2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 5
Ania McNicholas
- Position:
- G
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Archbishop Mitty
- Hometown:
- San Jose, CA
Cornell (2019-23)
Played three seasons at Cornell (2020-21 Ivy League season cancelled due to COVID-19) ... played in 68 career games, averaging 7.8 points per game, 3.9 rebounds per game, and 1.9 assists per game during her career ... as a senior in 2022-23, averaged a career-high 11.0 points along with 4.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game while starting all 27 games ... also averaged 2.8 steals per game in 2022-23 which ranked 18th best in Division I ... had five games of 5+ steals, including a career-high 10 against Clarion Dec. 28, 2022 ... scored a career-high 23 points Feb. 3, 2023 against Princeton.
Prep
Four-year varsity player at Archbishop Mitty where she served as team captain as a senior ... earned WCAL First Team All-League honors as a senior ... earned WCAL Second Team All-League, All-Bay Area Honorable Mention, and All-CCS Honorable Mention as a junior ... helped Archbishop Mitty win the 2018 National Championship ... also helped Archbishop Mitty win the WCAL League all four years she was there ... named team's Most Inspirational Player in 2018 ... also played three years of lacrosse and one year of volleyball ... was a two-time WCAL All-League honoree in lacrosse.
Personal
Daughter of Tim and Barbara McNicholas ... has a brother, Owen, who played water polo at Chapman University ... is working on earning her MBA ... enjoys going to the beach in her free time ... chose Cal Poly "because of the staff and team, close location to my home in San Jose, and the opportunity to pursue a new degree at another prestigious university."
Played three seasons at Cornell (2020-21 Ivy League season cancelled due to COVID-19) ... played in 68 career games, averaging 7.8 points per game, 3.9 rebounds per game, and 1.9 assists per game during her career ... as a senior in 2022-23, averaged a career-high 11.0 points along with 4.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game while starting all 27 games ... also averaged 2.8 steals per game in 2022-23 which ranked 18th best in Division I ... had five games of 5+ steals, including a career-high 10 against Clarion Dec. 28, 2022 ... scored a career-high 23 points Feb. 3, 2023 against Princeton.
Prep
Four-year varsity player at Archbishop Mitty where she served as team captain as a senior ... earned WCAL First Team All-League honors as a senior ... earned WCAL Second Team All-League, All-Bay Area Honorable Mention, and All-CCS Honorable Mention as a junior ... helped Archbishop Mitty win the 2018 National Championship ... also helped Archbishop Mitty win the WCAL League all four years she was there ... named team's Most Inspirational Player in 2018 ... also played three years of lacrosse and one year of volleyball ... was a two-time WCAL All-League honoree in lacrosse.
Personal
Daughter of Tim and Barbara McNicholas ... has a brother, Owen, who played water polo at Chapman University ... is working on earning her MBA ... enjoys going to the beach in her free time ... chose Cal Poly "because of the staff and team, close location to my home in San Jose, and the opportunity to pursue a new degree at another prestigious university."
Cal Poly Women's Basketball Postgame Press Conference Big West Championship- UCSB (March 12, 2025)
Wednesday, March 12
Cal Poly vs. CSUN, Women's Basketball Highlights -- Feb 15th, 2025
Sunday, February 16
Sydney Bourland & Mary Carter Postgame Press Conference (CSU Bakersfield) - Jan. 30, 2025
Friday, January 31
Cal Poly vs. CSUB, Women's Basketball Highlights -- Jan 30th, 2025
Friday, January 31
