A three-year letterwinner and four-year player who will be called upon to provide leadership and depth ... Has tremendous skills ... Possesses a relentless work-rate ... Is good in the air ... A driven player who is excited for his senior campaign ... Can play multiple positions but will see most of the time at forward ... Is coming off a good spring where he scored some key goals.
2007: Logged minutes in seven contests, including a season-high 51 minutes against New Jersey Institute of Technology on Sept. 7 ... Best game statistically came at UCLA, when he had two shots in 42 minutes of playing time ... Also recorded a shot on goal versus Cal State Bakersfield on Sept. 15 ... Also played against Fairleigh Dickinson (Sept. 9), and against Pac-10 foes UCLA (Oct. 6), California (Oct. 12) and Washington (Nov. 18) ... A scholar-athlete.
2006: Started three of the 15 games he appeared in ... Starts came in consecutive games against Rutgers (Aug. 27), UC Santa Barbara (Sept. 2) and UC Riverside (Sept. 6) ... Had an assist in SDSU[apos]s 2-1 loss to UC Irvine on Oct. 14 ... Three of his six shots were on goal ... Had two shots at UC Santa Barbara on Sept. 2 ... Scholar-athlete.
2005: Played in 15 contests at the defender position as a freshman ... Made his first-ever collegiate start in the Aztecs[apos] 0-0 tie against then-No. 5 St. John[apos]s on Sept. 3 ... Also earned a starting nod in SDSU[apos]s match at UC Santa Barbara in the first round of the NCAA tournament and in two other contests ... Collected an assist against UC Riverside on Sept. 10 ... Took four shots on the year with a season-high two attempts against Rutgers on Sept. 2.
2004: Utilized his redshirt season.
High School: Received all-conference honors at Paso Robles High School ... Two-year letterwinner under head coach Jack Mettier ... Chose SDSU over the likes of UNLV, Washington and St. Mary[apos]s.
Personal:Nicholas Chase Collins was born Nov. 13, 1985, in Templeton, Calif. ... Son of Marsha and Reggie Collins ... Majoring in criminal justice.