Quincy University Hawks

2024-25 (Graduate): In her lone season with the Hawks, McDermott led the team in minutes (32.2 per game, 1064 total), points (16.0 per game, 529 total), steals (1.4 per game, 46 total), offensive rebounds (87), field goals made (170), free throws made (156), and three-point percentage (.398). McDermott led the Hawks in scoring 23 different times this season, with her season-high coming against Drury (12/5/24) and Maryville (2/22/25), where she scored 28 points.
-    GLVC First Team All-Conference
-    GLVC Tournament MVP
-    D2CCA Second-Team
-    2x Toyota Star of the Week (11/19/24, 1/14/25)
-    GLVC Academic All-Conference

Personal: Nicole McDermott joins the Hawks after a tremendous tenure at Clarke University, including three years under current Quincy head coach, Courtney Boyd. McDermott finished her final season with the Pride with 505 points, the fifth-most in a season in program history. She was fourth-best in her shooting percentage (56.2) her senior year and scored 20 or more points in eight games. She sits in the top-ten of 14 different career stat rankings with Clarke. Alongside current Hawk teammate Taylor Hasse and graduate assistant Sky Culbertson, McDermott won the 2023 NAIA National Championship and was listed as an NAIA Second Team All-American. She holds two NAIA All-American Honorable Mentions, a WBCA All-America honor, an NAIA All-Tournament Team honor, the NAIA Tournament Hustle Award, Heart of America Conference Player of the Year, three Heart of America First Team All-Conference honors, a Heart of America Second Team All-Conference Honor and a Heart of America All-Defensive Team Honor. In high school, McDermott broke the record for career steals, shooting percentage in a season, and free throw percentage in a season and career. She was also a 2A State Champion in Iowa. Her parents are Dan and Lynn McDermott, and she has one brother, Tyler. 

Why QU?
I chose to attend Quincy to play my final year of collegiate basketball under Coach Boyd and the rest of the coaching staff, and to also work towards obtaining a master's degree from the university!