Before Holy Cross: Four-year member of the varsity lacrosse team at Bay Shore H.S. in Long Island, N.Y. ... team captain as a senior ... in his sophomore season he recorded 68 points as he was named to the all-league team ... holds the school single-game records for points with 12 and for assists with nine ... had 113 career points ... in his senior season the team went the furthest into the playoffs than it had in 15 years ... presented the Suffolk County Zone Award for Excellence as a student-athlete ... nominated for the Dellecave Award, which is given by the Suffolk County Sports Hall of Fame to the top athlete in Suffolk County ... also four-year member of the wrestling team as he went 30-10 his senior season and was voted by the Senior Class as the Class' Best Athlete ... played two years of varsity soccer and received the Unsung Hero Award as a senior ... member of the National Honor Society and Service Honor Society.