Wake Forest Athletics
Sciba Named Semifinalist for the Groza Award
11/4/2021 2:00:00 PM | Football
This marks the third-consecutive season the junior has been named a semifinalist for the top kicker in college football.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Wake Forest junior kicker Nick Sciba was named a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award, as announced by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission on Thursday afternoon.
This award, presented for a number of years by the Orange Bowl Committee, is given annually to the nation's top collegiate place-kicker as determined by a voting panel of Division I head coaches, sportswriters and sportscasters from across the county, conference representatives, professional kickers and previous winners.
Sciba has been named a semifinalist for the third-consecutive season, making him one of three members on the 2021 list to earn this honor three years in a row with Oklahoma junior Gabe Brkic and Nevada junior Brandon Talton being the other two.
Earlier this season, the Clover, S.C. native was named a unanimous Midseason First Team All-American, earning first-team honors from Associated Press, CBS Sports, The Athletic, ESPN and 247Sports.
The two-time ACC specialist of the week connected on his first 12 field goals this season and made a then FBS-best 24-consecutive field goals, dating back to the 2020 season. He currently is 13-of-14 on field goals this season.
The Clover, S.C. native ranks second in NCAA history for the highest field goal percentage in NCAA history at a clip of 89.7% (70-of-78).
Sciba, who broke the program record for career points in Week 4 at Virginia, increased his career point total to 378 in Week 10. The junior continues to rise on the ACC all-time scoring list as well, passing Xavier Beitia (Florida State) to move into 10th on the list.
ACC All-Time Scoring List
1. Travis Etienne* 468 Clemson (2017-2020)
2. Dustin Hopkins* 466 Florida State (2009-2012)
3. Ross Martin* 430 Duke (2012-15)
4. Roberto Aguayo* 405 Florida State (2013-2015)
5. Chandler Catanzaro* 404 Clemson (2010-2013)
T6. Michael Badgley* 403 Miami (FL) (2014-2017)
T6. Joey Slye* 403 Virginia Tech (2014-17)
8. Nick Novak* 393 Maryland (2001-04)
9. Greg Huegel* 380 Clemson (2015-18)
10. Nick Sciba* 378 Wake Forest (2018-21)
11. Xavier Beitia* 375 Florida State (2001-04)
12. Chris Blewitt* 363 Pitt (2013-16)
13. Casey Barth* 358 North Carolina (2008-12)
14. Alex Kessman* 341 Pitt (2017-20)
15. James Conner* 338 Pitt (2013-16)
T16. Harrison Butker* 337 Georgia Tech (2013-16)
T16. Sam Swank* 337 Wake Forest (2005-08)
