom Caldwell “Unsung Hero” award winner at the Annual Lady Lion Banquet ... Academic All-Big Ten selection ... Appeared in five games ... Drained a jumper with one second remaining against Prairie View (11/21) ... Also pulled down a rebound and had an assist in the PVAMU game ... Dished out a career-high two assists against Stony Brook (11/19) ... In just three minutes of play, registered two points, two rebounds, two assists and a steal in an exhibition win over California (Pa.) (11/9).
2007-08
Was a walk-on for the Lady Lions ... Claimed the Robin Lombard Award in recognition of those qualities that exemplify the true spirit of Lady Lion basketball ... Took home Academic All-Big Ten accolades ... Registered her first career points on a lay-up in second half at Illinois (2/21) ... Also recorded her first career steal versus the Illini ... Earned first career start against Michigan State (2/17) ... Dished out an assist in one minute of action at Indiana (3/2) ... Had one rebound and a great assist to Meredith Monroe under the basket in the win over Northwestern (1/10) ... Saw first collegiate regular-season action with three minutes played against Old Dominion (11/29) ... Scored four points and grabbed two offensive rebounds in exhibition win over Millersville (10/31).
PERSONAL
Full name is Nicole Christine Arcidiacono ... Born June 3, 1988 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ... Parents are Patti and Joe Arcidiacono ... Has three brothers, Michael, Ryan, Christopher and two sisters, Sabrina and Courtney ... Sister Sabrina graduated from Penn State in 2008 ... Father was a captain of Villanova’s football team ... Played for the Penn State women’s basketball club team in 2006-07, helping the squad to a second-place finish ... Graduated with a degree in marketing.
ARCIDIACONO’S CAREER STATS YEAR 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 CAREER
G-GS 8-2 5-0 6-2 19-4
MIN.-AVG. 19-2.4 15-3.0 22-3.7 56-2.9
FG-FGA 1-2 1-4 1-4 3-10
PCT. .500 .250 .250 .300
3FG-A 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-2
PCT. .000 .000 .000 .000
FT-FTA 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1
PCT. .000 .000 .000 .000
O-D-REB. 1-0-1 0-1-1 0-4-4 1-5-6
2010-11 Penn State Lady Lion Basketball Yearbook
AVG. 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.3
PF-D 1-0 3-0 1-0 5-0
A 2 3 0 5
TO 0 1 0 1
B 0 0 0 0
S 1 0 0 1
PTS. 2 2 2 6
AVG. 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3
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