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2024 MIT Men's Lacrosse Roster

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28 Heath Nilsen

  • Position A
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 190
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Carlsbad, Calif.
  • High School La Costa Canyon

Biography

Career Highs
Goals 7 vs. Western New England (March 5, 2023)
Assists 5 vs. Emerson (April 22, 2023)
Points 9 vs. Western New England (March 5, 2023)
vs. Emerson (April 22, 2023)
Groundballs 4 vs. Bowdoin (March 19, 2024)
Caused Turnovers 2 vs. University of New England (March 5, 2022)
vs. Springfield (March 26, 2022)
vs. Emerson (April 22, 2023)


Accolades:
- NEWMAC All-Conference (Second Team: 2022, 2023; First Team: 2024)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2022, 2023, 2024)
- NEILA All-Academic Team (2024)
- NEWMAC Offensive Athlete of the Week (April 29, 2024)
- Graduates tied for second all-time at MIT in career assists (81)
- Graduates ranked fourth all-time at MIT in career points (204)
- Graduates ranked sixth all-time at MIT in career goals (123)


2024:
- Played and started in all 16 games
- Ranked third in the NEWMAC in points (76), fourth in goals (42), and fifth in assists (34)

2023:
- Played in 12 games, started 11
- Ranked third in the NEWMAC in points per game (4.50), fourth in assists per game (1.92), fifth in assists (23), seventh in points (54) and goals per game (2.58), and ninth in goals (31)


2022:
- Played in and started all 18 games
- Ranked third in the NEWMAC in goals (50), sixth in points (74), and eighth in assists (24)


2021:
- Did not compete as the season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic


Favorite Sports Memory:
- Crushing Springfield in the 2022 NEWMAC Final.


Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Making it to the third round of the NCAA Tournament my sophomore year.


Off the Field at MIT:
- Majoring in aerospace engineering with a minor in computer science and a concentration in aerodynamics
- Internships: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (mechanical engineering intern); REGENT Craft (aerodynamics intern)
- Research: Aerospace Computational Design Laboratory
- Research: Sensing Perception Autonomy and Robot Kinetics Lab
- Research: Space Systems Lab
- MIT AeroAstro Boeing Undergraduate Research and Innovation Scholar - Chi Phi fraternity rush chair, academic chair


High School:
- Graduated from La Costa Canyon High School
- Was a team captain and two-time varsity letterwinner
- 2019 US Lacrosse All-Academic Team
- AP Scholar
- Math and Science Department Award, LCC Distinguished Student
- UIUC Aerospace Program exam winner, California State Seal of Biliteracy, Golden State Seal Merit Diploma
- Science Olympiad president, Architecture Engineering Construction (ACE) Program president, Rubik's Cube Club co-founder and president
- UIUC Aerospace Summer Program, Lions Heart Volunteering Group, ACE Mentorship Summer Program, Global Leadership Conference


Club:
- Southern California Bulls
- Inside Lacrosse Invitational All-Star, America's Finest Rivalry Offensive MVP

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Historical Player Information

  • 28

    2021First Year

    6'2" 190 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2022Sophomore

    A
    6'2" 190 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2023Junior

    A
    6'2" 190 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2024Senior

    A
    6'2" 190 lbs
    28