Dalton Nixon - M Basketball

Dalton Nixon

Forward 33

Ht/Wt

215 lbs.

Class

Senior

Hometown

Orem,

Utah

Last School

Orem High School

Roster Years

2014-2015 | 2017-2020

Wife Taylen Ballard-Nixon plays on the BYU women's volleyball team
Parents are Kevin and Stephanie Nixon
Has two sisters
His father Kevin Nixon played at BYU from 1991-93
Served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Boston
Also recruited by Arizona State, Creighton, Hawaii, San Diego, San Francisco, Utah, Utah State and Weber State

A four-year letterman playing for Golden Holt at Orem High School
Orem’s all-time leading scorer with 1,367 points and a three-time first-team all-state honoree
As a senior averaged 20.2 points, 8.9 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.1 steals as Orem finished 18-9 overall, 10-2 in region play and advanced to the 4A state championship game
Named first-team all-state by the Deseret News and the Salt Lake Tribune
As a junior averaged 17.5 points, 8.2 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.3 steals and hit 21 threes as Orem finished 20-4 overall and 13-1 in region play
Named first-team all-state by the Deseret News and the Salt Lake Tribune, All-Valley by the Daily Herald
As a sophomore averaged 12.5 points and 5.5 rebounds and hit 33 threes as Orem finished 24-1 overall, 14-0 in region play and won the 4A Utah state title
Named first-team all-state by the Deseret News and the Salt Lake Tribune and All-Valley by the Daily Herald
Named the 4A Tournament MVP as a sophomore
National position recruiting rankings: 51st by ESPN
Played for the Utah Prospects during the AAU season

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2014-2015

Played in 27 games and started 2
Posted season highs of 10 points (Southern Virginia), 4 rebounds (4 times), 4 assists (San Francisco), 2 blocks (Santa Clara) and 1 steal (4 times)
Posted 10 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal vs. Southern Virginia
Had 7 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block vs. Chaminade
Totaled 5 points and 4 boards at Weber State
Hit 4 of 4 from the field for 8 points and added 3 rebounds and 1 steal at San Diego

Sophmore Year 2017-2018

Played in 23 games, missed 12 due to injury
Received the Best Conditioned Post Player Award at the end of season banquet
Posted season highs of 15 points (UT Arlington), 8 rebounds (UT Arlington), 4 assists (Saint Mary’s), 1 block (5 times), 2 steals (twice) and 2 3-point field goals (at Portland)
Hit 5 of 6 from the field and 5 of 6 from the free-throw line for a career-best 15 points vs. UT Arlington
Made 5 of 6 field goals for 12 points vs. Santa Clara
At Portland made 5 of 10 from the field and 2 of 4 from 3-point field goals for 14 points
Against Saint Mary’s in the WCC Championships had 10 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal
Scored in double figures four times
Led the team in scoring once, rebounds twice and assists once

Junior Year 2018-2019

Played in 25 games and started 8
Posted season highs of 15 points (Northwestern State), 7 rebounds (twice), 4 assists (Houston), 2 blocks (San Diego) and 3 steals (Utah State)
Hit 5 of 9 from the field and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line for 15 points vs. Northwestern State
Posted 5 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists vs. Houston

Senior Year 2019-2020

Played in 28 games and started 16
Posted season highs of 17 points (vs. UNLV), 11 rebounds (Portland), 3 (four times), 3 steals (vs. Kansas), 1 block (10 times)
Scored in double figures seven times and had double figure rebounds twice
Had one double-double
Had three steals once and three-plus 3-pointers once
Led the team in scoring once, rebounding five times and assists once

Graduate Year

Redshirt Year

Medical Redshirt Year