2017 Men's Lacrosse Roster
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Jersey Number 90
Austin Fusco
- Position:
- Defensive Midfield
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 177
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Yorktown Heights, N.Y.
- High School:
- Yorktown
Bio
Career Overview: Two-time team captain ... Was in the team's primary LSM rotation for all four years that he played, including playing a key roll on the Orange's ACC Championship team in 2016 ... Saw action in 62 career games, causing 36 turnovers and collecting 96 ground balls.
Senior Year (2019): Team Captain ... ACC Honor Roll ... Saw action in all 14 games as an LSM ... Recorded an assist, collected 13 ground balls, and seven caused turnovers on the season … Scooped up a ground ball in the NCAA tournament game against Loyola (5/11) … Picked up two ground balls in the ACC championship game against North Carolina (4/25) … Recorded two ground balls and a caused turnover against Notre Dame (3/30) … Picked up two ground balls against Virginia (3/2)… Recorded an assist and a ground ball against Johns Hopkins (3/9) … Picked up two ground balls and recorded a season high three caused turnovers against Army (2/24) … In the season opener against Colgate (2/8) recorded one ground ball and two caused turnovers.
Junior Year (2018): Served as a team captain and asked to wear the famed #11 jersey … Saw action in every game as a primary LSM … Picked up 25 ground balls for the season ... Caused 11 turnovers during the season ... Caused one turnover and picked up one ground ball in the NCAA Tournament game against Cornell (5/13) ... Scored one goal and had one caused turnover against Colgate (5/5) ... Scooped up three ground balls against Virginia (4/27) ... Picked up two ground balls in the game against Navy (4/21) ... Had one ground ball against North Carolina (4/14) ... Picked up two ground balls in the game at Cornell (4/10) ... Caused two turnovers against Hobart (4/3) ... Had four ground balls and one caused turnover against Notre Dame (3/31) ... Recorded season high of five ground balls and two turnovers against Johns Hopkins (3/10) … Caused one turnover and scooped up three ground balls in the game at Virginia (3/4) ... Caused two turnovers in the game against Army (2/24) ... Had two ground balls and a caused turnover against Albany (2/17) ... Picked up one ground ball in the home opener game against Binghamton (2/10).
Sophomore Year (2017): Saw action in every game as the team’s primary LSM … Picked up 32 ground balls in the season, which tied him for third on the team, and caused eight turnovers … ACC All-Academic Team Selection … ACC Honor Roll … Caused one turnover against Towson (5/21) … Got one assist, picked up one ground ball, and caused one turnover in the win against Yale (5/14) … Picked up four ground balls and caused one turnover in the win at Colgate (5/6)… Grabbed four ground balls and caused one turnover against North Carolina (4/28)… Picked up one ground ball in the win against Binghamton (4/22) … Grabbed three ground balls in the win at North Carolina (4/15) … Picked up four ground balls in the win against Cornell (4/11 )… Picked up two ground balls at Hobart (4/5) … Tallied four ground balls at then No. 1 Notre Dame (4/1) … Recorded one ground ball in the victory over Duke (3/25) … Caused a turnover and picked up three ground balls in the win at Johns Hopkins (3/18) … Picked up one ground ball and matched his career high of two caused turnovers in the win at St. John’s (3/11) … Caused one turnover in the win against Virginia (3/5) … Picked up one ground ball against Army (2/25)… Scored his lone goal of the season and picked up two ground balls in the win against Albany (2/18) … Grabbed one ground ball in the win against Siena (2/11).
Freshman Year (2016): Played in all 17 games, picking up 28 ground balls, good for the fifth-most on the team... Caused 10 turnovers, which ranked fourth on the team... Added two points on one goal and one assist... Made his first collegiate debut and picked up two ground balls turnover against Siena (2/13)… Picked up a ground ball and forced two turnovers versus Albany (2/21)… Notched a ground ball and a caused turnover against Virginia (3/04)… Tallied two ground balls and one caused turnover at Johns Hopkins (3/19)… Recorded his first and only assist of the season as well as four ground balls and two caused turnovers against Duke (3/26)… Picked up one ground ball and marked a season high two caused turnovers at Hobart (4/06)… Scored his first and only goal of the season and picked up a season high four ground balls against Cornell (4/12)… Marked one ground ball versus North Carolina (4/16)… Notched two ground balls against Binghamton (4/20)… Picked up two ground balls and caused one turnover against North Carolina (4/29)… Marked one ground ball versus Duke (5/01)… Recorded one ground ball and one caused turnover against Colgate (5/07)… Picked up one ground ball versus Albany (5/15)… Tallied three ground balls against Maryland (5/21).
2015: Redshirt Season
High School: Rated the No. 58 overall prospect in the Class of 2014 by Inside Lacrosse... Two-time U.S. Lacrosse All-American… Led Yorktown to an 18-5 record and the New York State Class B Championship in 2014… Defensive MVP of the state championship game versus Jamesville-DeWitt… Recorded two goals, one assist, 64 ground balls and 61 caused turnovers as a senior... Also played football for two years.
Personal: Austin Reid Fusco... Born in April 1996... Son of Frank and Pauline... One brother, one sister ... Younger sister, Rilea plays lacrosse at Syracuse ... Older brother, Frank, was a member of the Drexel lacrosse team ... Earned his degree in real estate from the Martin J. Whitman School of Management.
Senior Year (2019): Team Captain ... ACC Honor Roll ... Saw action in all 14 games as an LSM ... Recorded an assist, collected 13 ground balls, and seven caused turnovers on the season … Scooped up a ground ball in the NCAA tournament game against Loyola (5/11) … Picked up two ground balls in the ACC championship game against North Carolina (4/25) … Recorded two ground balls and a caused turnover against Notre Dame (3/30) … Picked up two ground balls against Virginia (3/2)… Recorded an assist and a ground ball against Johns Hopkins (3/9) … Picked up two ground balls and recorded a season high three caused turnovers against Army (2/24) … In the season opener against Colgate (2/8) recorded one ground ball and two caused turnovers.
Junior Year (2018): Served as a team captain and asked to wear the famed #11 jersey … Saw action in every game as a primary LSM … Picked up 25 ground balls for the season ... Caused 11 turnovers during the season ... Caused one turnover and picked up one ground ball in the NCAA Tournament game against Cornell (5/13) ... Scored one goal and had one caused turnover against Colgate (5/5) ... Scooped up three ground balls against Virginia (4/27) ... Picked up two ground balls in the game against Navy (4/21) ... Had one ground ball against North Carolina (4/14) ... Picked up two ground balls in the game at Cornell (4/10) ... Caused two turnovers against Hobart (4/3) ... Had four ground balls and one caused turnover against Notre Dame (3/31) ... Recorded season high of five ground balls and two turnovers against Johns Hopkins (3/10) … Caused one turnover and scooped up three ground balls in the game at Virginia (3/4) ... Caused two turnovers in the game against Army (2/24) ... Had two ground balls and a caused turnover against Albany (2/17) ... Picked up one ground ball in the home opener game against Binghamton (2/10).
Sophomore Year (2017): Saw action in every game as the team’s primary LSM … Picked up 32 ground balls in the season, which tied him for third on the team, and caused eight turnovers … ACC All-Academic Team Selection … ACC Honor Roll … Caused one turnover against Towson (5/21) … Got one assist, picked up one ground ball, and caused one turnover in the win against Yale (5/14) … Picked up four ground balls and caused one turnover in the win at Colgate (5/6)… Grabbed four ground balls and caused one turnover against North Carolina (4/28)… Picked up one ground ball in the win against Binghamton (4/22) … Grabbed three ground balls in the win at North Carolina (4/15) … Picked up four ground balls in the win against Cornell (4/11 )… Picked up two ground balls at Hobart (4/5) … Tallied four ground balls at then No. 1 Notre Dame (4/1) … Recorded one ground ball in the victory over Duke (3/25) … Caused a turnover and picked up three ground balls in the win at Johns Hopkins (3/18) … Picked up one ground ball and matched his career high of two caused turnovers in the win at St. John’s (3/11) … Caused one turnover in the win against Virginia (3/5) … Picked up one ground ball against Army (2/25)… Scored his lone goal of the season and picked up two ground balls in the win against Albany (2/18) … Grabbed one ground ball in the win against Siena (2/11).
Freshman Year (2016): Played in all 17 games, picking up 28 ground balls, good for the fifth-most on the team... Caused 10 turnovers, which ranked fourth on the team... Added two points on one goal and one assist... Made his first collegiate debut and picked up two ground balls turnover against Siena (2/13)… Picked up a ground ball and forced two turnovers versus Albany (2/21)… Notched a ground ball and a caused turnover against Virginia (3/04)… Tallied two ground balls and one caused turnover at Johns Hopkins (3/19)… Recorded his first and only assist of the season as well as four ground balls and two caused turnovers against Duke (3/26)… Picked up one ground ball and marked a season high two caused turnovers at Hobart (4/06)… Scored his first and only goal of the season and picked up a season high four ground balls against Cornell (4/12)… Marked one ground ball versus North Carolina (4/16)… Notched two ground balls against Binghamton (4/20)… Picked up two ground balls and caused one turnover against North Carolina (4/29)… Marked one ground ball versus Duke (5/01)… Recorded one ground ball and one caused turnover against Colgate (5/07)… Picked up one ground ball versus Albany (5/15)… Tallied three ground balls against Maryland (5/21).
2015: Redshirt Season
High School: Rated the No. 58 overall prospect in the Class of 2014 by Inside Lacrosse... Two-time U.S. Lacrosse All-American… Led Yorktown to an 18-5 record and the New York State Class B Championship in 2014… Defensive MVP of the state championship game versus Jamesville-DeWitt… Recorded two goals, one assist, 64 ground balls and 61 caused turnovers as a senior... Also played football for two years.
Personal: Austin Reid Fusco... Born in April 1996... Son of Frank and Pauline... One brother, one sister ... Younger sister, Rilea plays lacrosse at Syracuse ... Older brother, Frank, was a member of the Drexel lacrosse team ... Earned his degree in real estate from the Martin J. Whitman School of Management.
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