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Football
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All-Ivy League honorable mention (2019)
Phil Steele All-Ivy League Third Team (2019)
FIFTH-YEAR (2020)
Named to Phil Steele Preseason All-Ivy League First Team.
SENIOR (2020)
Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic … chosen for Phil Steele Preseason All-Ivy League Second Team.
JUNIOR (2019) | Game-by-Game Stats
All-Ivy League honorable mention in the defensive backfield, Phil Steele All-Ivy League Third Team … fourth on the team with 47 tackles and six passes defended … made at least one stop in every game, starting all 10 at strong safety … began the season with four tackles in the season opener at Jacksonville, a 35-6 Big Green victory … broke up a Colgate pass during the game’s opening possession to help set the tone in a 38-3 romp over the Raiders … batted away two more throws the following week during the 28-15 triumph at Penn in the Ivy League opener … enjoyed homecoming with eight tackles and an interception that led to Dartmouth’s second touchdown in the 42-10 blowout of Yale … stopped seven Crimson ball carriers in the defensive struggle at Harvard that ended on a 45-yard Hail Mary pass to lift the Green to a 9-6 win … came up big on the big stage at Yankee Stadium with a career-high nine tackles while also forcing a fumble for a 3-yard loss on third down to thwart a Princeton drive in the 27-10 victory over the ninth-ranked Tigers … collected five stops and his final pass breakup of the year against Cornell … had six tackles in the season finale at Brown, but his biggest play didn’t show up in the statistics as he tipped the final Bear pass of the game in the end zone, allowing teammate Isiah Swann to intercept it and secure not only the 29-23 victory, but the 19th Ivy League title for the Big Green.
SOPHOMORE (2018) | Game-by-Game Stats
Played in every game in the defensive backfield and on special teams as a returner and on coverages … finished the year with 13 tackles and an average of 25 yards on six kickoff returns … had quite the season debut, returning a kickoff 39 yards to start the second half, making one tackle and intercepting a pass with a 13-yard return to help Dartmouth shut out Georgetown, 41-0 … made a pair of tackles on kickoffs in the 34-14 victory at Holy Cross … posted a tackle for a 2-yard loss on third down to force Yale to punt late in the third quarter of the 41-18 triumph … collected a season-high three stops in the 42-0 blanking of Sacred Heart … returned a kickoff 25 yards at Columbia and had a third-down stop short of the marker in the 28-12 win … recovered one of Harvard’s four lost fumbles in the first Big Green victory over the Crimson in 15 years, 24-17 … broke up a third-down pass at Cornell to force a punt late in the third quarter of a 35-24 victory … capped the season with three more tackles, a 25-yard kickoff return and a forced fumble to set up a Dartmouth touchdown in a 49-7 romp over Brown.
FRESHMAN (2017) | Game-by-Game Stats
One of only two rookies to play in as many as six varsity games during the season, and one of just three to see any action at all … first career tackle came on the last kickoff against Yale, helping keep the Bulldogs deep in their own territory with less than a minute left to prevent them from getting into field goal range in a 28-27 Big Green victory … also had a solo stop at Fenway Park against Brown from his safety position.
HIGH SCHOOL
North Pittsburgh WPIAL Fabulous 22 selection ... team captain who posted 67 tackles with 54 solos in senior season according to MaxPreps … returned four interceptions a total of 139 yards … caught 40 passes for 771 yards and six touchdowns to go with 224 yards and seven touchdowns running the ball … all-conference first-team receiver … helped North Allegheny go 9-3 overall and 5-1 in conference … brought an interception back 99 yards for a touchdown in WPIAL semifinals … player of the Game in NA’s loss in the WPIAL Class 6-A semifinals … in-season honor roll all four years.
PERSONAL
Full name is Nikolas James Mermigas … last name is pronounced MUR-mih-Ghiss … born on Nov. 2, 1998 … son of James and Judith Mermigas has three sisters … interested in film studies … enjoys motocross racing