3 - Niro Wimalasena
Niro Wimalasena
Height: 5-11
Weight: 145
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Mason, Ohio
High School: Mason
Position: B
Major: Chemical Engineering

Career: First player in program history to be named NSCAA All-American, NSCAA Collegiate Scholar All-American and Capital One Academic All-American…set school record with 76 matches started…four-time All-UAA…three-time UAA All-Academic…two-year captain.

2011: Started all 20 matches and anchored a defensive backline that posted eight shutouts and a 0.98 goals against average…served as team captain…named Capital One Academic All-American® as well as an NSCAA second-team All-American and Collegiate Scholar All-American…also tabbed first-team All-UAA…set school career record for matches started in UAA Championship clinching win versus Rochester on November 5…tabbed as first-team OCSA All-Ohio and first-team Academic All-Ohio…UAA All-Academic for third-straight season...recipient of the CWRU Philip K. "Nip" Heim Award...named to UAA Presidents Scholar-Athlete Team.

2010: Played in all 19 matches with 18 starts and served as a team captain…notched a goal and an assist from the backline while helping the team post six shutouts…earned second-team All-UAA and UAA All-Academic honors…also tabbed as first-team ESPN Academic All-District IV and third-team NSCAA Scholar All-East Region...tabbed as third-team OCSA All-Ohio and first-team Academic All-Ohio...recipient of the CWRU Arthur P. Leary Award.

2009: Started all 19 games…voted second team All-UAA and NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region...selected as first-team OCSA Academic All-Ohio... awarded UAA All-Academic honors.

2008: Started all 19 games as a freshman…recorded three assists...voted honorable mention All-UAA.

Personal: Earned three varsity letters in soccer as well as one in track & field at William Mason High School…2007 first-team All-Ohio…2006-07 first-team All-Southwest Ohio, Cincinnati Enquirer First Team All-City and Greater Miami Conference Co-Player of the Year… graduated Summa Cum Laude…served two years as class president…Anthony Munoz Leadership Conference Delegate…son of Rohan and Naomi Wimalasena.