• Preseason All-America, First Team (NCBWA)
• Top 100 Transfers (D1Baseball)
• Top 150 starting pitcher (D1Baseball)

• ABCA/Rawlings Third Team All-America (2023)
• NCBWA All-Northeast Region, First Team (2023)
• Second Team All-America (Collegiate Baseball, 2023)
• ECAC Pitcher of the Year (2023)
• NEC Tournament Most Valuable Player (2023)
• No. 76 Impact Transfer (2023, D1 Baseball)

*Years of Eligibility Remaining: 1

PRIOR TO KENTUCKY
Sensational career at Central Connecticut State, which he pitched to a 3.25 ERA in 49 career outings…Had 29 starts and threw 213.0 innings, striking out 189 and allowing fewer hits than innings pitched…Also had two saves and was Second Team All-America in 2023.

2023 (Central Connecticut State)
Named an all-american by two outlets, Niman appeared in 15 games (all starts) and guided CCSU to the NCAA Tournament…Went 12-2 with a 2.77 ERA in 104.0 innings…Posted two complete games…Struck out 94…Allowed the same number of hits (86) as his junior season, but in 27 more innings pitched.

2022 (Central Connecticut State)
Started all 13 games in which he appeared…Went 4-4 with a 3.62 ERA in 77.0 innings…Struck out 63 and allowed 86 hits.

2021 (Central Connecticut State)
Appeared in 17 games…Posted an 0-2 record and 3.76 ERA 26.1 innings…Sealed two saves…Struck out 26 and allowed 23 hits…Had 10 scoreless outings.

2020 (Central Connecticut State)
Appeared in four games with one start…Posted an 0-1 record and 4.76 ERA in 5.2 innings…Struck out six and allowed five hits.

PERSONAL
Full name is Dominic David Niman…Son of Jeffrey and Joan…Has three siblings, Gianna, Gabby and Jeffrey…Major is Sport, Fitness and Recreation Management.

*CCSU Athletics Communications contributed to this bio