2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster

David Schamis

42 Nick Townsend

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-7
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chappaqua, N.Y.
  • High School Horace Greeley/The Hotchkiss School
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Biography

Notes: 2025-26 Team Captain
 
2024-25: First Team All-Ivy selection…Academic All-Ivy honoree…Recipient of the Dutch Arnold and Dick Derby Scholarship Team Awards...Garnered NABC Honors Court Recognition...Tabbed CSC Academic All-District…Was a finalist for the Nolan Richardson Award…Finalist for the Lou Henson Award…Started in all 30 games for the Bulldogs, averaging 15.4 points per game, the second-highest on the team…Scored in double-figures in 27 games and led the Ivy League with seven double-doubles...Led the team in rebounds, averaging 7.1 per game…Was second on the squad with 108 total assists, averaging 3.6 per game…Had a strong performance with 23 points on 9-of-13 shooting with nine rebounds at Penn… Had a career day with 25 points on 11-of-13 shooting with six rebounds and five assists at Cornell…Had a double-double of 12 points and 12 rebounds in the Ivy League semifinal game against Princeton and was a perfect 6-of-6 from the free throw line…Notched 19 points on 8-of-14 shooting in the Ivy Championship game against Cornell…Had a strong performance in the NCAA First Round game against Texas A&M with 15 points on 7-of-13 shooting with four assists…

2023-24: Appeared in all 33 games and started eight... Averaged 6.0 points and 3.9 rebounds... Scored 22 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in the win over Stony Brook... CSC Academic All-District selection... Recipient of the team's Dick Derby Scholarship and Most Improved Player Awards... Led team in scoring (16.7 ppg.) on the off-season trip to Greece in August of 2023.

2022-23: Appeared in 11 games off the bench... Scored 15 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the field in the win over John Jay.

High School: First ever sophomore to be named Section 1 Mr. Basketball while attending Horace Greeley High School… Two-time all-league, all-conference and all-section selection… Named Class AA Tournament MVP as a sophomore… Class AA all-state second team selection as a sophomore… Named all-state fourth team as a freshman…Averaged 20.9 ppg., 15.2 rpg. and 3.5 apg. at Horace Greeley… Junior season at the Hotchkiss School canceled due to pandemic… Missed senior season due to injury.
 
AAU: Played for NE6 on UAA circuit. 
 
Personal: Older brother Matt played basketball at Yale (Class of 2015)… Sister Meaghan ran track and was a member of crew team at Harvard… Grandfather Chet Boulris played football and baseball at Harvard… Uncle Craig Boulris played baseball at Harvard…Uncle Mark Boulris played football at Harvard...Mother Lori Townsend was a member of track and field team at Harvard… Volunteered at the Boys and Girls Club of Northern Westchester where he helped teach basketball and other sports… Top Scholar at the Hotchkiss School (Highest GPA)… Cum Laude… Recipient of the The Ely Prize, awarded annually to that member of the upper mid-class who is outstanding for combined excellence in character, athletics, and conscientiousness in study.
 
Why Yale? “Yale offers a great balance between athletics and academics that will push me to become better both on and off the court, but it is the people that make it special. I am excited to work with the players and coaches to help the team continue its high level of success.”

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Historical Player Information

  • 42

    2022-23First Year

    F
    6'7" 225 lbs
    42
  • 42

    2023-24Sophomore

    F
    6'7" 250 lbs
    42
  • 42

    2024-25Junior

    F
    6'7" 240 lbs
    42
  • 42

    2025-26Senior

    Forward
    6'7" 240 lbs
    42