SUNY Cortland Athletics

* A native of Commack, N.Y., he earned a bachelor's degree in physical education from Cortland in 2001, a master's degree in liberal studies from SUNY Stony Brook in 2003 and a master's degree in administration from the College of St. Rose in 2016
 
* Three-year guard/forward on Cortland's men's basketball team from 1998-2001 after one season at Division II Concordia College (N.Y.); team tri-captain as a junior and senior
 
* Career stats of 1,379 points (16.0 per game) and 458 rebounds (5.3 per game); graduated third on the program's career scoring list and currently ranks fifth
 
* Cortland men's basketball's first-ever two-time All-American (National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) first team in 1999-2000 and second team in 2000-01) and first-ever two-time SUNYAC Player of the Year (1999-2000 and 2000-01); honorable mention All-SUNYAC in 1998-99
 
* 1999-2000 NABC East District Co-Player of the Year and 2000-01 First Team All-East
 
* First Team All-Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Upstate New York as both a junior and senior and SUNYAC all-tournament team as a sophomore and senior
 
* Cortland's men's basketball Red Letter Award winner in his junior and senior seasons, and 2000-01 Cortland Athletics Male Senior Athlete of the Year
 
* Played on teams that posted a combined 68-19 record in three seasons; the Red Dragons finished 24-5 in 1999-2000, setting a program record for wins in a season (still one of three teams to share the record), went 23-7 in 1998-99 and 21-7 in 2000-01
 
* His Cortland teams won three State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) regular-season titles (combined 48-12 record) and one SUNYAC tournament title (1999-2000), were SUNYAC tournament runner-up twice (1998-99 and 2000-01), advanced to two NCAA Division III "Sweet 16" rounds (1998-99 and 1999-2000), and played in one ECAC Upstate New York tournament (2000-01)
 
* Received SUNY Cortland's T. Fred "Prof" Holloway Award, presented to a senior majoring in physical education for achievement and high potential for leadership in teaching and coaching
 
* Played professional basketball in Germany for one year
 
* Has served as a physical educator, multi-sport coach and athletic director during his tenure in the Wyandanch (N.Y.) School District since 2010; boys' soccer coach since 2013 and the 2015 Suffolk County League Coach of the Year
 
* Physical educator at P.S. 295 (2008-10) and P.S. 131 (2007-08) in Brooklyn, the Hicksville (N.Y.) School District (2005-07) and the Commack School District (2002-05)
 
* Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) girls' basketball coach and local intramural soccer league coach