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2024 Women's Lacrosse Roster

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Lauren Verellen

28 Kiah Nuessgen

28 Kiah Nuessgen

  • Position:
    Defense
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Highschool:
    Beavercreek
  • Hometown:
    Beavercreek, Ohio

Summary

Biography

Career Highlights:
  • 4x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • 3x MAC Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024)
  • 2x MAC Commissioner's Award (2022, 2023)
  • MAC President's Award (2024)
  • 3x Academic All-MAC (2022, 2023, 2024)
  • 2x CSC Academic All-District (2023, 2024)
  • IWLCA Division I Academic Honor Roll (2023)
  • Second Team All-MAC (2024)

2024:
  • Selected Second Team All-MAC
  • Started all 18 games and posted eight caused turnovers and a career-high 22 ground balls
  • Had two caused turnovers, a ground ball and draw control at Pittsburgh
  • Registered a takeaway and two ground balls against Marquette
  • Recorded a caused turnover, a ground ball and draw control at Robert Morris
  • Picked up a career-best four ground balls against Eastern Michigan
  • Tied a career-high with four GB's and added a caused turnover at Butler
  • Corralled two ground balls in the MAC Championship semifinals at Central Michigan and added another in the title game against Robert Morris
  • Finished his Titan career playing in 56 games and posted 66 ground balls, 31 caused turnovers, seven draw controls and scored a goal

2023:
  • Started all 14 games on the season and tallied career-highs in caused turnovers, ground balls, draw controls and points
  • Was second on the team with 10 caused turnovers and fourth with 19 ground balls
  • Also had three draw controls and scored his first career goal
  • Started the year with two caused turnovers and two ground balls in the season opener against Canisius
  • Had a caused turnover and a career-high three GB's at Xavier
  • Picked up two ground balls at Marquette
  • Tied his career-best with three ground balls and tallied a caused turnover at Butler
  • Scored his first collegiate goal against Robert Morris, where he also had a ground ball and a draw control
  • Recorded a career-high three caused turnovers with a GB against Kent State

2022:
  • Played in 14 games with 13 starts
  • Tied for fifth on the team with 14 ground balls to go with five caused turnovers
  • Had a caused turnover and two ground balls at Robert Morris and Central Michigan
  • Had three ground balls and two caused turnovers at Kent State
  • Posted two ground balls at CMU and versus Youngstown State

2021:
  • Played in all 10 games, starting the final nine of them in his first season.
  • Ranked fifth on the team with eight caused turnovers, adding 11 ground balls and one draw control.
  • Made collegiate debut at Central Michigan (3/7) with first start coming against Youngstown State (3/13), tallying season-best 3 GB and one caused turnover.
  • Posted two caused turnovers, one draw control and one ground ball against Kent State (4/22).
  • Notched two more CT's in next game against Akron (4/24).
  • Tallied two GB in back-to-back games against Kent State (5/1) and Central Michigan (5/3).

High School:
  • A 2020 graduate of Beavercreek High School.
  • Letter in three seasons in lacrosse for the Beavers and coach Michele Sorensen, missing senior season due to the Coronavirus pandemic
  • A three-sport letter-winner overall, including two times in soccer (playing all four years) and four times in wrestling
  • Two-time All-Region, including Second Team as a junior and First Team All-Conference in lacrosse in 2019-20
  • A two-time Team MVP and co-captain as a junior
  • Scored a school-record 73 goals as a junior, adding 61 ground balls and 61 draw controls
  • Totaled 97 goals in two seasons on varsity, adding 20 assists, 119 ground balls, 75 draw controls and 24 caused turnovers
  • Helped his soccer program to a state championship in 2018, with the team breaking the Ohio state record for most consecutive wins at 43
  • Named Second Team All-Conference, Third Team All-Area and helped lead soccer team to two district titles
  • In wrestling, helped his squad to three sectional championships, three league titles and earned First Team All-Conference honors
  • A GMVWA All-Area Special Mention and GMVWA All-Area Girls First Team in wrestling
  • A 2020 MaxPreps Ohio High School Athlete of the Week recipient
  • A two-time Academic All-Ohio honoree in wrestling and soccer
  • Competed in club lacrosse for Major Force Lacrosse (two years)
  • Part of French Club, National Honor Society, Leaders in the Kitchen Club, Board Game Club and was a Peer Helper and Spirit Squad Member

Personal:
  • Father is Sean and mother Jeanette Nuessgen
  • Has two siblings, Austin and Sydney
  • His brother, Austin, plays baseball at Trine
  • Born in Dayton, Ohio
  • Enrolled in the 5-year Intelligence Analysis program
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Historical Player Information

  • 28

    2021Freshman

    Midfield
    5'6"
    28
  • 28

    2022Sophomore

    Defense
    5'6"
    28
  • 28

    2023Senior

    Defense
    5'6"
    28
  • 28

    2024Graduate Student

    Defense
    5'6"
    28