SUNY Cortland Athletics

2025-26: Joe saw action in 14 games during the year for Cortland...Averaged 2.3 points, 0.4 rebounds, and 0.1 assists per game, while also contributing two steals...Shot 8-for-17 from 3-point range (47.1%) for the year...Tallied a season-high eight points on 3-for-4 from the field (75.0%) with two 3-pointers in a home win over Buffalo State...Provided six points on 2-for-3 from 3-point range in a home win over Oswego in the SUNYAC Finals...Made his only 3-point attempt and had a rebound in a road win at Morrisville...Scored four points in a road win at Canton...Had three points each in home wins over Ithaca, Canton, and Plattsburgh...Finished with two points and two rebounds in a road win at St. John Fisher.

Prior to Cortland: Attended Millbrook Preparatory School in 2024-25...One-year starter on the basketball team...Earned All-Western New England honorable mention and All-NEPSAC honorable mention.

High School: 2024 graduate of Xavier...Two-year starter on the basketball team...Earned CHSAA all-legue honors in 2022-23 and 2023-24...Scoring a career-high 34 points against school rival Fordham Prep in junior year...Lists making the game-winning shot in the playoffs against Msgr. Farrel to give the school its first playoff win in 10 years as his greatest sports thrill in high school. 

Other: Hobbies include cooking and weightlifting...Parents are Jennifer and Robert Evangelista...Has two siblings, Robbie and Julianne...Worked for professional trainer Justin Cooper, a 2019 Cortland graduate, at the National Basketball Players Association training facility in Manhattan in 2025.