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University of New Hampshire Athletics
Reed Named a Finalist for Fred Mitchell Award
12/5/2025 7:00:00 AM | 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 finalist 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 10 finalists were selected from a list of 41 semifinalists, and the award recipient will be announced later this month.
UNH earned an at-large bid to the NCAA FCS tournament for the second consecutive year in 2025, finished with an 8-5 record and tied for third in CAA Football with a 6-2 conference record.
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Reed ranks No. 1 in the nation in field goals per game (1.92) as well as 10th in total points scored (105) and 15th in scoring (8.1 points/game). He was named to the 2025 CAA Football First Team 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 made 25 of 32 field goal attempts and 30 of 31 PAT kicks. The 25 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 20-for-24 on field goal attempts of 30+ yards with a breakdown of 11 of 12 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 connected from 50 yards, 52 yards twice and 53 yards.
Reed kicked the 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 kicked off and had 30 touchbacks on 69 kickoffs with an opponent average starting position at the 25-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.
The Fred Mitchell Award recognizes kickers for outstanding performance on the field – distance, accuracy and clutch kicks – and meaningful community service. The 10 finalists were selected from a list of 41 semifinalists, and the award recipient will be announced later this month.
UNH earned an at-large bid to the NCAA FCS tournament for the second consecutive year in 2025, finished with an 8-5 record and tied for third in CAA Football with a 6-2 conference record.
CLICK HERE to buy season tickets for the 2026 UNH football season.
Reed ranks No. 1 in the nation in field goals per game (1.92) as well as 10th in total points scored (105) and 15th in scoring (8.1 points/game). He was named to the 2025 CAA Football First Team 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 made 25 of 32 field goal attempts and 30 of 31 PAT kicks. The 25 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 20-for-24 on field goal attempts of 30+ yards with a breakdown of 11 of 12 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 connected from 50 yards, 52 yards twice and 53 yards.
Reed kicked the 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 kicked off and had 30 touchbacks on 69 kickoffs with an opponent average starting position at the 25-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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