LUCENA Nicholas

Previous teammates
Jason Aucoin, Derek Zimmerman, Chad Turner, Mark Williams, Sean Rooney, George Roumain, Fred Souza, Will Strickland, Sean Scott, Brad Keenan, Matt Fuerbringer, Theo Brunner, John Hyden, Ryan Doherty, Tri Bourne (bvbinfo.com, 11 Jul 2016)

General
AGE NO FACTOR
Both he and playing partner Phil Dalhausser are among the oldest international beach volleyball players still playing at the highest level. "We're in our forties now so it's the balance of pushing yourself without doing too much, and that's the tricky part since your mind is always telling you to keep going and making you thinking you're still in your twenties. But the key is finding that sweet spot and I think we've been doing that pretty well right now [2021]." (tallahassee.com, 24 Jun 2021)

EARLY DAYS
He worked as a substitute teacher with teammate Phil Dalhausser while trying to launch his career as a volleyball player. He originally played AVP and World Tour events with Dalhausser in 2003, 2004 and 2005, but the pair split and didn't reunite until 2015. (latimes.com, 14 Aug 2015; bvbinfo.com, 11 Jul 2016)