Southeast Missouri State University Athletics

Last Updated Oct. 21, 2012

2011-12: Named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court for the second-straight year...Southeast’s fourth-leading scorer with 9.2 points per game in 26 games and 20 starts...Ranked second on the team with 46 three-point field goals made and 22 steals...Dished 53 assists and shot a team-best 90.9 percent (20-of-22) at the free throw line...Returned to the starting lineup vs. UT Martin (2/9) after missing five games due to a concussion...Named Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week (11/28)...Pitched in double figures 10 times...Scored a career-high 22 points and had a game-high four steals vs. Hannibal-LaGrange (11/23)...Three days later, he dropped in 18 points in his first career start vs. Miami (Ohio) (11/26)...Made 8-of-14 field goals in 27 minutes en route to scoring over 20 points for the first time in his career vs. Hannibal-LaGrange (11/23)...Knocked down a jumper to give Southeast its first lead of the game vs. Miami (Ohio) (11/26)...Drained a career-high four three-pointers at Sacramento State (12/22) and vs. SIU Edwardsville (1/12)...Scored 11 points in 33 minutes at SIU Edwardsville (2/11)...Ranked 11th in the OVC in three-point field goals made...Averaged 9.6 points per game in league play and hit 25 of his three-pointers against OVC opponents...Led the team in scoring on two occasions...OVC Medal of Honor recipient and was among those named to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll...Southeast Scholar-Athlete.

2010-11: Named to the NABC Honors Court with a 3.5 GPA...Played in five games before his season was cut short due to a knee injury...Was later granted a medical redshirt...Averaged 13.4 points per game off the bench and ranked second on the team in scoring during that span...Scored double figures off the bench four times...Led Southeast with 19 points in his first career NCAA Division I game at UAB (11/13)...Three days later, he pitched in 13 points at Florida Gulf Coast (11/16)...Made 13 three-pointers and shot a team-high 43.3 percent (13-of-30) from behind the arc...Knocked down 8-of-10 free throws (80 pct.) and averaged 31.4 minutes per contest.

Three Rivers CC: Was among the top players for a Three Rivers Community College team which finished second at the National Junior College Tournament in 2009-10...Suffered a torn ACL in the national semifinals and missed the title game...Averaged 13 points in three games and registered a 25-point performance vs. Monroe College in postseason play prior to his injury...Received the Charles Sesher Sportsmanship Award and earned All-Region 16 honors...Garnered All-Conference laurels...Averaged 12.3 points per game and ranked second on the team in free throw percentage (.781)...Shot 42.6 percent from three-point range, with a team-high 49 three-point field goals made...Also averaged 2.2 assists and 1.7 steals...Ranked among the region’s leaders in scoring, free throw shooting, three-point shooting, assists and steals...Contributed four points per game off the bench as a freshman...Played for legendary head coach Gene Bess.

Prep: Averaged close to 30 points a game and garnered All-State honors as a senior at Bell City High School...Two-time All-State and All-Region pick...Earned All-Conference and All-District honors three years...Was the Stoddard County Player of the Year and landed a spot on the Southeast Missourian Dream Team.

Personal: Born May 30, 1990...Majoring in General Studies...Son of Pat and Rhonda Niemczyk...His father, Pat, played basketball at Southeast in 1979-80 after also competing for Three Rivers Community College.