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2020 Men's Soccer Roster

20 Nilaan Nigam

  • Position Midfield
  • Ht./Wt. 5-10 / 160
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Slingerlands, NY

Biography

2019: Played two games ... 

High School: Three years of varsity soccer ... Two-year starter (midfield) ... Captain for one ... All-League First Team in 2018 ... Third Team in 2017 ... Jeff Mitchell 100% Award as senior ... Team won Section and Regional Championships ... State Final Four in 2016 ... Honor Roll ... Student Senator ... 

Personal: Mechanical Engineering major ... Dean's Honor List ... Working on harvesting of hemp for bast fibers to be used for textiles and polymer matrix composites ... Capital District Rescue Mission and Albany Soup Kitchen volunteer ... Son of Ankesh and Sujatha Nigam.

On attending Rensselaer: "Strong engineering program at a Division 3 school where I can continue playing soccer while putting academics first." - August 2020

Benefits of undergraduate community: "The professors, coaches and all the staff are there to help you with whatever you may need, in and out of the classroom, on and off the field." - August 2020

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2019Freshman

    Midfield
    5'10" 160 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2020Sophomore

    Midfield
    5'10" 160 lbs
    20