Bio

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2018-19: Averaged 11.4 points and 5.4 rebounds per game on a .507 field goal percentage in 35 games. ... Became 12th member of IU East NAIA men's basketball 1,000 points club. ... Started senior season with 22 points in win at No. 1 Indiana Wesleyan University on Oct. 30. ... Scored in double digits in 24 games. ... Scored 20 points in win at Indiana University Southeast on Jan. 26, IU East's first regular season win on the Grenadiers' home floor. ... Scored 22 points and collected season-high 17 rebounds in home win against Point Park University on Jan. 8. ... With fellow four-year senior Aaron Thomas, matched IU East program record for career wins (110).

2017-18: Averaged 7.4 points and 4.1 rebounds per game on a .554 field goal percentage in 37 games in just 13.2 minutes per game. ... Picked a perfect time for first double-double of the season with 15 points and 11 rebounds in NAIA Division II Men's Basketball National Championship quarterfinal win against Briar Cliff University on March 10. ... Finished season strong with five double-digit scoring outings in the last seven games. ... Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete; River States Conference All-Conference Scholar-Athlete

2016-17: Averaged 8.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game per game in 36 games, including 23 starts. ... Season-highs with 17 points and 12 rebounds in win at Asbury University on Jan. 3. ... Team-high 15 points at Ohio Christian University on Feb. 18 in win thet clinched River States Conference East Division title for IU East. ... Scored 16 points in win against then-No. 2 University of Saint Francis (Ind.) on Dec. 22 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. ... Scored in double digits in Round of 16 and quarterfinals at NAIA Division II Men's Basketball National Championship. ... River States Conference All-Conference Scholar-Athlete.

2015-16: Averaged 3.4 points and 2.1 rebounds per game in 35 games, including four starts. ... Scored season-high 16 points in win against Great Lakes Christian College on Nov. 6. ... Came up with 13 points on March 12 in IU East's win against Briar Cliff University in the NAIA Division II Men's Basketball National Championship quarterfinals. ... Double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds in home win against Point Park University on Jan. 11. ... Started and scored six points with three assists and two blocks against then-No. 19 Valley City State University on Dec. 30.

HIGH SCHOOL: Averaged 16 points and nine rebounds a game as a senior while making 75 percent of his field goal attempts to help Rushville (Ind.) Consolidated High School to a 16-7 record. ... Picked for the Indiana Top 60 Senior Boys Workout. ... Made the all-conference and Hoosier Basketball Coaches Association All-Star lists. ... Received the Rushville boys basketball program's Lion Award.

ALL ABOUT NATE

AREA OF STUDY: Business/finance

WHY NATE CHOSE IU EAST: I like how IU East is close to home - I'm a big family guy and my family will get to watch a lot of games. My brother played at IU East so I am familiar with the program and the school, and it feels like home, like family, when I am there.

MOST MEMORABLE BASKETBALL MOMENT: The bonds I've formed with the people I have played with

PARENTS: Darren and Sandy Niehoff

SIBLINGS: Matt and Devon

DID YOU KNOW?: Nate's older brother, Devon, played for IU East from 2008 to 2012 and was a two-time Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete. Nate's cousins were founding members of the Red Wolf men's tennis and women's basketball programs.