2006 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Roster
Kenny Nims
- Position:
- Attackman
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 183
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Watertown, N.Y.
- High School:
- Watertown HS
Senior Year (2009): Named to the USILA All-America First Team … Selected as the NCAA Championship’s Most Outstanding Player and was a member of the NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team after leading the Orange in scoring with 15 points (8g, 7a) in the postseason and scoring the game-tying goal with 4.5 seconds left against Cornell in the national title game … Team captain … 2010 'Cuse Awards Play of the Year award winner ... Started all 18 games on attack … One of seven players to start every game … Led the Orange in points (74), assists (42) and was second on the team in goals (32) … Ranked second nationally in points per game (4.11) and fourth in the nation in assists per game (2.6) … Scored at least one point in every game and ended his career with a 34-game point scoring streak … Tied Dan Hardy for the team lead with three game-winning goals … Collected 36 ground balls … Recorded a career-best eight points (3g, 5a) against Providence … His five assists against the Friars matched his personal best … Scored six points in wins versus Army (3g, 3a), Hobart (2g, 4a) and Cornell (2g, 4a) in the regular season … Also had a season-best five ground balls against Army … Registered five-point games against Colgate (1g, 4a), Siena (1g, 4a) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament and Duke (4g, 1a) in the national semifinals … His four goals against Blue Devils tied his season high … Nims also had four goals against Virginia … Put up four points (1g, 3a) against Johns Hopkins to earn NIKE/Inside Lacrosse Team of the Week recognition (March 17) … Also had four points against Albany (4a), at Massachusetts (1g, 3a) and versus Maryland (2g, 2a) in the NCAA quarterfinals … Three points against Rutgers (1g, 2a) … Scored two goals in games against Binghamton and Princeton at the Inside Lacrosse Big City Classic … Had an assist against Georgetown.
Junior Year (2008): USILA Honorable Mention All-American … One of nine players to start all 18 games … Second on the team with 58 points, 34 goals, 24 assists and eight man-up goals … Ranked 23rd nationally with 3.22 points per game … Scored at least two goals in 11-of-18 contests … Collected at least one point in 17-of-18 games, including a streak of 16 consecutive games with a point to finish the season … SU’s third-leading scorer in the NCAA Tournament with 10 points (6g, 4a) … Had a season-high seven points, including a personal-best five assists, at Cornell … Scored a career-high six goals against Villanova in SU’s season opener … Also registered six points (2g, 4a) at Rutgers, including his 50th career goal … Reached 100 career points with two goals against Johns Hopkins in the NCAA championship game … Had hat tricks during the regular season against Virginia in the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic and at Hobart … Finished with four points against the Cavaliers and five versus the Statesmen … Also scored five points (2g, 3a) in SU’s NCAA Tournament opener against Canisius … Had two goals in a double-overtime win against Georgetown … Scored twice and collected three points against Binghamton … One goal and one assist versus Loyola … Tallied four points (2g, 2a) versus Princeton … Three points, including two goals, against Albany … Also had three points (1g, 2a) versus Massachusetts … Scored one goal and had an assist at Colgate … Also had a goal and an assist versus Notre Dame in the NCAA quarterfinals … Tallied a goal in SU’s double-overtime victory against Virginia in the NCAA semifinals.
Sophomore Year (2007): Started all 13 games on attack … One of five players to start every game … 30 points on 18 goals and 12 assists … Collected 14 ground balls … Scored three man-up goals … Averaged 2.31 points and 1.38 goals per outing … Had at least one point in 11 games and scored a goal in 10 of SU’s 13 contests … Had a season-best five points against Binghamton, including a season-high four goals … Equaled those marks with five points and four goals versus Rutgers … Had one goal in the season-opener against Hobart … One goal, two assists against Virginia … Scored once at Georgetown … Tallied two goals against Johns Hopkins … Scored a goal and dished out three assists at Loyola … Two goals at Princeton … Had a goal and an assist against Cornell … Handed out a season-best four assists against Albany … Scored once against Colgate.
Freshman Year (2006): Played in all 15 games, starting one … Made his first career start versus Massachusetts … Scored nine goals and had four assists for a total of 13 points … Collected 11 ground balls … Scored two goals at Rutgers and matched it with two scores against Virginia in the NCAA semifinals … Dished out a two assists versus Albany … Netted the first goal of his career in the season opener against Army … Also had goals at Virginia, versus Georgetown, at Cornell and versus Johns Hopkins in the NCAA quarterfinals … Registered one assist at Colgate and against Harvard in the NCAA Tournament.
High School: Four-year varsity lacrosse letterwinner at Watertown High School … Recorded 74 goals and 35 assists on his way to being named an All-American, All-CNY, All-North and All-Frontier League … Two-time team captain … Helped the Empire State Games Central team to gold medals in 2003 and 2004 … Named MVP of the National Senior Showcase in St. Louis, Mo. … Selected as the North team MVP as well.
Personal: Kenneth Elliot Nims … Born in March 1987 in Watertown, N.Y. … Son of Tom Nims, Julie Korwek and Alexander “Chip” Korwek … One sister … Father, Tom, played goalie at Syracuse from 1982-85 and ranks third on the school’s all-time saves list (692) … Second cousin of SU teammate Greg Niewieroski and first cousin of former SU standout Brendan Loftus (2005-08) … Dual major in marketing management and finance.
Year | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | GB | Faceoffs | GW |
2006 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 0-0 | 0 |
2007 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 14 | 0-0 | 0 |
2008 | 18 | 34 | 24 | 58 | 39 | 0-0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 18 | 32 | 42 | 74 | 32 | 0-0 | 3 |
Totals | 64 | 93 | 82 | 175 | 96 | 0-0 | 5 |
