Though still an underclassman, Nare has played in all eight of the men’s soccer team’s games this season, starting in seven. A vocal player who is versatile on the field— playing both front and back positions — Nare put his name in the headlines last year when he scored five goals in two games. The achievement earned him Athlete of the Week honors on GoPrincetonTigers.com. Off the field, Nare creates music mash-ups but nevertheless manages to remain a dominating force on the field, and “Lesty” would certainly win the award for most cheered-for player in games.
Q: What was your “welcome to college” moment?
A: My welcome-to-college moment was sitting in my first anthropology lecture and not understanding a single thing my professor was talking about.
Q: What is the greatest highlight of your sports career?
A: The highlight of my sports career would definitely be scoring the tying goal against St. John’s last year, which was a top-20 team at the time, and having it televised on ESPNU. I got so many calls from friends back home who were like, “I’m pretty sure this Lester kid with dreads who plays for Princeton soccer and just scored a goal is you!”
Q: Who is your quirkiest teammate? Why?
A: [Junior midfielder] Manny Sardinha. Because Manny is always being Manny. ’Nuff said.
Q: What was your most embarrassing moment at Princeton?
A: Dozing off in a 250 person lecture and being called out by the professor. As [sophomore forward] Matt Sanner would say, “Embarrassed!”
Q: What is the best part about being an athlete on campus?
A: The camaraderie and friendships you make with your teammates I feel is unparalleled, because most of your time is spent with them in some way or fashion, and it becomes such an important and enjoyable part of your life here at Princeton.
Q: What is the worst part about being an athlete on campus?
A: Sometimes being an athlete can be overly demanding, especially if you have a period of lots of work to do. It can become a drag, because you know you will have to stay up later into the night because you have no other time to do work.
Q: What is your least favorite thing about soccer?
A: You can’t major in it.
Q: If you were your coach for a day, what would you do?
A: Call the NCAA.
Q: Does the team have any odd rituals?
A: “We in here, woop woop.”
Q: What’s your favorite thing to do when you’re not practicing?
A: Make music, play video games, make music, watch “Mad Men” and make music.
Q: What music inspires you?
A: For the most part, instrumental music inspires me, because I can then look at it from the perspective of, “How was this made or put together?” and break down the elements of the song, or “What could I possibly mash this up with?”
Q: What got you started doing mash-ups?
A: A fellow athlete, code name DJ J. Meyers, introduced me to mash-ups and DJing my freshman year. He showed me the ropes, and then I just kind of took that and ran with it.
Q: What is your favorite mash-up and why?
A: I would have to say my favorite mash-up — and no, this is not an attempt at shameless self-promotion — is “Fireman Flies (Owl City vs. Lil Wayne).” This is the first mash-up I ever made and will always have a special significance to me, because it was also the first mash-up by The MashMaticians that started to get popular.
Correction: A previous version of this article inaccurately stated that Nare created music mash-ups with Max Gallin.
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