Before Bryant: A 2007 graduate of Bellport High School, Sherika lettered in volleyball and track ... Team captain as a senior ... Team MVP, Best Offensive Player and All-County honors as a senior ... All-State and All-American honoree in indoor and outdoor track ... Bellport Scholar and NAACP Minority Award winner ... Senior Honor Society, Gospel and Spanish Honor Society.

Personal: Daughter of Valton and Sophia Nicholas, Sherika M. Nicholas was born July 5, 1989 in Brooklyn, N.Y. ... Hobbies include Boys and Girls Club Steel Drum band .