Nikki Velez Selected To PSUAC Women’s Basketball All-Decade Team

MEDIA, Pa. – Penn State Brandywine all-time leading scorer Nikki Velez (Gloucester, N.J./Gloucester City) was named to the Penn State University Athletic Conference's Women's Basketball All-Decade Team on Tuesday.

Velez starred for Brandywine from 2016-20, scoring 1,800 points, one of the highest totals in PSUAC history, during her 111-game career.

A four-time USCAA All-American, Velez earned four First Team All-PSUAC selections. As a senior, she was named national player of the year by the USCAA, while also claiming conference player of the year honors after averaging a career-high and PSUAC-leading 19.4 points per game.

A career 39 percent shooter from beyond the three-point arc, Velez set Brandywine records for career three-pointers (325) and single-season threes (103 in 2019-20). In addition to leading the conference in three-point shooting during her final year at Brandywine, she was also the top free throw shooter, making more than 83 percent of her shots from the line.

Only the second player in Brandywine history to record a 40-point game when she poured in 41 points in a victory over Penn State Schuylkill on February 8, 2020, Velez finished her career with 404 rebounds, 296 steals and 239 assists.

She was also a standout on the softball field as the Lions' starting shortstop for four seasons. Velez produced 107 hits, seventh-most in team history, and batted .363 during her 108-game career.

Velez was a member of five PSUAC championship-winning teams at Brandywine, claiming three softball titles and two women's basketball championships.

Velez graduated from Brandywine in 2020 with a degree in psychology and will begin her first season as a member of the women's basketball coaching staff in 2021-22.