Nikolas Menendez

Position:
Defense
Height:
6-1
Weight:
185
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Naperville, Ill.
High School:
Culver Academy

Honors: All-ACC Academic Team (2025) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll (2025).

2025: Played in 12 games as a longstick midfielder … Picked up 17 ground balls and caused two turnovers … Collected a career-high four ground balls in ACC Championship title game against Syracuse (5/4) … Registered three ground balls against North Carolina (4/12) and Georgetown (5/10) … Forced a turnover versus Air Force (3/8) and at Boston U … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.

Prior to Duke: A four-year starter at Culver Academy … A five-star recruit by Inside Lacrosse … Ranked second in the Inside Lacrosse Power 100 rankings … Tabbed USA Lacrosse’s 2024 National and Midwest Player of the Year … USA Lacrosse All-American … Among 44 players invited to the Senior All-America game … Finished his senior season with 33 caused turnovers and 48 ground balls as Culver finished the season ranked seventh nationally by USA Lacrosse … Helped Culver Academy to 60-10 record during his four seasons … A 2021 CSE Under Armour Underclass All-American … Helped led Culver to the state finals as a freshman.