2016:
• Earned 2016 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Academic Excellence
• Represented the America East at the Student Athletic Advisory Committee at the 2016 NCAA Convention
• Earned SAAC Award at annual Great Dane awards
• Played in three games as a reserve on defense, making first appearance of the seasno vs. Hartford (3/26)
2015:
• Played in six games as a reserve on defense, finishing with four ground balls
• Career-high two ground balls in home victory over UMass Lowell (3/28)
2014:
• Played in first game as a Great Dane against Binghamton (4/26)
2013: Redshirt season.
2012: Saw time in two games as a freshman at Stony Brook in games vs. Vermont and Binghamton.
High School: Lettered for three years for lacrosse and one for football in 2011 at South Brunswick… 53 ground balls, 44 caused turnovers and one assist as a senior... Earned title as the 3rd best defense in New Jersey in 2011 with 4.44 goals/game… 114 ground balls in high school career... Second-team All-Greater Middlesex Conference by Newark Star-Ledger... South Brunswick’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2011... Three-time All-Greater Middlesex Conference Academic Team... National Honors Society member in math and social studies as well as a National Merit Scholarship Commended student.
Personal: Majoring in psychology... Son of Jon and Alicia Cassio, both alumni of UAlbany… Jon managed Albany’s football team for Coach Ford from 1982-86 and graduated in 1985 and Alicia graduated in 1983 and received her Master’s Degree from the university in 1987... has one sister, Keri.
CAREER HIGHS
Points: N/A
Goals: N/A
Assists: N/A
Ground Balls: 2 (vs. UMass Lowell, Mar. 28, 2015)
Caused Turnovers: N/A
CAREER STATISTICS (UAlbany and Stony Brook)
|
Year
|
GP/GS
|
G
|
A
|
PTS
|
GB
|
CT
|
FO
|
|
2012 (Stony Brook)
|
2/0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
--
|
|
2014
|
1/0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
--
|
|
2015
|
6/0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
--
|
|
2016
|
3/0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
--
|
|
Total
|
12/0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
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|
