2011 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Roster
Joe Fazio
- Position:
- Defense
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 221
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Syracuse, N.Y.
- High School:
- West Genesee
Senior Year (2013): Team co-captain ... Played in 19 games as a reserve long-stick midfielder ... Collected nine ground balls and recorded four caused turnovers ... Tied his career high with two ground balls in the season opener versus Albany ... Caused a personal-best two turnovers versus St. John's at the Konica Minolta Big City Classic ... Scored his first career goal with 53 seconds left in the NCAA championship game against Duke. Also matched his personal best with two ground balls versus the Blue Devils ... BIG EAST All-Academic Team ... Member of the 2012 Fall SU Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
Junior Year (2012): Played in all 17 games as a reserve long-stick midfielder ... Member of an Orange defense that ranked eighth nationally in caused turnovers per game (8.59) … Picked up 10 ground balls and recorded five caused turnovers … Collected a career-best two ground balls versus Albany, at Virginia, and against Rutgers in the ESPNU Warrior Classic … BIG EAST All-Academic Team … Named to the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall and spring.
Sophomore Year (2011): Played in nine games on close defense … Member of a defensive unit that ranked third in the NCAA in scoring defense (6.94 goals per game) and set a school record for man-down defense efficiency, leading the nation at 81.7 percent ... Collected the first ground ball of his career versus St. John’s … BIG EAST All-Academic Team ... Member of the 2010 Fall SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
Freshman Year (2010): Played in two games on close defense … Part of a Syracuse unit that led the nation in scoring defense (7.4 goals per game) … Made his collegiate debut in SU’s season-opening win against Denver … Also saw time at St. John’s … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the spring.
High School: Listed as the No. 10 overall prospect and second-best defenseman in the Class of 2009 by Inside Lacrosse … 2009 Under Armour All-American … Had one assist and 30 ground balls as a senior … Led West Genesee to the lacrosse state championship in 2008 … Earned All-Central New York (CNY) First Team honors from The Post-Standard in 2009 and was an all-league honoree … Also played basketball and football at West Genesee … All-state receiver in football and helped the Wildcats to the 2007 Class AA state championship … High school teammate of SU’s Luke Cometti, Dylan Donahue and Ryan Barber ... Played football with Cometti.
Personal: Joseph Nunzio Fazio … Born in May 1991 in Syracuse, N.Y. … Son of Judy and Shawn Fazio … One brother, one sister … Accounting major.
| FAZIO'S CAREER STATS | ||||||||
| Year | Games | Shots | Goals | Assists | Points | GBs | Faceoffs | CTs |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0-0 | 5 |
| 2013 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Totals | 47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0-0 | 9 |
