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Craig Nitti
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Craig Nitti

Class:
RS Sophomore

Hometown:
Calabasas, Calif.

High School:
Crespi Carmelite HS

Height / Weight:
6-5 / 210

Position:
D

Experience:
1V

05/07/2013

Blanchette, Nitti to Play for Timbers U23s

LMU men's soccer players Paul Blanchette and Craig Nitti will play for the Portland Timbers U-23s in the upcoming Premier Development League (PDL), the club announced Tuesday.

04/30/2013

History Makers Highlight 2013 Iggy Awards

All-time leading scorer Alex Cowling claimed Female Athlete of the Year while Colin Welmon and Anthony Ireland shared the Male Athlete of the Year honor.

12/10/2012

Fall 2012 SAAC Representatives

Fall 2012 SAAC Representatives

11/13/2012

Velazquez Named WCC Freshman of the Year, Seven Earn All-WCC Honors

Pedro Velazquez is LMU's first WCC Freshman of the Year since 2008 and the lone freshman to receive All-WCC honors this year.

11/11/2012

Lions Send Seniors Off in Style

The LMU men's soccer team closed out the 2012 season riding a five-game win streak after a 4-2 win over Saint Mary's Sunday.

08/22/2012

2012 Yearbook Slideshow

Craig Nitti

10/24/2011

Soccer VS. St. Mary's

Kate Remsen & Matt Balentine Photos October 2, 2011

10/06/2011

Men's Soccer vs San Jose State September 16, 2011

Men's Soccer vs San Jose State September 16, 2011

10/05/2010

Men's Soccer vs. Cal State Northridge

Sep. 05, 2010

Briefly...
Craig Nitti enters his third year at LMU in 2012, but his second campaign on the field after redshirting in 2010... will compete for playing time as a central defender...

At LMU...
2011...

Appeared in 19 matches, earning nine starts... logged 980 minutes... took 11 shots, including three on frame... his first collegiate goal doubled as a game-winner as his header 36 seconds into overtime at San Francisco (Oct. 30) broke a scoreless tie and gave LMu the 1-0 victory... National Scholar-Athlete...

2010...
Redshirt season... National Scholar-Athlete...

High School...
Three-year letterwinner at Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino, Calif., for Coach Rob Kodama... named NSCAA/adidas High School Boys All-Region VIII, first team All-CIF, first team All-San Fernando Valley and first team All-Mission League as a senior in 2009... led CCHS to back-to-back CIF playoff appearances... Mission League Defensive Player of the Year... voted team MVP and Most Valuable Defensive Player... team captain... was a defender/midfielder for Real SoCal of the US Soccer Development Academy... ...Real SoCal finished third at the 2010 National Championships... member of the Dean's List in six semesters and Principal's List twice...

Personal...
Craig Alexander Nitti was born on January 19, 1992 in Van Nuys, Calif.... his father, Gary, ran cross country and track at UCLA... his mother, Wendi, was a graduate of Cal State Northridge who swam in the 1976 Olympic Trials as a member of the Santa Barbara Swim Club... middle of three sons with older brother Christopher and younger brother Connor... chose LMU over Santa Clara, UC Davis, American University, Brown, Cal State Bakersfield, and UC San Diego because of LMU's excellent academic reputation and its soccer coaches... majoring in business management...

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