Bio

As a freshman: Indoor Track & Field - Competed in the 60, 200 and long jump ... Recorded a season-best time of 8.18 and finished 22nd in the 60 at the NEC championships ... Set a school record in the long jump with a distance of 5.23m at the Torpey Invitational ... Finished 20th in the long jump at the NEC championships. Outdoor Track & Field - Won the long jump (5.22m) and finished second in the 100 (12.92) at the Stony Brook Quad Meet ... Set a season-best in the long jump with a distance of 5.23m at the Stonehill Invitational ... Finished 18th in the long jump and 23rd in the 100 at the NEC championships.

Before Bryant: Four-year letterwinner in track & field at Norwell High School ... Earned all-league honors in each of her four years ... Excelled in her senior season, winning Division IV titles in 55m, long jump and 100m ... Claimed the New England indoor championship in the long jump during the outdoor season ... Named to the Boston Globe All-Scholastic Team ... High honors student.

Personal: The daughter of Sue and Jack Dempsey, Nicole Dempsey was born on Feb. 11, 1994 ... Has two brothers, Mike and Dan ... Mike was a member of the Bentley golf team from 2007-09 ... Dan played hockey and golf at Lebanon Valley and hockey at UMass Dartmouth.