Nick Wilkins is from Frankfort, KY and he began playing golf at the age of 12. Nick graduated from Western Hills High School in 2015 where he played on the golf team for 5 years, won a high school tournament, and was a state championship qualifier. He has won the Frankfort City Championship on 3 occasions (2014, 2017,2019) along with the Governors Open (2014) and Daniel Boone invitational (2015) on separate occasions. He has also been a student at High Performance Golf Academy since 2013.

Nick graduated from Morehead State University and was a member of the Mens golf team from 2015-2019. He is serving as the Assistant Golf Coach for the Eagles during the 2019-20 season. As a player, he competed in 122 rounds and 42 events, placing in the top 10 on 4 occasions and notching 2 collegiate individual victories along with a team victory. He was the 2018 Ohio Valley Conference individual champion and competed in the NCAA Columbus Regional. He was a 3-time member of the Ohio Valley Conference commissioners honor roll and was named a Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-American Scholar in 2018.