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 selection 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.