2025 Lacrosse

Casey O'Flaherty Photography
Casey O'Flaherty Photography
Casey O'Flaherty Photography
Mitchell Layton

20 Alyssa Nilles

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • High School Maine South
  • Hometown Park Ridge, Ill.

Biography

2025: Saw action in five games her senior year… Picked up a ground ball and caused a turnover against Navy on 4/24.... Patriot Academic Honor Roll. 

2024: Saw action in four games ... Secured a draw control against Georgetown (2/10) ... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. 

2023: Appeared in two games during her sophomore campaign … Picked up a ground ball against Howard (2/24) … Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
 
2022: Played in one game in her debut season with minutes against Holy Cross (3/26) ... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

High School: Two-time IHSA Scholastic Achievement Award winner (2018, 2019) ... Two-time Central Suburban Scholar-Athlete Award (2018, 2019) ... 2019 CSL Sportsmanship Award winner ... Helped lead Maine South to a second-place finish in the conference ... Helped lead her club team to the Top Draw Championship title in 2018 ... Club team was ranked 18th in the nation by Inside Lacrosse in 2019 ... Also competed in cross country and track in high school.

Personal: Parents are Cheryl Nilles and Matthew Croke … She has five siblings: Haley Croke, Kelly Croke, Grace Nilles, Katelyn Nilles, and Molly Croke.

Why she chose AU: "I chose AU because no other community compares to this one. The class and campus size makes it easy to connect with peers and professors. I fell in love with the campus and saw how proud everyone was to be an Eagle. I cannot wait to join them and be a part of the AU lacrosse family!"

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Historical Player Information

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    2022Freshman

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    2023Sophomore

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    2024Junior

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    2025Senior

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