Montana State University Hall of Famer Nico Harrison rises to the top at Nike

Nico Harrison remembers the first time he set foot in Bozeman.

"I came (to Montana State University) sight unseen," said Harrison, whose athletic layups and charismatic smile made him a crowd favorite for the 1993-96 men’s Bobcat basketball team.

"There were like moose on the walls in the airport and I thought ‘What have I got myself into?’ But, coming here turned out to be one of the best decisions of my life."

Harrison recalled his MSU beginnings while in Bozeman Friday to be inducted in the Bobcat Hall of Fame. The road through Bozeman eventually led Harrison, a CoSIDA Academic All-America who hailed from Tigard, Ore., to a high-flying career with Nike http://www.nike.com . In May, Harrison was named the vice president of North America basketball operations for the multinational corporation. Part of his job is recruiting and retaining some of basketball’s elite, such as LeBron James and Kobe Bryant. In fact, it was Harrison’s friendship with Bryant and advice in the last 13 years of his career that also inspired Harrison’s rise in Nike.

by Carol Schmidt, MSU News

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