Syracuse University Athletics

Position: Attack
Height: 6-1
Weight: 203
Class: Senior
Hometown: Watertown, N.Y.
High School: Watertown HS

Senior Year (2009): Played in 15 games with one start … Part of SU’s second midfield unit … Scored 12 points (9g, 3a) on the season … Scored a season-best three goals against Providence … Had two points against Hobart (1g, 1a) and Cornell (1g, 1a) in the regular season … Tallied a goal and a season-high two ground balls versus Binghamton … Also had goals against Rutgers, Siena (NCAA) and Cornell in the national championship game … Member of the Fall 2008 SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

Junior Year (2008): One of nine players to start all 18 games … Fifth on the team in points (28) and goals (23) … Also had five assists … Tallied six points (4g, 2a) in SU’s four NCAA Tournament wins … Finished the year with 17 ground balls … Had a season-best three goals versus Army … Also had three points against Binghamton (1g, 2a), at Rutgers (2g, 1a) and versus Canisius (2g, 1a) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament … His two helpers against the Bearcats tied his personal best and his second goal versus the Golden Griffins was the game-winner … Scored twice against Virginia at the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic … Also recorded two-goal games against Albany, Massachusetts and at Colgate … Scored once in the team’s season-opening win against Villanova … Had a goal and collected a season-best three ground balls at Johns Hopkins in the regular season … Equaled his season-high with three ground balls in a double-overtime win against Georgetown … Also had goals at Hobart, versus Loyola, at Cornell and against Notre Dame and Virginia in the NCAA Tournament.

Sophomore Year (2007): Played in all 13 games with seven starts … Tied for second on the team in goals (19) … Recorded 24 points and 11 ground balls … Tallied three straight hat tricks (Cornell, Rutgers and Albany) … Career-best five goals on six shots against the Big Red … Had four points (3g, 1a) versus the Scarlet Knights … Two goals against Virginia and at Georgetown … Had a goal and an assist versus Binghamton and at Loyola … Dished out an assist at Princeton … Scored once and had an assist at Massachusetts … One goal against Colgate … Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.

2006: Redshirted after missing most of the year due to injury … Played in one game (vs. Georgetown) … Named to the 2006 Spring Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

Freshman Year (2005): Played in all 13 games … Made his first start of the season on attack against Rutgers … Posted a goal and an assist against the Scarlet Knights … Scored the game-winning goal with 4:13 remaining in the fourth quarter against Hobart … Tallied his first collegiate goal at Princeton with SU clinging to a 7-6 lead in the fourth quarter … Had two points at Loyola (1g, 1a) … Finished as the second-leading freshman scorer on the team with five goals and 10 points … Had a season-high three points (1g, 2a) in the NCAA playoff loss at Massachusetts … Had nine ground balls … Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.

High School: Tallied 110 points his senior season and had 387 career points … Served as captain his junior and senior years … Selected as an All-American in 2004 … Named a Frontier League All-Star from 2001-2004 … All-CNY in 2004 … Team was lacrosse league champions in 2004 … Also ran cross country … Cross country team won league championship in 2002.

Personal: Gregory James Niewieroski ... Born in November 1985 in Watertown, N.Y. … Son of Greg and Shari Niewieroski … One sister … Second cousin of SU teammate Kenny Nims … Majoring in physical education.