Career Honors:
2024 All-CSFL (First Team – Defensive Line)
2023 All-CSFL (First Team – Defensive Line)
2022 All-CSFL (First Team – Defensive Line)
2024 CSFL Academic Honor Roll
2023 CSFL Academic Honor Roll
2022 CSFL Academic Honor Roll
CSFL Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 6, 2023)
2024 (Senior): Named First Team All-Collegiate Sprint Football League as a defensive lineman … Played and started all eight games during the season, finishing the year with 32 total tackles (22 solo) with a team-high 11.0 tackles for loss and a team-best 5.5 sacks, while also being credited with a forced fumble, a pass breakup, and a quarterback hurry … Recorded a season-high seven stops (six solo) at Caldwell, while adding six tackles against Mansfield, Army (Star Game), and Penn … Registered a season-high 3.5 tackles for loss at Caldwell with 2.5 TFLs against Penn … Finished with 2.5 sacks against the Quakers and Cougars … Combined for a sack in the CSFL Championship against Army … Forced a fumble at Mansfield … Broke up a pass against Cornell, while being credited with a quarterback hurry against Army (Star Game).
2023 (Junior): Named First Team All-Collegiate Sprint Football League as a defensive lineman … Finished the year with 27 total tackles with 14 solo stops and 13 assisted tackles with a team-best 6.5 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks with a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, three pass breakups, two quarterback hurries, and a touchdown … Recorded a season-high five tackles against Mansfield and Chestnut Hill with four stops against Army (Star Game), Caldwell, and Penn … Notched a season-high 2.0 tackles for loss (both sacks), while adding sacks against Caldwell, Chestnut Hill, and Penn … Had 1.5 tackles for loss, including half a sack in the season opener at St. Thomas Aquinas … Broke up passes against Mansfield, Army (Star Game), and Chestnut Hill, while forcing a fumble against the Griffins … Credited with quarterback hurries against Mansfield and Penn, while picking up a fumble and returning it 38 yards for a touchdown against the Quakers … CSFL Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 6).
2022 (Sophomore): Named First Team All-Collegiate Sprint Football League as a defensive lineman … Played and started all eight games during the season … Recorded 23 total tackles (12 solo) with 10.0 tackles for loss, including 8.5 sacks with three forced fumbles, three pass breakups, and a blocked kick … Recorded a season-high five tackles (all solo) against Cornell, finishing the game with four sacks … Added four stops against Army (Star Game) and Caldwell … Recorded 2.5 sacks against Army (Star Game) with a sack against Penn and half sacks against Caldwell and Alderson Broaddus … Forced a pair of fumbles against Army (Star Game), while adding a forced fumble vs. Cornell … Blocked a punt against Alderson Broaddus, recovering the ball 27-yards down the field at the one-yardline to set up a Alex Totta touchdown on the following play … Credited with pass breakups against Army (Star Game), Caldwell, and Alderson Broaddus.
2021 (Freshman): Played all but one game during the season … Finished the year with four tackles (three solo), 2.5 tackles for loss, a forced fumble, and a blocked kick … Recorded tackles against St. Thomas Aquinas, Alderson Broaddus, Mansfield, and Penn … Notched tackles for loss against STAC and Penn, while adding a half a TFL against Mansfield … Forced a fumble against the Quakers, while blocking a kick against the Mountaineers.
High School / Personal: Lettered in football (3 years), volleyball (4), and track (1) at Shelton High School in Shelton, Conn. … Earned All-State and Academic All-State in volleyball as a junior … Claimed All-Southern Connecticut Conference (SCC) honors as a freshman (second team) and sophomore (first team) in volleyball … Helped volleyball team to the Regional Championship as a sophomore, junior, and senior … Class President … Member of the National Honor Society and Language Honor Society … Named Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) 2020 Student-Athlete, as well as, SCC Fall Student-Athlete … Attended the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo. prior to enrolling at the Naval Academy … Son of John and Marie Niski … Mother, Marie, played volleyball at Loyola (Md.).
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