SUNY Cortland Athletics

* A native of Oyster Bay, N.Y., he earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from Cortland in 1981
 
* Four-year men's basketball forward at Cortland from 1977-81; he moved up from the junior varsity team toward the end of his freshman year and served as a team co-captain during his junior year and was the team's captain during his senior season
 
* Served as an assistant coach to Cortland's freshman and varsity men's basketball teams in 1981-82
 
* Career totals in 77 games of 1,387 points (18.0 per game) and 697 rebounds (9.1 per game); graduated as Cortland's career scoring leader and still ranks fourth in program history (and first in the era prior to the 3-point line)
 
* First Team All-New York State, First Team All-Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Upstate New York, and First Team All-State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) in his junior year after averaging 20.6 points per game (ranked 35th nationally) and 9.5 rebounds per game; shot 53 percent from the field that season
 
* First Team All-SUNYAC as a senior after averaging 18.8 points and 10 rebounds per contest; shot 52 percent from the field that season
 
* Three-time Cortland men's basketball Red Letter Award winner as team MVP
 
* Cortland Athletics Carl "Chugger" Davis Award winner after his senior season
 
* Sergeant specializing in Narcotics and Money Laundering with the New York City Police Department (NYPD) from 1983-2006; spent eight years as a group supervisor of an Elite Drug Enforcement Task Force; received various awards with the NYPD, including Excellent Policy Duty Medals, and received a Special Commendation Award for excellence in performance at the Drug Enforcement Task Force
 
* First responder during the terrorist attack in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001
 
* Provided corporate security for Griffon Corp. from 2006-07, conducted financial transaction investigation at American Express Financial from 2007-09 and worked on an insider trading case at Kasowitz Benson Torres Friedman LLP from 2009-10
 
* Since 2010 has served as Senior Director of Investigations at Cisive, a background screening and monitoring company, in Holtsville, N.Y.
 
* Has coached boys' basketball for both the Police Athletic League (PAL) and the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO)
 
* Volunteer fundraiser for high school scholarships and has worked with food drives, blood drives and security for the Italian American Club of Oyster Bay