Scarsdale's Nicholas Takes Ivy Golf Title

A month before he graduates from Yale, James Nicholas '19 of Scarsdale won the Ivy League men's golf championship. (Yale Athletics photo)

James Nicholas '19, who at Scarsdale High School excelled in so many sports that he couldn't at first decide what to play when he was admitted to Yale, won the Ivy League men's golf championship in April.  At the tournament in New Jersey, he shot a 215 (two over par) in three rounds.  Yale, as a team, finished third, as Princeton captured the team trophy.

Nicholas, besides being named All-Ivy, was named the league's player of the year for the second straight year and will have a chance to compete in the individual NCAA championship. Yale coach Colin Sheehan '97, in his 11th season, was named Ivy Coach of the Year. 

At Scarsdale High, Nicholas starred in football, golf and hockey. He was good enough in football to be recruited by Yale and even played in his first year on campus. He wasn't recruited to play ice hockey, but has found time to play in club sports in New Haven. 

In golf, he found his place, captained the 2018-19 team and has ranked among the Ivy leaders all four years. When not in New Haven, he has also performed as one of the best golfers at tournaments in Westchester County. 

In high school, he won the New York state golf championship in 2015. He was an All-State honoree as a receiver and defensive back in football for the Red Raiders. In hockey, he scored 100 goals in his junior and senior years, also earning All-State honors. 

Next month he expects to receive his Yale degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.