SUNY Cortland Athletics

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.