Career Statistics
2020: NSCA Strength and Conditioning All-American Award ... True Blue Award winner ... played in both games … scored a pair of goals … recorded 10 shots … grabbed two ground balls … scored both goals in season opener against Oswego (3/1) … added one ground ball … had four shots and one ground ball against Farmingdale State (3/7).
2019: Named to Empire 8 Men’s Lacrosse All-Championship Team … saw action in all 15 games … registered 10 goals … assisted on six other Hartwick tallies … recorded 53 shots … had eight ground balls … caused three turnovers … scored goals in nine different games … season-high two goals and one assist in Empire 8 semifinal against St. John Fisher (5/1) … had one tally and season-high two assists in 13-3 victory over Houghton (3/23) … one goal, one helper in 19-7 victory against Sage (4/10) … single goals in games against Oneonta (3/12), Potsdam (3/16), Elmira (3/27), St. John Fisher (4/13), Hamilton (4/23), and Stevens (4/27) … notched assists in wins over Nazareth (3/30) and Emmanuel (4/6) … season-high three ground balls in 12-4 victory over Alfred (4/20).
2018: Played in 14 games … scored eight goals … assisted on three other tallies … fired 25 shots … 16 were on target … recorded five ground balls … scored goals in seven games … netted a pair of goals against Alfred (3/31) … registered a goal and an assist in 11-3 win over Potsdam (3/17) and a 14-1 win over Elmira (4/21) … also tallied against Oswego (3/3), Houghton (4/7), Hamilton (4/24), and Nazareth (4/28) … had an assist in Empire 8 semifinals at Stevens (5/2).
2017: Played in all 15 games for the Hawks in his first season with the program … scored seven goals … added five assists … recorded six ground balls … caused one turnover … recorded two goals and an assist in 16-3 victory over Elmira on 4/8 … also scored a pair of goals in 12-11 win at SUNY Oneonta (3/29) … added a goal and two helpers in 14-4 conference victory over Houghton (4/22) … also scored versus Stevens (4/12) and Hamilton (4/18) … scooped up two ground balls versus Elmira.
Prior to Hartwick: Attended Southington High School … lettered ion lacrosse for four years for the Blue Knights … captain senior year … received Warrior Award … played in the Connecticut All-Star Game.
Personal: Son of Dawn Russo … undecided on a major … favorite athlete is LeBron James … favorite sports team is the New York Giants.
Why Hartwick? “Great atmosphere, great education, and I get to play lacrosse with some good guys.”