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Nickolas Yang '24 Recruiting Profile
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I'm a competitive runner, careful with tactics, recognize my competition, strengths and weaknesses, and pace within myself to be able to compete and shake things up at the end of each race and produce consistent results.
My name is Nickolas Yang, and I am a rising senior at Albany High School in Albany, California. I have a 4.54/4.0 Weighted GPA and a 1590 on the SAT. I am looking for a school that can challenge me academically. I have been running cross country and track and field for just a year because I missed the opportunity of starting earlier as an inter-district transfer student during the (COVID) online freshman year. I joined track in the second half of my Sophomore year and enjoyed the community of my school track team but was not fully committed due to other extracurriculars. For all these reasons, I didn't start taking running seriously until the summer before junior year, when I did some running over the summer and came into cross country season ready to improve and attend daily practices. Since then I've been dedicated to running and truly enjoy being able to run and compete, along with the friends I have made. I’ve improved a ton and am planning on improving more going into senior year. My sophomore to junior jump (12:52 -> 10:06) shows I have more to give and my senior year end goals (may be optimistic, only time will tell) are probably sub 4:30 1600m and sub 9:40 for the 3200m, and a 16:20 XC 5k at states. I love running for the community, friends, fulfillment from pushing myself, and for the benefits of physical health.
Athletics
High School Information
- Years w/ Varsity
- 3 years
- 2023 Varsity Team
Individual Awards
- Honorable Mention All-Conference, Honorable Mention All-Area, 4th at TCAL Championships, 10th at Bayshore Area Championships
Team Awards
- Conference 2nd Place
- 2023 Varsity Team
Individual Awards
- 6th place at TCALs for 1st Team all-league, 12th at NCS Championships to Individually Qualify for CIF States, Honorable Mention All-County, 1st Team All-Conference
Team Awards
- Team 2nd at TCALs by 1 point, 5th at NCS by 13 points to 3rd, Conference 2nd Place
- 2022 Varsity Team
Individual Awards
- 3rd TCAL 2mi, Honorable Mention All-Conference
Team Awards
- Team GPA student-athlete award, Conference Champs, Sectional Champs, State 3rd Place
- 2022 Junior Varsity Team
Individual Awards
- Honorable Mention All-Conference, 3rd JV TCAL 3200m
Team Awards
- Conference Champs
Coach References
- High School Head Coach
- Yvonne Gallegos
Events
- Camp/Event
- AHS XC Camp
- 6/05/23 to 6/07/23
- 30 miles in two days, lots of fun and run practice with almost the entire team. Hoping to make up for graduating seniors and bring Albany to state once again.
Training
- 2022 XC/2023 TF
- 1 year
- Started mostly August of 2022, going 20mpw-30mpw through XC season, then during Track going 30-40mpw.
- 2023 XC
- 1 year
- 35-56mpw throughout season
Statistics
| Event | 2023 Varsity Team |
|---|---|
| Distance & PR | 3mi in 15:57.95, 5k in 16:32.1 |
Academics
Grades
Test Scores
Academic Accomplishments
Are you in honor classes?
Yes. Honors Math 2/3 and Honors Precalculus in Freshman and Sophomore Year, lone person in class of 24' to skip a year of accelerated math to the honors math level of class of 23'Are you in AP/IB classes?
Yes. AP Coursework: AP Calculus BC (5), AP Physics C: Mechanics (5), AP Computer Science A (5), AP Computer Science Principles (4), AP English Language and Composition (4), AP Mandarin (5) - Current Enrollment: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Statistics, AP English Literature and CompositionRegistered with the NCAA Eligibility Center?
YesAwards and Activities
- Awards2023 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, NCS Scholastic Principal's List (4.0 Varsity), x6 Albany High School Principal's List (4.0 semesters), Completed College Dual Enrollment courses in Computer Information Systems and 2D/3D animation + programming courses in HTML/CSS/JS & Python & Java & C, Single student of class of 2024 to skip in the accelerated math course to BC Calculus Junior year
- ActivitiesBoy Scouts - Eagle Scout, Senior Patrol Leader, 164 hours of community service including 49 hours of environmental conservation projects and 62 hours on Eagle Project, High School Class Council - planning and leadership, COSMOS at UC Davis Cluster 12: Machine Learning (One of 22/280 accepted to new ML cluster), West Point SLE Admit, Piano for 8 years, Piano Guild High School Diploma, YDRC Math Tutor, Sea Scouts - teamwork and discipline volunteering, Creator of AHS AP Physics Instagram account for homework help, Self-taught Video Editing and Youtube (hobby)