Waynesburg University Athletics

2005-06 Season
Second-team All-PAC ... averaged 29.5 minutes per game, third on team, and averaged 14.9 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.38 assists and 0.8 blocks a game in 26 games ... scored in double figures in 20 games ... had six 20-plus point games ... scored a combined 82 points in the first four games of the season ... scored 20 points and collected eight rebounds at Westminster in the PAC Tournament (2-23) ... finished the season eighth in the league in scoring, ninth in rebounds, fourth in blocks ... led the conference with 2.31 steals a contest ... collected three steals in eight games, highlighted by a six-steal, 24-point performance at Thiel (2-1) ... has started 76 of 79 career games over his three years ... he enters his senior season 64 points shy of becoming the next Waynesburg player to score 1,000 career points.

2004-05 Season
Received honorable mention from the PAC ... saw action in all 26 games with 24 starts ... averaged 11.7 points per game, 5.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists ... had four 20-plus point games, including a season-high 23 vs. Richard Stockton (11-20) ... finished the year first in the PAC with 2.27 steals a game, second in blocks (1.12) and seventh in rebounds ... posted five games with four-plus steals, highlighted by a career-high eight in a triple-overtime win at Washington & Jefferson (1-15) ... in that game, Nero scored 23 points with nine rebounds, playing 54 of a possible 55 minutes.

2003-04 Season
Earned honorable mention from the PAC ... averaged 28.1 minutes per game, fourth on the team, and averaged 9.1 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game in 27-game season ... scored in double figures 10 times ... had two 20-plus point games -- 21 vs. Penn State-Altoona (12-4) and 20 at Bethany (2-11) ... posted double-double against Washington & Jefferson (2-7) with 11 points, 12 rebounds ... finished the season sixth in the league in rebounding and second in three-point percentage (.413).

High School
A three-year basketball letterman at Union … member of WPIAL Champions and 2003 PIAA state runner-up … two-time All-Section … Section MVP … Single A Fab Five ... earned four letters in both baseball and golf ... National Honor Society.

Personal
Parents are Julie and Benjamin Nero ... majoring in Engineering/Math … born on June 9, 1985.