Naval Academy Athletics

2024 // Sophomore Year
• Missed the season due to injury

2023 // Freshman Year
• Sidelined the entire fall with a shoulder injury, he returned to practice in mid-March
• Appeared in 3 contests, including making his collegiate debut in the Mids’ loss to #7 Villanova where he took a shot and grabbed a ground ball

High School 
• 2021 graduate of Massapequa High School in Massapequa, N.Y.
• Lacrosse letter winner who garnered All-County recognition as a senior
• Led Massapequa to the state title in 2019
• Originally committed to play at Albany

Personal
• Son of Lenny and Nancy Nichtern
• Majoring in Quantitative Economics, owns a 3.16 grade-point average
• Has earned Commandant’s (F2023) List accolades
• Attended the Naval Academy Prep School during the 2021-22 academic year
• Brother, Brendan, is a 2022 graduate of Army where he graduated as one of the best players in Army lacrosse history ... he was a three-time All-American attackman, two-time Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year and a finalist for the 2022 Tewaaraton Award ... he graduated as the program’s leader in career points (284) and assists (168) and ranks second in both categories in the Patriot League record book ... he went on to be named the Premier Lacrosse League Rookie of the Year in the fall of 2022