2025 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Miles, Niki
Jersey Number 16
Niki Miles
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- St. Margaret's Episcopal School
- Hometown:
- San Clemente, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Penn
Bio
Awards (NU):
Season Highs:
2025: Started in all 22 games ... Posted 42 goals and 27 assists for the season ... Recorded a goal, three assists, a ground ball, and three draw controls in season opener against Notre Dame (2/7) ... Tallied a goal, an assist, and three draw controls against Canisius (2/9) ... Fired six shots, picked up a ground ball, and caused a turnover against Boston College (2/15) ... Notched a goal, three assists, a ground ball, and three draw controls against Niagara (2/18) ... Contributed two goals, three assists, and two draw controls against Colorado (2/21) ... Logged a goal, an assist, and a draw control at Syracuse (2/25) ... Tallied two goals, an assist, seven shots, and a ground ball at Marquette (3/7) ... Contributed a goal and an assist against Penn State (3/16) ... Notched three goals, two assists, and a caused turnover against Maryland (3/21) ... Scored two goals and picked up a ground ball against North Carolina (3/27) ... Had two goals, an assist, a ground ball and two caused turnovers at USC (3/30) ... Recorded two goals, three assists, two ground balls, and a caused turnovers at Johns Hopkins (4/3) ... Notched two goals and a caused turnover at Rutgers (4/6) ... Logged two goals, an assist, a ground ball, and four draw controls against Oregon (4/13) ... Scored four goals and contributed an assist against Michigan (4/17) ... Tallied four goals and contributed two assists and a ground ball at Ohio State (4/19) ... Recorded season high of five goals and notched an assist and a ground ball in Big Ten Tournament Semifinals against Johns Hopkins (4/25) ... Scored two goals to clinch Big Ten Tournament Title at Maryland (4/27) ... Notched a goal, an assist, and two draw controls against Michigan (5/11) ... Logged two goals, an assist, and three ground balls against Penn to advance to the Final Four (5/15) ... Recorded two goals, an assist, and a ground ball in NCAA Semifinals against Boston College (5/23).
2024 (Penn): Team captain ... Started all 20 games on attack and led the draw control unit … Second-team All-America and first-team All-Region pick by the IWLCA … Honorable mention All-America recognition by Inside Lacrosse and USA Lacrosse … Named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List in the preseason ... Unanimous selection as first-team All-Ivy … Set the program record for draw controls in a season with 119 … Led Penn with 78 points, tying her total from 2023 as fifth on the program’s single-season list … Her 54 goals are tied for fifth on the single-season list and her 24 assists are tied for 16th … AMONG IVY PLAYERS (all): Fourth in draw controls per game (5.95), seventh in points per game (3.90), eighth in goals per game (2.70) … AMONG IVY PLAYERS (Ivy): Fourth in DCs per game (6.00), seventh in points per game (4.14), ninth in goals per game (2.86) … Had multiple points in 19 of the 20 games and scored multiple goals in 17 … Finished her career with a 44-game point-scoring streak and had multiple points in 34 of her last 35 contests … Pulled in a program-record 14 draw controls in Penn’s ILT semifinal win against Princeton (5/3) and added three goals and an assist …Followed that up with three points and six DCs in ILT final against Yale (5/5) … Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week after she racked up five points (3g/2a) and 10 draw controls in an Ivy win over Harvard (3/24) … Had four goals and 12 draw controls in Penn’s NCAA first-round win over Richmond (5/10) … Followed that up with two goals in second-round win over Loyola (5/12) and two assists, six draws and two caused turnovers in quarterfinal loss at Northwestern (5/16), her goal-scoring streak ending at 39 games … Scored five goals on two occasions, wins over Georgetown (3/12) and Brown (4/20), adding two assists and eight DCs against the Bears and one assist, four DCs and two caused turnovers against the Hoyas … Had six points and five DCs in a road win at William & Mary (3/8) … Recorded five points (2g/3a) and pulled in six draws in a win at then-No. 1 Maryland (3/27) … Opened the season with four points (3g/1a), eight draws and two CTs in a win over Drexel (2/17) … Followed that up with five points (4g/1a) 3 DCs and two CTs in a victory over Johns Hopkins (2/24) … Scored twice, dished out two assists, and collected six draws in a win at Temple (2/28) … Scored four goals in Ivy opener, a win against Columbia (3/2) … Scored twice in 6-5 loss to then-No. 2 Michigan (3/16) … Three goals and two assists for five points in an Ivy win at Cornell (4/13) … Scored twice, two assists, and four draw controls in regular-season finale, a win at Dartmouth (4/27) … College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District ... IWLCA Academic Honor Roll ... Academic All-Ivy … PhillySIDA Academic All-Area ... USA Lacrosse Preseason Honorable Mention All-American ... Inside Lacrosse Preseason Honorable Mention All-American.
2023 (Penn): USA Lacrosse Magazine Honorable Mention All-American … Inside Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American … IWLCA First-Team All-Region … Unanimous Ivy League Attacker of the Year … Unanimous First-Team All-Ivy … Ivy League All-Tournament team … Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week (April 24) … Started in all 19 games … Totaled 78 points on 63 goals and 15 assists … Added 51 draw controls, 24 ground balls, and 19 caused turnovers … Only player to score in all 19 games … Set program record for a single season in goals (63) … Ranked fifth in program history in a single season for points (78) … Ranked fifth in program history in a single game for draw controls, pulling in nine against Harvard (May 5) in the Ivy League semifinals … Finished 14th in the country and led the Ivy League in goals (63) … Ranked second in the nation in shots-on-goal per game (6.58), while coming in at seventh in shots per game (8.26) … Had multi-score games in 17 of the 19 games including a career-high seven at Brown (April 22) … Added two assists against Brown (April 22) for a career-high nine points, two off the program record for a single game … Posted a career-high four caused turnovers in the season opener against La Salle (Feb. 18) … Recorded a career-high five ground balls at Johns Hopkins (Feb. 25) … IWLCA Academic Honor Roll ... PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Performer of the Year.
2022 (Penn): Team captain ... Played in all 15 games with seven starts ... Led team in points with 34 off 19 assists and 15 goals ... Added 10 caused turnovers, nine ground balls, and two draw controls ... Opened season with three points against Delaware (Feb. 19), scoring twice and sending out one assist ... Posted a career-high four assists against Harvard (March 5) ... Scored first career hat trick at Maryland (March 23) ... Four-point effort against Brown (April 16) involved first career game-winning goal ... Concluded season with career-high seven points against Columbia (May 1) with four goals and three assists.
2020 (Penn): All 2020 Ivy League spring sports were canceled on Wednesday, March 11 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19 … Played in all five games, starting in four … Started her career in the season opener at No. 19 Georgetown (2/15) with four points on two goals and two assists … Had first Ivy League goal at Yale (2/29) … Registered an assist against Rutgers (2/26) … Collected two ground balls and caused two turnovers.
High School: Varsity Lacrosse 2019 US Lacrosse All-American ... 2019 Adrenaline All-American ... 2019 Team Captain ... 2x First-Team All-County (2018, 2019) ... 2019 Team's Most Inspirational ... 2017 Second-Team All-County ... 2x CIF Southern Section Champions (2018, 2019) ... Tallied 202 goals, 124 assists, 326 points, 156 ground balls, 92 caused turnovers, and 142 draw controls throughout her high school career.
Personal: From San Clemente, California ... Played AAU for West Coast Starz ... Father, Glen, is a former three-time All-American lacrosse player at Navy and was named the nation's top midfielder in 1986, Team USA Gold Medalist in 1990 ... Glen has been inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, United States Naval Academy Hall of Fame and the U.S. Lacrosse Greater Baltimore Chapter Hall of Fame ... Younger sister Jordan plays as her teammate for Northwestern ... Youngest sister Taylor Miles plays lacrosse at the United States Naval Academy
- Second Team All-Big Ten (2025)
- Honorable Mention USA Lacrosse Division 1 Preseason All-American (2025)
- Shots……………..............…..12, at Maryland (4/27/25)
- Goals……………...............….7, at Brown (Penn) (4/22/23)
- Assists…………......…............4, vs. Harvard (Penn) (3/5/22)
- Caused Turnovers..................4 (2x), vs. La Salle (Penn) (2/18/23)
- Ground Balls………………….5, at Johns Hopkins (Penn) (2/25/23)
- Draw Controls........................14, vs. Princeton (Penn) (5/3/24)
Season Highs:
- Shots……………..............…..12, at Maryland (4/27/25)
- Goals……………...............….5, vs. Johns Hopkins (4/25/25)
- Assists…………......…............3 (3x), at Johns Hopkins (4/3/25)
- Caused Turnovers..................2, at USC (3/30/25)
- Ground Balls………………….3, vs. Penn (5/15/25)
- Draw Controls........................4, vs. Oregon (4/13/25)
2025: Started in all 22 games ... Posted 42 goals and 27 assists for the season ... Recorded a goal, three assists, a ground ball, and three draw controls in season opener against Notre Dame (2/7) ... Tallied a goal, an assist, and three draw controls against Canisius (2/9) ... Fired six shots, picked up a ground ball, and caused a turnover against Boston College (2/15) ... Notched a goal, three assists, a ground ball, and three draw controls against Niagara (2/18) ... Contributed two goals, three assists, and two draw controls against Colorado (2/21) ... Logged a goal, an assist, and a draw control at Syracuse (2/25) ... Tallied two goals, an assist, seven shots, and a ground ball at Marquette (3/7) ... Contributed a goal and an assist against Penn State (3/16) ... Notched three goals, two assists, and a caused turnover against Maryland (3/21) ... Scored two goals and picked up a ground ball against North Carolina (3/27) ... Had two goals, an assist, a ground ball and two caused turnovers at USC (3/30) ... Recorded two goals, three assists, two ground balls, and a caused turnovers at Johns Hopkins (4/3) ... Notched two goals and a caused turnover at Rutgers (4/6) ... Logged two goals, an assist, a ground ball, and four draw controls against Oregon (4/13) ... Scored four goals and contributed an assist against Michigan (4/17) ... Tallied four goals and contributed two assists and a ground ball at Ohio State (4/19) ... Recorded season high of five goals and notched an assist and a ground ball in Big Ten Tournament Semifinals against Johns Hopkins (4/25) ... Scored two goals to clinch Big Ten Tournament Title at Maryland (4/27) ... Notched a goal, an assist, and two draw controls against Michigan (5/11) ... Logged two goals, an assist, and three ground balls against Penn to advance to the Final Four (5/15) ... Recorded two goals, an assist, and a ground ball in NCAA Semifinals against Boston College (5/23).
2024 (Penn): Team captain ... Started all 20 games on attack and led the draw control unit … Second-team All-America and first-team All-Region pick by the IWLCA … Honorable mention All-America recognition by Inside Lacrosse and USA Lacrosse … Named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List in the preseason ... Unanimous selection as first-team All-Ivy … Set the program record for draw controls in a season with 119 … Led Penn with 78 points, tying her total from 2023 as fifth on the program’s single-season list … Her 54 goals are tied for fifth on the single-season list and her 24 assists are tied for 16th … AMONG IVY PLAYERS (all): Fourth in draw controls per game (5.95), seventh in points per game (3.90), eighth in goals per game (2.70) … AMONG IVY PLAYERS (Ivy): Fourth in DCs per game (6.00), seventh in points per game (4.14), ninth in goals per game (2.86) … Had multiple points in 19 of the 20 games and scored multiple goals in 17 … Finished her career with a 44-game point-scoring streak and had multiple points in 34 of her last 35 contests … Pulled in a program-record 14 draw controls in Penn’s ILT semifinal win against Princeton (5/3) and added three goals and an assist …Followed that up with three points and six DCs in ILT final against Yale (5/5) … Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week after she racked up five points (3g/2a) and 10 draw controls in an Ivy win over Harvard (3/24) … Had four goals and 12 draw controls in Penn’s NCAA first-round win over Richmond (5/10) … Followed that up with two goals in second-round win over Loyola (5/12) and two assists, six draws and two caused turnovers in quarterfinal loss at Northwestern (5/16), her goal-scoring streak ending at 39 games … Scored five goals on two occasions, wins over Georgetown (3/12) and Brown (4/20), adding two assists and eight DCs against the Bears and one assist, four DCs and two caused turnovers against the Hoyas … Had six points and five DCs in a road win at William & Mary (3/8) … Recorded five points (2g/3a) and pulled in six draws in a win at then-No. 1 Maryland (3/27) … Opened the season with four points (3g/1a), eight draws and two CTs in a win over Drexel (2/17) … Followed that up with five points (4g/1a) 3 DCs and two CTs in a victory over Johns Hopkins (2/24) … Scored twice, dished out two assists, and collected six draws in a win at Temple (2/28) … Scored four goals in Ivy opener, a win against Columbia (3/2) … Scored twice in 6-5 loss to then-No. 2 Michigan (3/16) … Three goals and two assists for five points in an Ivy win at Cornell (4/13) … Scored twice, two assists, and four draw controls in regular-season finale, a win at Dartmouth (4/27) … College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District ... IWLCA Academic Honor Roll ... Academic All-Ivy … PhillySIDA Academic All-Area ... USA Lacrosse Preseason Honorable Mention All-American ... Inside Lacrosse Preseason Honorable Mention All-American.
2023 (Penn): USA Lacrosse Magazine Honorable Mention All-American … Inside Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American … IWLCA First-Team All-Region … Unanimous Ivy League Attacker of the Year … Unanimous First-Team All-Ivy … Ivy League All-Tournament team … Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week (April 24) … Started in all 19 games … Totaled 78 points on 63 goals and 15 assists … Added 51 draw controls, 24 ground balls, and 19 caused turnovers … Only player to score in all 19 games … Set program record for a single season in goals (63) … Ranked fifth in program history in a single season for points (78) … Ranked fifth in program history in a single game for draw controls, pulling in nine against Harvard (May 5) in the Ivy League semifinals … Finished 14th in the country and led the Ivy League in goals (63) … Ranked second in the nation in shots-on-goal per game (6.58), while coming in at seventh in shots per game (8.26) … Had multi-score games in 17 of the 19 games including a career-high seven at Brown (April 22) … Added two assists against Brown (April 22) for a career-high nine points, two off the program record for a single game … Posted a career-high four caused turnovers in the season opener against La Salle (Feb. 18) … Recorded a career-high five ground balls at Johns Hopkins (Feb. 25) … IWLCA Academic Honor Roll ... PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Performer of the Year.
2022 (Penn): Team captain ... Played in all 15 games with seven starts ... Led team in points with 34 off 19 assists and 15 goals ... Added 10 caused turnovers, nine ground balls, and two draw controls ... Opened season with three points against Delaware (Feb. 19), scoring twice and sending out one assist ... Posted a career-high four assists against Harvard (March 5) ... Scored first career hat trick at Maryland (March 23) ... Four-point effort against Brown (April 16) involved first career game-winning goal ... Concluded season with career-high seven points against Columbia (May 1) with four goals and three assists.
2020 (Penn): All 2020 Ivy League spring sports were canceled on Wednesday, March 11 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19 … Played in all five games, starting in four … Started her career in the season opener at No. 19 Georgetown (2/15) with four points on two goals and two assists … Had first Ivy League goal at Yale (2/29) … Registered an assist against Rutgers (2/26) … Collected two ground balls and caused two turnovers.
High School: Varsity Lacrosse 2019 US Lacrosse All-American ... 2019 Adrenaline All-American ... 2019 Team Captain ... 2x First-Team All-County (2018, 2019) ... 2019 Team's Most Inspirational ... 2017 Second-Team All-County ... 2x CIF Southern Section Champions (2018, 2019) ... Tallied 202 goals, 124 assists, 326 points, 156 ground balls, 92 caused turnovers, and 142 draw controls throughout her high school career.
Personal: From San Clemente, California ... Played AAU for West Coast Starz ... Father, Glen, is a former three-time All-American lacrosse player at Navy and was named the nation's top midfielder in 1986, Team USA Gold Medalist in 1990 ... Glen has been inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, United States Naval Academy Hall of Fame and the U.S. Lacrosse Greater Baltimore Chapter Hall of Fame ... Younger sister Jordan plays as her teammate for Northwestern ... Youngest sister Taylor Miles plays lacrosse at the United States Naval Academy
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