Nick Grill

Photo by: Maggie Bean

Position:
Defense
Height:
5-7
Weight:
185
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Bridgewater, N.J.
High School:
Bridgewater-Raritan

Honors and Awards

2019-
All-BIG EAST Preseason Team
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Feb. 18)
All-BIG EAST First Team

2018-
All-BIG EAST Second Team
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (March 6)

2017-
All-BIG EAST Second Team

2019 Season (Jr.): Started in all 14 games for the Golden Eagles ... Picked up 31 ground balls and forced 18 turnovers as a junior ... Caused a pair of turnovers in match against Bellarmine (Feb. 9) ... Picked up a career-high six ground balls and a pair of caused turnovers in the win against Jacksonville (Feb. 15) ... Snagged four ground balls and a pair of forced turnovers against Detroit Mercy (Feb. 23) ... Picked up two ground balls and two caused turnovers against Ohio State (March 2) ... Secured three ground balls and a pair of forced turnovers against Cleveland State (March 9) ... Tallied three ground balls against Robert Morris (March 12) and Michigan (March 16) ... In the close win over Georgetown, picked up a pair of ground balls and forced a turnover (March 23) ... Snagged a pair of ground balls and forced turnovers against Villanova (March 30) ... Picked up a pair of ground balls in the win against St. John's (April 6).

2018 Season (So.): Started all 13 games in which he played at close defense as a sophomore, while picking up 23 ground balls ... Secured a pair of ground balls in the regular season opener against Jacksonville (Feb. 17) ... Scooped up three ground balls and caused one turnover versus Detroit (Feb. 24) ... Grabbed two ground balls and caused a turnover against Bellarmine (March 4) ... Recorded a pair of ground balls in the BIG EAST opener, a 9-8 win over Georgetown (March 24) ... Secured a career-high four ground balls and caused one turnover in a 7-6 loss at home to Notre Dame (April 11) ... Tallied two ground balls and a caused turnover at No. 3 Duke (April 20).

2017 Season (Fr.): Started in each of Marquette's 16 games as a freshman... Nabbed two ground balls and caused one turnover in his Marquette debut and a 17-1 routing of Jacksonville (2/18) ... Tallied three ground balls and caused a turnover at Richmond (2/25) ... Grabbed a pair of ground balls against Air Force (3/28) ... Caused a career-high two turnovers in a 10-9 win at Providence to help secure the BIG EAST Championship (5/6).

Prior to Marquette: Four-year letter winner at Bridgewater-Raritan High School ... 2016 USA Today All-USA Boys Lacrosse First Team ... Ranked as the No. 97 incoming freshman in the class of 2016 by Inside Lacrosse ... Elected captain for his senior campaign ... Honored with the 2016 New Jersey Player of the Year award ... Two-time high school All-American ... Awarded 2015 New Jersey Defender of the Year ... Selected First Team All-State Group Four (three times), first team all-conference (three times) and first team all-county (three times) ... Helped his team to two conference championships, county championships, Group Four North Championships and Group Four Championships ... 2015 New Jersey State Champion (Tournament of Champions).

Personal: Born in Summit, New Jersey ... Younger brother of former Marquette lacrosse All-American defenseman and captain B.J. Grill ... Son of Bob and Mary Grill ... Plans to major in business.