Nicole Niemi

Nicole Niemi first attracted national attention as a young player in Las Vegas. At twelve, while preparing to enter Molasky Junior High School, she was selected for the United States team at the 1998 World Youth Championship in Spain. She later settled in Garland, Texas, and became a co-champion of the 2016 Texas Amateur Championship. In 2019 she shared first place in the Texas Women's Championship with Alexey Root, receiving the leading trophy on tiebreak. Both scored 3½ points from four games after drawing their final-round encounter. Niemi again shared the state women's title in 2022, this time with Root and Brenda Hardesty.