STEVEN A. NYCE

Athlete, North Penn High School, 1992

6 Varsity Letters: 3 Football, 1 Indoor Track, 2 Spring Track

1992 PIAA SPRING STATE SHOT PUT CHAMPION

1992 PIAA District 1 Shot Put Runner up

1992 SOL Shot Put Champion

1991 NPHS Football Co-MVP Award

1991 Football NPHS Outstanding Defensive Award

1991 Football NPHS Academic Achievement Award

1991 Football NPHS Off-Season Training Award

1991 Football 2nd Team SOL Fullback & Linebacker

1990 Football NPHS Defensive Hard Hat Award

1993-1996 LaSalle University, All-East Track & Field (6 Times)

LaSalle University, B.A., Economics, 1996

University of Notre Dame, M.A., Ph.D., Economics, 2000

INDUCTED 2013

While attending North Penn High School, Steve participated in football and track and field.  He started on the football team at linebacker as a junior and senior and he earned second team all-league honors in both years.  Steve also started at fullback his senior year, earning second team all-league honors.  As a senior, he was voted co-captain by his peers, leading the team in tackles and interceptions, and he was named team co-MVP.  His most memorable game came in his senior year (on September, Friday 13^th), where he scored 4 touchdowns on the way to a convincing victory over Souderton.  Steve is most proud of earning the football team’s Academic Achievement Awards and Off-Season Training Awards in his senior year.

Steve joined the track and field team in the spring of his junior year.  After earning a varsity letter in his junior year throwing the javelin, he began throwing the shot put during the winter track season of his senior year, where he placed fifth at the Winter Track State Championships.  Steve carried that momentum into the spring season, where he was the League Champion, runner-up at the District 1 Championships and PIAA State Champion in the shot put.

Steve continued his track and field career at Penn State University (1992-3) and LaSalle University (1993-1996).  He earned All-East in the shot put six times and he was the 1994 and 1995 Midwest Collegiate Conference Champion and 1996 Atlantic 10 Champion in the shot put.   Other notable accolades  include the 1996 LaSalle University MVP Track and Field, 1996 Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference and 1996 LaSalle University Male Student Athlete of the year.  Steve continued his academic pursuits at the University of Notre Dame where he graduated with a Ph.D. in Economics in 2000.

Steve resides in Ashburn, VA with his wife, Jenny, and three sons, Braden 4, Grayson 2 and Tatum 8 months.  He is currently the Director of the Research and Innovation Center for Towers Watson, a large global professional services company.  He is honored to become a member of the North Penn Alumni Athletic Association Hall of Fame.