Nick Tintle

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-10
Weight:
195
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Levittown, N.Y.
High School:
MacArthur

General: Senior captain of the Tar Heels with Fletcher Gregory and Mike Munnelly...preseason second-team All-America selection by Inside Lacrosse/Faceoff Yearbook...was also named preseason All-ACC by Inside Lacrosse/Faceoff Yearbook...a three-time returning letterman...will run in the first midfield for the second straight year...one of Carolina's most experienced midfielders...a very fierce competitor...very versatile player in the midfield who has the potential to attack from anywhere.
2007 Season: Honorable mention All-America selection by USILA...shared the Turnbull Trophy as the team's most valuable player...had a tremendous junior season...ran in the first midfield unit...played in 15 games...had 17 goals and 14 assists...his 31 points were the fourth-highest total on the team...was the team's leading scorer out of the midfield...was third on the team in assists...had two goals in a game five times to match his career high for goals in a game...had two-goal games against Dartmouth, Bellarmine, Notre Dame, Johns Hopkins and Duke in the ACC Tournament...had a career high for assists with three against Dartmouth...his five points against the Big Green were a career high...scooped up a career high five ground balls versus Bellarmine...had three points in games against Bellarmine, Johns Hopkins and twice against Duke in postseason tournament play.
2006 Season: Played in all 14 games as a sophomore...was Carolina's fourth-leading scorer overall and leading midfield scorer with 17 points...had 12 goals, which tied for fourth on the team, and five assists...also scooped up 13 ground balls...had season high point games with three against Ohio State and Fairfield with two goals and an assist in each match...had two goals each against Hofstra and Duke...had a goal and an assist against Maryland in the ACC Tournament...also had goals against Denver, Notre Dame and Virginia and assists against Air Force and Providence...had three man-up goals...had two ground balls in a game five different times...had a shots on goal percentage of .641.
2005 Season: Played in all 13 games as a freshman and had five goals and one assist for six points...had the third-highest number of goals of any midfielder on the team...also scooped up nine ground balls, including three in a regular-season game against Duke...scored the first goal of his career against Hofstra...had his best offensive game with two goals and one assist against UMBC.
Prep: Graduated from MacArthur High School in 2004...played midfielder on the lacrosse team and tailback and cornerback for the football team...was an All-America lacrosse player as a senior...was named Nassau County midfielder-of-the year as a senior...two-time All-County selection and All-Conference honoree...also made All-County Team twice as a football player...made the All-State football team his senior year.

Nuggets About Nick
Given Name...Nicholas Thomas Tintle
Preferred First Name,,, Nicholas
Parents...James Tintle and Lisa Tintle
Birthdate... March 10, 1986 in Levittown, N.Y.
Siblings...One sister (Laura, 24)
College Major... Communications
Post-School Ambition... Teaching
Hobbies... Drawing, Painting
Athlete I Most Admire... Michael Jordan
My Biggest Sports Thrill...Winning the county football championship my junior year in high school and scoring the winning touchdown in the game
Person Who Has Had the Greatest Influence on My Athletic Career... My Father
Favorite Book... Scar Tissue
Favorite Food... Buffalo Pizza
Favorite Movie... Braveheart
Favorite TV Show...Seinfeld