Upcoming Event: Women's Soccer versus Alabama on September 7, 2025 at 1:30 p.m.
Women's Soccer
vs Alabama
2022 Women's Soccer Roster
Chico, Nicky
Jersey Number 17
Nicky Chico
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Wyckoff, N.J.
Bio
Awards/Honors: College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2023) ... All-ACC Academic Team (2024, 2023, 2022) ... ACC Honor Roll (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021).
Career: Appeared in 75 matches, while making 39 starts ... tallied one goal, three assists and five points ... helped lead Duke to 39 shutouts on the defensive end over her five years.
2024 -- Graduate Student: Registered 21 starts in her 21 matches played ... All-ACC Academic Team ... collected two assists against California and UNC Wilmington ... helped lead a Duke defense that posted 12 clean sheets ... played the entire 90 minutes in 10 matches and logged a total of 1,643 minutes ... a part of just the fourth ACC regular season title in Duke history and helped lead the Blue Devils to the fifth NCAA College Cup appearance ... ACC Honor Roll selection.
2023 -- Senior: Started 12-of-14 matches on the defensive end ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ... All-ACC Academic Team ... ACC Honor Roll ... helped lead the Blue Devils to five shutouts ... tallied an assist at Boston College in a 2-0 victory for the Blue Devils ... played the full 90 minutes in the final five matches of the season ... saw action in 920 minutes.
2022 -- Junior: An All-ACC Academic Team selection ... saw action in 19 matches, while making three starts ... started matches against Charlotte (8/28), on the road at TCU (9/4) and at Notre Dame (10/27) ... logged a season-high 90 minutes at Notre Dame ... was a part of 10 shutouts on the defensive end ... attempted six shots ... played key minutes off the bench in a road comeback win at Tennessee (8/25) ... saw action in 78 minutes off the bench against North Carolina (11/3) in the semifinals of the ACC Championship.
2021 -- Sophomore: Recorded two shots in 23 minutes against No. 19 Washington (Aug. 22) ... made first career start and logged a full 90 minutes at No. 7 Virginia (Sept. 23) ... scored first career goal in 110-minute effort at Virginia Tech (Sept. 26) ... made third consecutive start in win over Syracuse (Oct. 2) ... logged 58 minutes against Pittsburgh (Oct. 10) ... played 18 minutes in win over No. 1 Florida State (Oct. 24).
2020-21 -- Freshman: Made her collegiate debut against Wake Forest (Sept. 20), playing six minutes ... logged 45 minutes at Syracuse (Oct. 18) ... played a season-high 49 minutes in the win at Miami (Nov. 1) ... got 10 minutes of action in the ACC semifinals against No. 1 Florida State (Nov. 13) ... made her spring debut against Coastal Carolina (March 17), playing the entire second half ... named to ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Duke: Rated as the No. 125 prospect in the nation by TopDrawerSoccer, coming to Duke from Wyckoff, N.J. … attended Ramapo High School, where she enjoyed an impressive junior season … tallied nine goals and six assists as a defender … received All-County honors, All-Conference honors, All-State honors and All-American honors across her prep career, while being tabbed as the Mid-Season “Defender of the Year” in 2019 … competed for the Players Development Academy on the club level … named to the Development Academy Best XI players of the East Conference, while also participating in both the ECNL National Camp and the ID training center/combine … served as the captain of her PDA squad for three consecutive years … a two-sport athlete who also competed in varsity track during her junior season.
Personal: Born Nicole Chico … daughter of Mike and Ann Chico … has one sister, Emily … her sister, Emily, will be a junior on the South Carolina women’s soccer squad in 2024 … earned Dean's List with Distinction in the Spring of 2023 and Fall of 2023 ... graduated from Duke in May of 2024 with a degree in sociology along with a markets and management certificate ... was enrolled in the Duke Fuqua MMS Program for the 2024-25 school year and graduated in 2025.
Last Updated 8/28/2025
Career: Appeared in 75 matches, while making 39 starts ... tallied one goal, three assists and five points ... helped lead Duke to 39 shutouts on the defensive end over her five years.
2024 -- Graduate Student: Registered 21 starts in her 21 matches played ... All-ACC Academic Team ... collected two assists against California and UNC Wilmington ... helped lead a Duke defense that posted 12 clean sheets ... played the entire 90 minutes in 10 matches and logged a total of 1,643 minutes ... a part of just the fourth ACC regular season title in Duke history and helped lead the Blue Devils to the fifth NCAA College Cup appearance ... ACC Honor Roll selection.
2023 -- Senior: Started 12-of-14 matches on the defensive end ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ... All-ACC Academic Team ... ACC Honor Roll ... helped lead the Blue Devils to five shutouts ... tallied an assist at Boston College in a 2-0 victory for the Blue Devils ... played the full 90 minutes in the final five matches of the season ... saw action in 920 minutes.
2022 -- Junior: An All-ACC Academic Team selection ... saw action in 19 matches, while making three starts ... started matches against Charlotte (8/28), on the road at TCU (9/4) and at Notre Dame (10/27) ... logged a season-high 90 minutes at Notre Dame ... was a part of 10 shutouts on the defensive end ... attempted six shots ... played key minutes off the bench in a road comeback win at Tennessee (8/25) ... saw action in 78 minutes off the bench against North Carolina (11/3) in the semifinals of the ACC Championship.
2021 -- Sophomore: Recorded two shots in 23 minutes against No. 19 Washington (Aug. 22) ... made first career start and logged a full 90 minutes at No. 7 Virginia (Sept. 23) ... scored first career goal in 110-minute effort at Virginia Tech (Sept. 26) ... made third consecutive start in win over Syracuse (Oct. 2) ... logged 58 minutes against Pittsburgh (Oct. 10) ... played 18 minutes in win over No. 1 Florida State (Oct. 24).
2020-21 -- Freshman: Made her collegiate debut against Wake Forest (Sept. 20), playing six minutes ... logged 45 minutes at Syracuse (Oct. 18) ... played a season-high 49 minutes in the win at Miami (Nov. 1) ... got 10 minutes of action in the ACC semifinals against No. 1 Florida State (Nov. 13) ... made her spring debut against Coastal Carolina (March 17), playing the entire second half ... named to ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Duke: Rated as the No. 125 prospect in the nation by TopDrawerSoccer, coming to Duke from Wyckoff, N.J. … attended Ramapo High School, where she enjoyed an impressive junior season … tallied nine goals and six assists as a defender … received All-County honors, All-Conference honors, All-State honors and All-American honors across her prep career, while being tabbed as the Mid-Season “Defender of the Year” in 2019 … competed for the Players Development Academy on the club level … named to the Development Academy Best XI players of the East Conference, while also participating in both the ECNL National Camp and the ID training center/combine … served as the captain of her PDA squad for three consecutive years … a two-sport athlete who also competed in varsity track during her junior season.
Personal: Born Nicole Chico … daughter of Mike and Ann Chico … has one sister, Emily … her sister, Emily, will be a junior on the South Carolina women’s soccer squad in 2024 … earned Dean's List with Distinction in the Spring of 2023 and Fall of 2023 ... graduated from Duke in May of 2024 with a degree in sociology along with a markets and management certificate ... was enrolled in the Duke Fuqua MMS Program for the 2024-25 school year and graduated in 2025.
Last Updated 8/28/2025
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