Austin Nehls

Photo by: Ball State University Creative Services

Photo by: Timothy Sofranko

Position:
Guard
Height:
6-3
Weight:
182
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Tucson, Ariz.
Prev School:
Central Connecticut State
High School:
Cheshire Academy

Career Notes
Joined the Cardinals for one season in 2018-19 as a graduate transfer … earned his bachelor’s degree in three years from Central Connecticut with a 3.94 GPA and then enrolled in Ball State's MBA program ... a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team selection at CCSU … Academic All-MAC in his one year at BSU and a three-time member of of the Northeast Conference Academic Honor Roll ... NEC All-Rookie Team for 2015-16 … scored 1,110 points for his college career ... made 224 career 3-pointers and shot 36.7 percent from beyond the arc.

2018-19 (Senior)
Academic All-MAC ... played in 28 games and made three starts … averaged 13.1 minutes per game … shot 40 percent (18-of-45) from 3-point range and 87.5 percent (14-of-16) from the free throw line … averaged 2.6 points and 1.3 rebounds per game … scored a season-high 12 points against Delaware State … went 4-for-4 from beyond the arc in that game … hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to force double overtime at home against Eastern Michigan … handed out a season-high four assists in home games against Tiffin and Delaware State.

2015-18 (at Central Connecticut)
Started 89 of a possible 90 games in his three seasons … Ended his CCSU career sixth in school history with 206 career 3-pointers and tied the program’s freshman record with 71 of them as a rookie … one of 37 players in CCSU history to surpass 1,000 career points … scored in double figures 53 times and reached the 20-point mark eight times … scored a career-high 26 points as a sophomore at Fordham.

High School/Prep
Attended Catalina Foothills in Tucson, Arizona, and played for head coach Doug D’Amore before spending a postgrad year at Cheshire Academy playing for head coach Kevin Kehoe … averaged 14 points, six rebounds and three assists at Cheshire Academy … named the 2013-14 Arizona Daily Star Player of the Year after averaging 20.8 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 2.0 steals per game as a senior at Catalina Foothills.