Nichols College Athletics

For a two-year stretch beginning in 1965 and ending in 1967, Peter Johnson was one of the most dominant big men in college basketball. In three years in Dudley, Johnson compiled 588 rebounds, which ranked No. 8 in program history at the time of his induction.
 
After averaging 3.1 ppg and 3.0 rpg in 10 contests during the 1964-65 season, Johnson averaged a double-double in each of his next two seasons at Nichols. As a junior in 1965-66, Johnson scored 14.6 ppg and pulled down 11.4 rebounds in 20 games, highlighted by a 19-point, 14-rebound effort against Westfield State on December 4, 1965.
 
Johnson took his game to another level as a senior, averaging 18.1 ppg and a program-record 15.7 rpg to earn Team MVP honors. The 6-6, 225 lb. captain registered four 20-20 games:
 
Dec. 1, 1966 vs Quinnipiac: 20 points & 26 rebounds
Jan. 6, 1967 at Bridgewater St.: 28 points & 29 rebounds
Feb. 2, 1967 vs Babson: 25 points & 25 rebounds
Feb. 22, 1967 vs Sacred Heart: 27 points & 25 rebounds
 
The 29 rebounds Johnson snared against the Panthers still stood as a single-game record at the conclusion of the 2017-18 season. Johnson finished the season with 330 rebounds, which was the second-highest season mark in program history at the time of induction.