Nick DeCaprio

Class:
Senior
Position:
D
Height:
6-0
Weight:
210
Hometown:
Egg Harbor, NJ
High School:
St. Augustine Prep

At Michigan
• Selected 21st overall by the Boston Cannons in the 2019 MLL Draft, the highest selection for a U-M player in program history
• USILA Academic All-American (2019)
• Second Team All-Big Ten (2019)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2019)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (April 16)
• Team Captain (2019)
• Owns a share of the most caused turnovers in an NCAA contest (8)
• U-M record holder for caused turnovers in a season (29)
• Big Ten Player to Watch List (2019)
• Team Captain (2018-19)
• Freshman of the Year (2016)

Senior (2019)
• Second team All-Big Ten (2019)
• Ranked ninth in the nation in caused turnovers per game (2.08), a total that led the Big Ten. His 27 caused turnovers set a new program record.
• Recorded a career-high and NCAA record-tying eight caused turnovers and added four ground balls against Penn State (April 13)
• Picked up three ground balls and caused one turnover against Maryland (April 6)
• Caused two turnovers and picked up two ground balls against Delaware (March 23)
• Had four ground balls and caused three turnovers in loss to Notre Dame (March 19)
• Tallied one goal, one assist, three ground balls, and three face-off wins against Marquette (March 16)
• Picked up four ground balls in 16-11 win over St. Johns (March 2)
• Scored one goal and picked up three ground balls against Jacksonville (Feb. 23)
• Picked up three ground balls and caused four turnovers in 16-17 loss against Drexel (Feb. 19)
• Marked one assist, three ground balls, and two caused turnovers against Cleveland State (Feb. 9)

Junior (2018)
• Tallied six ground balls and caused two turnovers in 8-5 loss to Ohio State (April 13)
• Recorded seven ground balls and caused three turnovers in 16-8 loss to Rutgers (April 8)
• Scored his second goal of the season, adding a ground ball and a caused turnover, in 13-12 win against Notre Dame (March 21)
• Scooped up three ground balls and caused three turnovers in 14-9 win against Air Force (March 9)
• Recorded a goal, an assist, and two caused turnovers in 13-7 win against Siena (March 3)
• Caused three turnover and scooped up four ground ball in 11-15 loss to Yale (Feb. 24)
• Recorded one goal, three ground balls and three caused turnovers in a 9-7 win over Bellarmine (Feb. 13)
• Scooped up four ground balls and two caused turnovers in a 15-5 win over Cleveland State (Feb. 10)

Sophomore (2017)
• Scored his second goal of the season and picked up three ground balls in loss to Johns Hopkins (April 22)
• Scooped up four ground balls and went 3-9 at the dot in loss to Maryland (April 1).
• Recorded three ground balls and two caused turnovers in back to back games against No. 10 Penn (March 11) and UMBC (March 25)
• Picked up four ground balls and caused two turnovers in win against Mercer (March 2)
• Scored in 13-5 win against Bellarmine (Feb 18)
• Led the team with six ground balls in loss to Notre Dame (Feb. 24)
• Recorded one assist and five ground balls in win against Cleveland State (Feb. 4)

Freshman (2016 )
• Split time between long stick and close defense in first season in Ann Arbor
• Compiled 20 ground balls and tied for third on the team in caused turnovers with six
• Had two ground balls in a loss against Penn State (April 30)
• Recorded two ground balls and two caused turnovers in a loss against Rutgers (April 10)
• Set a U-M single-game record for non-faceoff men by scooping up eight ground balls and caused one turnover in a loss versus Dartmouth (March 19)
• Tallied three ground balls in a loss against Brown (March 12)

High school
• St. Augustine Prep, Richland, NJ (2015)
• Played in the Independent Lacrosse League
• Four year varsity lacrosse starter
• Named 1st Team All-South Jersey, 2nd Team all-state as a junior
• Dean's List Freshman and Sophomore Year

Club
• South Shore LC

Personal
• Nicolas Andrew DeCaprio
• Son of Thomas and Donna DeCaprio
• Has a sister, Giovanna
• Enrolled in the School of Kinesiology, Sport Management major