Nichols College Athletics

A two-time Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Player of the Year, Eggleston graduated No. 12 in scoring in men’s basketball history with 1,298 points while sharing the program record for steals (193). He led the Bison to three-straight first-place finishes in the CCC, highlighted by the program’s first-ever trip to the CCC Championship game in 2013-14.
 
After starting just seven of his first 41 collegiate games and averaging 7.0 ppg, the East Lyme, Connecticut native earned a share of CCC Player of the Year honors in 2014-15, when he averaged 18.3 ppg and led the Bison in scoring 10 times, highlighted by a career-high 33 points against Gordon on February 5. A CCC First Team pick, Eggleston went on to garner Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III New England Men's Basketball All-Star Third Team honors.
 
Eggleston took his game to another level as a senior in 2015-16, when he was named both CCC Player and Defensive Player of the Year. He led the conference in steals (98) and finished third in scoring (18.4 ppg) as the Bison rebounded from a loss to Endicott in the CCC Semifinals to capture their first-ever ECAC New England Championship. He scored 10-or-more points in 25 of the Bison’s 27 games and hit the 20-point mark on 15 occasions, pouring in 25 in his final collegiate contest, a 105-96 win over Anna Maria in the ECAC Championship. Defensively, Eggleston recorded 14 games with four-or-more steals, including a stretch where he recorded five steals in four-consecutive games. Following the season, he was named to the ECAC Division III New England Second Team.
 
Eggleston also graduated amongst the all-time leaders in free throws made (336) and attempted (463), and holds the program-record for steals in a game (seven at Curry, Jan. 16, 2016) and season (98 in 2015-16).