Nate Kmic

Nate Kmic
Medal record

Men’s American football
Representing United States
World Championship
	2011 Austria	Team Competition

Nate Kmic (born c. 1988) is a former professional American football running back for the Lappeenranta Rajaritarit (Lapeenranta Border Knights) of the Finnish Maple League. Kmic played college football for Mount Union College Purple Raiders football team. Kmic graduated from Pike-Delta-York High School in rural Delta, Ohio. In his career, he set rushing records for both NCAA Division III as well as the NCAA all-division record.

During the 2008 season, Kmic broke the Division III career record for rushing yards set in 2000 by R. J. Bowers of Grove City College. On December 13, 2008, he rushed for 310 yards against Wheaton College, helping lead the Purple Raiders to a 45-24 victory, earning them a trip to Salem, VA for the 2008 Stagg Bowl where they defeated the UW-Whitewater Warhawks 31-26 in the fourth consecutive meeting of the two programs for the Division III Championship.

In the semifinal game, Kmic brought his career rushing total to 7,986, surpassing the previous record of 7,962 held by Danny Woodhead of NCAA Division II Chadron State. Kmic rushed for 88 yards in the Stagg Bowl, bringing his total to 8,074, the most of any player in NCAA history, and the first and only player to rush for over 8,000 yards.

In April 2009, Kmic received the 2008 Melberger Award, granted annually to the outstanding Division III football player.

In July 2011, Kmic was named the MVP of the IFAF World Championship in Austria,^[1] which the USA won after defeating Canada in the final, a game in which Kmic rushed for 2 touchdowns.^[2]

After the World Cup, Kmic signed a pro contract with Finnish top-flight team Lapeenranta Border Knights.^[3]

References

Melberger Award winners

1993: Ballard 1994: Bender 1995: Kusick 1996: Borchert 1997: Borchert 1998: Burton 1999: Pingel 2000: Bowers 2001: Moore 2002: Pincelli 2003: Trichilo 2004: Trichilo 2005: Elliott 2006: Sharpe 2007: Boltus 2008: Kmic 2009: Tanney 2010: McLaughlin 2011: Cordivari

United States 2011 IFAF World Championship Roster

1 Nate Kmic 2 Ricardo Lenhart 3 Greg Betterson 5 Matt Bassuener 6 Lane Olson 7 Cody Hawkins 8 Korey Williams 9 Miles Burnsides 12 DeWayne Lewis 13 Ben McLaughlin 17 Gregg Berkshire 20 Taylor Malm 21 Jordan Lake 22 Stephan Virgil 23 Daniel Tromello 24 Osayi Osunde 25 Da'shawn Thomas 27 Jeff Franklin 30 Maurice Banks 32 Henry Harris 33 Joe Sturdivant 40 Richie Brockel 42 Demetrius Eaton 43 Terrence Jackson 44 Zach Watkins 51 Gerard Bryant 55 Daniel Catalano 56 John Jacobs 58 Brandon Jordan 60 Cameron Zipp 65 Josh Koeppel 70 Luke Summers 72 Frank Knights 77 Daniel Warderburg 78 Darius Henderson 88 Mike Peterson 91 Charles Bay 92 Johnny Dingle 93 Wacey Coleman 99 Daniel Calvin

Head coach: Mel Tjeerdsma

Coaches: Adam Austin Steve Berstein Jordan Brown Mickey Joseph Larry Kehres Erik Raeburn Lou Tepper Matt Webb Derrick Williams

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