Completed Event: Lacrosse versus Air Force on May 1, 2026 , Loss , 12, to, 13
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Jersey Number 46
Nikko DiPonio
- Position:
- Defense
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-10 / 190
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
- High School:
- Culver Military Academy
DiPonio Quick Hits
2025: Started all 14 games, recording 85Â ground balls, 37caused turnovers and six points on a goal and five assists.
2025: Started all 15 games this season, recording 96 ground balls, 20 caused turnovers and four points (2 goals, 2 assists).
2024: Started all 17 games, recording a team-high 81 ground balls and 35 caused turnovers, also scoring eight points (four goals, four assists).Â
2023: Started all 17 games as a true freshman, recording 39 ground balls and 16 caused turnovers.
High School: Four-time letter winner at Culver Military Academy in Chicago … two-time Under Armour Underclass All-American … made the Inside Lacrosse All-Tournament team … helped Culver to a third place finish in the Geico National Championships … All-Star status at the NXT Showcase … also earned NLC All-Star, Main Stage All-Star and Ohio State All-Star honors … received Manney's Men designation from NXT …  played running back for the football team … played lacrosse at Bloomfield Hills before transferring to Culver.
Personal: Brother, Dominick, and sister, Natalie, both play hockey with his sister playing for Bowling Green State in Ohio … father wrestled at California University of Pennsylvania … is a unit commander at Culver within the military system, leading a group of 60 men … captain of the skeet and trap club.
- Drafted 24th overall by the New York Atlas in the 2026 Premier Lacrosse League College Draft.
- Two-time ASUN Defensive Player of the Year (2026, 2025)
- Three-time All-ASUN First Team selection (2026, 2025, 2024)
- 2026 All-America Honorable Mention (Inside Lacrosse, USA Lacrosse)
- 2025 All-America Honorable Mention (USILA, Inside Lacrosse and USA Lacrosse)
- 2024 Inside Lacrosse All-America honorable mention.
- ASUN All-Freshman Team in 2023.Â
- School record holder in single-game (6), single-season (37) and career (108) caused turnovers.
- Second in program history in career ground balls (301).
2025: Started all 14 games, recording 85Â ground balls, 37caused turnovers and six points on a goal and five assists.
- Set the program record for caused turnovers in a season.
- Ranked second nationally and led the ASUN with 2.64 caused turnovers per game.
- Ranked 21st nationally with 6.08 ground balls per game, the highest mark amongst non-FOGOs.
- Caused multiple turnovers in 10 games, including six CTs in the season opener against Delaware and five in the ASUN opener against Bellarmine.
- Picked up five or more ground balls in 12 of 14 games, including two games with 10 GBs (vs. Iona, at Marquette).
- Scored in the season opener.
- Led a defensive unit that ranked 14th nationally in scoring defense (9.69), first in caused turnovers per game (13.00), and third in scoring margin (+6.23).
2025: Started all 15 games this season, recording 96 ground balls, 20 caused turnovers and four points (2 goals, 2 assists).
- CSC Academic All-District
- Ranked first in the ASUN and 12th nationally in ground balls per game (6.85), and was the top position-player in that statistic.
- Tied his career-high 10 ground balls against Delaware and Mercer.
- Recorded five-or-more ground balls in 11-of-15 matches.
- Caused two or more turnovers in six games, including three against Delaware.
- Scored back-to-back long pole goals against Mercer and Jacksonville.
- Earned ASUN Defensive Player of the Week after collecting nine ground balls at No. 19 Ohio State to help break in to the all-time top-10 in single game ground balls with 44.
- Ranks third all-time in single-season ground balls (96), tied for eighth in caused turnovers with 20.
2024: Started all 17 games, recording a team-high 81 ground balls and 35 caused turnovers, also scoring eight points (four goals, four assists).Â
- Inside Lacrosse All-America honorable mention.Â
- Earned All-ASUN first-team.Â
- Ranked seventh in the NCAA and first in the ASUN in caused turnovers per game (2.12).Â
- Also ranked third in the ASUN with 4.76 ground balls per game.Â
- Had two-or-more CTOs in 10 of Utah's 17 games.Â
- Earned ASUN Defensive Player of the Week after breaking the school record in single-game CTOs with six against Cleveland State, adding nine ground balls in the game.Â
- His six caused turnovers tied for the most by a player in the NCAA in 2024.Â
- Recorded a career-high 10 ground balls at Lindenwood.Â
- Notched a career-best two assists against Jacksonville in the ASUN Championship game, adding four ground balls and three caused turnovers.Â
- Scored his first collegiate goal at Marquette, adding four ground balls and two caused turnovers.Â
- Also scored goals against Detroit Mercy, Queens and Cleveland State.Â
- Had five caused turnovers and four ground balls against Robert Morris.Â
2023: Started all 17 games as a true freshman, recording 39 ground balls and 16 caused turnovers.
- Earned ASUN All-Freshman Team.
- Had three-or-more ground balls in seven games and two-or-more caused turnovers in four.
- Posted a career-high six ground balls at Detroit Mercy, adding a caused turnover.
- Set a career-high in caused turnovers with three against Mercer along with three ground balls.
- Had two caused turnovers and three ground balls in the ASUN semifinals against Bellarmine.
High School: Four-time letter winner at Culver Military Academy in Chicago … two-time Under Armour Underclass All-American … made the Inside Lacrosse All-Tournament team … helped Culver to a third place finish in the Geico National Championships … All-Star status at the NXT Showcase … also earned NLC All-Star, Main Stage All-Star and Ohio State All-Star honors … received Manney's Men designation from NXT …  played running back for the football team … played lacrosse at Bloomfield Hills before transferring to Culver.
Personal: Brother, Dominick, and sister, Natalie, both play hockey with his sister playing for Bowling Green State in Ohio … father wrestled at California University of Pennsylvania … is a unit commander at Culver within the military system, leading a group of 60 men … captain of the skeet and trap club.
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