Personal
Born July 1980 in Vancouver, Wash. ... parents are Bruce and Kathy Nashif ... ancestry comes from Lebanon ... served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Columbia, S.C., returning in July 2001 ... recruited by Harvard and Portland State ... engaged to marry Katie Williamson on Nov. 6, 2004 ... physical education major.
At BYU
CAPSULE: Nashif is a freshman who served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after his senior year in 1999 at Evergreen High School in Vancouver, Wash. ... A smart player who can put down the three-pointer, he knows how to run a team and is an excellent distributor of the ball ... He could factor in at the point along with fellow freshman Shawn Opunui and senior Matt Montague.
Before BYU
Nashif was honorable mention All-USA by USA Today as a senior at Evergreen High School in Vancouver, Wash. ... lettered three times in basketball (sophomore-senior), twice in football (junior-senior) and once in tennis (senior) ... was named to the first-team all-state tournament team in 1999 while leading all players in assists at the state tournament ...was second-team all-state tournament as a junior ... selected KVAW radio Athlete of the Year and Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) Player of the Year ... member of the all-league team ... led league in assists ... Evergreen's Defensive Player of the Year ... team captain ... played for Emerald City Pioneers AAU team the summer of 1998 ... was two-time all-league player in football and recognized as member of all-state game team as a senior ... received honors as Evergreen High School Student of the Year and Scholar Athlete of the Year ... maintained 4.0 GPA ... was Student Body President ... coached by John Triplett.
Summary
Nashif was a solid floor leader who appeared in 103 games over his four-year BYU career, primarily as the back-up point guard, after walking on and then earning a scholarship ... A smart player and good distributor of the ball, he led BYU in assists (3.0) and ranked first among MWC players in Assist/TO Ratio during league games as a sophomore when he made six starts and saw his most extended playing time ... He could knock down the three-pointer and was an excellent ballhandler ... During his senior year, he played a career-high 31 minutes against California while adding a career-best eight rebounds ... He also dished out a career-high 10 assists at USC ... As a sophomore matched up against UNLV's Marcus Banks, who went on to become an NBA first-round draft selection, Nashif had 2 blocks and 7 assists (1 turnover), adding 4 boards ... Nashif averaged 1.5 points per game, 1.5 assists per game and 1.1 rebounds per game over his career ... Career highs of 11 points, 10 assists, eight rebounds, three steals and two blocks.
Stats
CAREER HIGHS:POINTS: 11 at SDSU (2003)FG MADE: 4 vs. MSU-Billings (2005)FG ATT: 9 vs. Stanford (2005)FG%: 1.000 (3-3) at SDSU (2003)3FG MADE: 3 at SDSU (2003)3FG ATT: 5 vs. Stanford, vs. Cal (2005)3FG%: 1.000 (3-3)at SDSU(2003)FT MADE: 6 vs. RiceFT ATT: 6 vs. CSUN (2002), Rice (2003)FT %: 1.000 (6-6) vs. RiceREB: 8 vs. Cal (2005)ASSISTS: 10 at USC (2005)STEALS: 3 vs. MSU-Billings (2005), at AFA (2004)BLOCKS: 2 vs. UNLVMINUTES: 31 vs. Cal (2005)NASHIF YEAR-BY-YEAR STATSYearGP-GSMinFG-FGAPct3FG-FGAPctFT-FTAPctOff/Def-Tot/Avg2001-0221-02.91-3.3330-2.0009-12.7500/9-9/0.42002-0332-614.721-61.34410-26.38517-23.7395/47-52/1.62003-0423-17.46-22.2733-13.2317-9.7782/22-24/1.02004-05 27-7 11.6 19-67 .284 11-41 .268 6-8 .750 1/31-32/1.2PF-FOA/AvgTOBlkStlPts/Avg2001-029-010/0.590211/0.52002-0343-068/2.12331869/2.22003-0421-126/1.1101922/1.02004-05 22-0 45/1.7 32 2 12 55/2.0CAREERGP-GSMinFG-FGAPct3FG-FGAPctFT-FTAPctOff/Def-Tot/AvgTOTALS103-149.847-153.30724-82.29339-52.7508/109-117/1.1PF-FOA/AvgTOBlkStlPts/Avg95-1148/1.574641157/1.5