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University of New Hampshire Athletics
Reed Named a Fred Mitchell Award Semifinalist
11/28/2025 10:13:00 PM | Football
DURHAM, N.H. – Sophomore kicker Nick Reed (Harrison, N.Y.) of the 22nd-ranked University of New Hampshire football team has been named a semifinalist for the 2025 Fred Mitchell Award.
The Fred Mitchell Award recognizes kickers for outstanding performance on the field – distance, accuracy and clutch kicks – and meaningful community service. The Top 10 will be announced Dec. 5 with the recipient named later that month.
UNH (8-4, 6-2, CAA) earned an at-large bid to the 2025 FCS Championships and plays at 14th-seeded South Dakota State in a first round game Nov. 29 (1pm Eastern).
Reed enters the postseason ranked No. 1 in the nation in field goals per game (2.0) as well as ninth in total points scored (102) and 12th in scoring (8.5 points/game). He was named to the CAA Football First Team earlier this week and was a three-time CAA Special Teams Player of the Week during the regular season. He also earned an FCS National Special Teams Player of the Week award.
Reed has made 24 of 31 field goal attempts and 30 of 31 PAT kicks. The 24 field goals are a UNH single-season record and he also broke the program record for longest field goal with a 55-yarder Nov. 22 against the University of Maine.
He is 19-for-23 on field goal attempts of 30+ yards with a breakdown of 10 of 11 from 30-39, 3 of 4 from 40-49 and 6 of 8 from 50+.
In addition to the school-record 55-yard field goal, Reed has connected from 50 yards, 52 yards twice and 53 yards.
Reed kicked a game-winning 40-yard field goal vs. Holy Cross on the final play of the game to lift UNH to a 19-16 victory. He made all four field goal attempts to score 13 of the team's 19 points.
In addition to placekicking, Reed also kicks off and has 30 touchbacks on 67 kickoffs with an opponent average starting position at the 24-yard line.
With regards to community service, Reed participated in a collection of 2,000 non-perishable food items with UNH student-athletes as part of the 2025 Food Frenzy initiative. Last year at the University of Buffalo, he participated in Coldest Night of the Year (February 2025), which is a two-mile walk to raise funds to support those feeling hurt, hunger and homelessness. He also helped organize coat and food drives in the fall 2023 and 2024 semesters at Buffalo.
Reed has also volunteered at the Carver Center food pantry (Westchester, N.Y.) and Buffalo Community Center. His other community service includes cleaning up a park in Buffalo for a community event, youth football programs and camps, and visiting an elementary school for Wellness Day to teach them the importance of being active for a healthy life.
The namesake for the award, Fred Mitchell, was a longtime (1974–2015) award-winning sports columnist for the Chicago Tribune and the author of 12 sports books. Mitchell set the NCAA record for career kick-scoring at Wittenberg University in 1968 among "College Division" schools that are now classified as FCS, Division II and Division III.
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The Fred Mitchell Award recognizes kickers for outstanding performance on the field – distance, accuracy and clutch kicks – and meaningful community service. The Top 10 will be announced Dec. 5 with the recipient named later that month.
UNH (8-4, 6-2, CAA) earned an at-large bid to the 2025 FCS Championships and plays at 14th-seeded South Dakota State in a first round game Nov. 29 (1pm Eastern).
Reed enters the postseason ranked No. 1 in the nation in field goals per game (2.0) as well as ninth in total points scored (102) and 12th in scoring (8.5 points/game). He was named to the CAA Football First Team earlier this week and was a three-time CAA Special Teams Player of the Week during the regular season. He also earned an FCS National Special Teams Player of the Week award.
Reed has made 24 of 31 field goal attempts and 30 of 31 PAT kicks. The 24 field goals are a UNH single-season record and he also broke the program record for longest field goal with a 55-yarder Nov. 22 against the University of Maine.
He is 19-for-23 on field goal attempts of 30+ yards with a breakdown of 10 of 11 from 30-39, 3 of 4 from 40-49 and 6 of 8 from 50+.
In addition to the school-record 55-yard field goal, Reed has connected from 50 yards, 52 yards twice and 53 yards.
Reed kicked a game-winning 40-yard field goal vs. Holy Cross on the final play of the game to lift UNH to a 19-16 victory. He made all four field goal attempts to score 13 of the team's 19 points.
In addition to placekicking, Reed also kicks off and has 30 touchbacks on 67 kickoffs with an opponent average starting position at the 24-yard line.
With regards to community service, Reed participated in a collection of 2,000 non-perishable food items with UNH student-athletes as part of the 2025 Food Frenzy initiative. Last year at the University of Buffalo, he participated in Coldest Night of the Year (February 2025), which is a two-mile walk to raise funds to support those feeling hurt, hunger and homelessness. He also helped organize coat and food drives in the fall 2023 and 2024 semesters at Buffalo.
Reed has also volunteered at the Carver Center food pantry (Westchester, N.Y.) and Buffalo Community Center. His other community service includes cleaning up a park in Buffalo for a community event, youth football programs and camps, and visiting an elementary school for Wellness Day to teach them the importance of being active for a healthy life.
The namesake for the award, Fred Mitchell, was a longtime (1974–2015) award-winning sports columnist for the Chicago Tribune and the author of 12 sports books. Mitchell set the NCAA record for career kick-scoring at Wittenberg University in 1968 among "College Division" schools that are now classified as FCS, Division II and Division III.
CLICK HERE to buy season tickets for the 2026 UNH football season.
Support UNH Football's Playoff Journey
The Wildcats are competing on the national stage, and your support makes a difference! Every gift helps provide the resources our student-athletes need to succeed.
Join us and keep the momentum going. Give today and help UNH Football power through the playoffs!
CLICK HERE to support UNH football.
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