This marks the second consecutive season the junior has been named a semifinalist.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Wake Forest junior kicker Nick Sciba was named a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award, as announced by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission on Monday afternoon.
This marks the second consecutive season the Clover, S.C. native earned semifinalist consideration. He is one of just five kickers that were named semifinalists in the last two seasons.
Given the unique nature of this college football season, the committee considered all FBS kickers who had played in at least six games and attempted at least 10 field goals through the games of Week 14.
Sciba enters the weekend with 10 consecutive makes on the season, which currently ranks third nationally just trailing Jake Oldroyd (BYU) and Will Reichard (Alabama). Oldroyd and Reichard have both connected on 11 consecutive field goals.
This season, Sciba has been named a Lou Groza Star of the Week twice this season for his efforts in wins over Virginia and Virginia Tech.
Against Virginia, he connected on a season-high 4-of-4 field goals, helping Wake Forest to its first conference win of the season. His 3-of-3 performance the next week was equally as crucial in the win over No. 19 Virginia Tech. This included a season-long 46-yard boot in the third quarter.
In his career, Sciba owns a .887 field goal percentage (55-of-62), which ranks second in ACC history and is a Wake Forest program record. Over the course of his freshman and sophomore campaigns, he broke the NCAA record with 34 consecutive field goals made.
Sciba comes into the week against Louisville needing just 45 points to break the Wake Forest record for career points currently held by Sam Swank with 337 career points.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Wake Forest junior kicker Nick Sciba was named a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award, as announced by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission on Monday afternoon.
This marks the second consecutive season the Clover, S.C. native earned semifinalist consideration. He is one of just five kickers that were named semifinalists in the last two seasons.
Given the unique nature of this college football season, the committee considered all FBS kickers who had played in at least six games and attempted at least 10 field goals through the games of Week 14.
Sciba enters the weekend with 10 consecutive makes on the season, which currently ranks third nationally just trailing Jake Oldroyd (BYU) and Will Reichard (Alabama). Oldroyd and Reichard have both connected on 11 consecutive field goals.
This season, Sciba has been named a Lou Groza Star of the Week twice this season for his efforts in wins over Virginia and Virginia Tech.
Against Virginia, he connected on a season-high 4-of-4 field goals, helping Wake Forest to its first conference win of the season. His 3-of-3 performance the next week was equally as crucial in the win over No. 19 Virginia Tech. This included a season-long 46-yard boot in the third quarter.
In his career, Sciba owns a .887 field goal percentage (55-of-62), which ranks second in ACC history and is a Wake Forest program record. Over the course of his freshman and sophomore campaigns, he broke the NCAA record with 34 consecutive field goals made.
Sciba comes into the week against Louisville needing just 45 points to break the Wake Forest record for career points currently held by Sam Swank with 337 career points.
