Team Captain
At Hofstra:
2011-12: Played and started all 32 games...Named the CAA
Player of the Week on Nov. 14...Averaged 14.6 points and a team-leading 6.5
rebounds...Scored in double figures in 28 games...Led team with 209 total rebounds,
including 92 offensive rebounds (37 more than the next closest player)...Became
the 30th player in school history to score 1,000 points for the program during
a 19-point effort versus Towson on Feb. 1...Shot 77 percent from the free-throw line, marking the second-highest average on the team behind Mike Moore's 81.7 percent...Finished the campaign 23rd on the
program's all-time scoring list with 1,139 career points...Notched four
double-doubles on the season and finished with eight in his career...Finished the
season by scoring in double figures in the last nine games...Scored a career-high
33 points in the season opener on Nov. 11 against a LIU squad that qualified
for the NCAA Tournament the previous season...Scored 22 points and hauled in
seven rebounds at Rhode Island on Nov. 25...Shot 7-of-13 with 21 points and 10
rebounds versus Iona on Dec. 29...Had 14 points and 10 rebounds versus Georgia
State on Feb. 4...Capped college career with an 11-point effort against Georgia
State in a CAA Tournament first-round matchup on March 2...Averaged 15.3 points
and 6.6 rebounds in CAA play.
2010-11: Missed the entire season due to injury.
2009-10: Played in all 34 games, including
22 starts…Averaged 8.0 points and 4.8 rebounds…Averaged 6.3 points and 4.9
rebounds in conference games…Scored a season-high 21 points against Farmingdale
State on Nov. 20…Also had 19 points in a win over Yale at the NIT Season
Tip-Off on Nov. 16…Pulled down a career-high tying 11 rebounds against
Connecticut on the second day of the NIT on Nov. 17…Scored 18 points in a
narrow 84-80 home win over Fairfield on Nov. 30…Tallied 17 points and seven
rebounds in a road win over Florida Atlantic, while adding a key steal in the
final minute as Hofstra was clinging to a one-point lead…Had a double-double
with 14 points and 10 rebounds in a home game against William & Mary on
Jan. 2….Tallied 14 points, including 8-8 shooting at the foul line in an
overtime win over Rider as part of ESPN Bracket Buster Weekend on Feb. 20.
2008-09:
Played in all 32 games, including
14 starts…Averaged 6.6 points and 4.3 rebounds…Averaged 7.9 points and 5.3
rebounds in conference games…Scored in double figures eight times in the final
13 games of the year…Had a career high 22 points and matched his career high
with 11 rebounds in a home win over James Madison…Had 21 points, including 19
in the second half, of a home win over Towson…Tallied 18 points in a road win
over UNC Wilmington…Had 10 points in only seven minutes played in an opening round
win over UNC Wilmington in the CAA Tournament…Had 11 points and 10 rebounds in
a home win over Old Dominion…Tallied 12 points and nine rebounds in a road win
over Delaware.
2007-08: Played in all 30 games, including seven starts…Averaged 6.3
points and 2.5 rebounds…Averaged 4.9 points and 1.7 rebounds in conference
games…Hit numerous clutch shots for the Pride during his freshman season,
including a tying three-pointer with 0.1 seconds left in an overtime loss to
UNC Wilmington, when he finished with 17 points…Gave Hofstra the lead for good
with a three-pointer with just over 2:00 to play in the Pride’s home win over
Charlotte…Hit a three-pointer with 47 seconds left to cut Hofstra’s deficit to
three in a road loss at Delaware…Had four points in the second overtime of a
home loss to George Mason…Had seven points in the final 1:40 of a home game
against Stony Brook, while scoring a season high 20 points….Had 17 points and
11 rebounds in a loss to Marist at the Aeropostale Holiday Festival…Had 13
points and eight rebounds in a starting assignment against Longwood.
High
School/Personal: Capped off his stellar high school
career by helping Canarsie to the New York Public School Athletic League (PSAL)
Semifinals as a senior, including a 30-point performance in Canarsie's
semifinal loss to Lincoln... Averaged 29 points per game overall, as well as 10
rebounds a game in PSAL contests...Considered by some recruiting analysts to be
the top senior in New York City in 2006-07... Averaged 24.5 points per game at
Canarsie as a junior during the 2005-06 season, while leading the team to the
Public School Athletic League (PSAL) semifinals...A New York Post All-PSAL
selection as a senior...Played for New York City in the 2008 Empire State Summer
games in Binghamton, helping his squad to a second place finish while scoring a
team-high 26 points in the gold medal game...Has one older sister...Also recruited
by Rutgers, Massachusetts and St. John's...Started playing basketball at age
14...Born April 28, 1988...Graduated with a degree in liberal arts and is now
pursuing his master's in linguistics.
Nathaniel
Lester’s Career Statistics
Year G/GS FGM-FGA PCT FTM-FTA PCT Reb. Avg. PF A TO BS S TP AVG
07-08 30/7 64-187 .342 40-58 .690 74 2.5 58 14 53 7 14 189 6.3
08-09 32/14 72-187 .385 52-79 .658 137 4.3 62 35 44 11 17 211 6.6
09-10 34/22 88-211 .417 87-113 .770 163 4.8 82 27 57 18 31 273 8.0
11-12 32/32 153-385 .397 141-183 .770 209 6.5 81 32 56 15 43 466 14.6
Totals 128/75 377-970 .388 320-433 739 583 4.5 283 108 210 51 105 1139 8.9
3-point FG: 07-08: 21-85 (.247), 08-09: 15-54
(.278), 09-10: 10-43 (.233), 11-12: 19-73 (.260) Totals: 65-255 (.254)
