SUNY New Paltz Athletics

2015: Started in four of the 22 matches in which he played... Appeared in 42 sets... Fourth on the team in assists per set (3.57, 150 total)… Hit .424 (34-9-59) for the season... Averaged 1.05 digs per set (44 total), 0.81 kills per set (34 total), 0.19 service aces per set (eight total) and 0.17 blocks per set (seven total)... Enjoyed five kills in four different matches… Distributed a season-high 21 assists and 10 digs against Southern Vermont College on April 3… Dished out 20 assists and notched five digs at New Jersey City University on March 24… Tallied 19 assists and five digs versus The Sage Colleges on April 8.

2014: Did not compete.

2013: Started in three of the 25 matches in which he played... Appeared in 59 sets... Hit at a .167 clip (24-12-72) for the season... Averaged 4.66 assists per set (275 total), 1.19 digs per set (70 total), 0.41 kills per set (24 total), 0.20 service aces per set (12 total) and 0.08 blocks per set (five total)... Doled out 21 assists and added six digs against Penn State Altoona on Feb. 15... Dished out a season-high 34 assists against Penn State Altoona on March 22 and matched that season-high the following day against Stevenson University... Also against Stevenson, notched his lone double-double of the year with a season-high 15 digs.

2012: Started in 27 of the 29 matches in which he played… Appeared in 99 sets… Averaged a team-high 9.41 assists per set (932 total) and had the second-best dig average on the team with 1.69 per set (167 total)… Hit at a .336 clip, flooring 47 kills and nine errors in 113 total attempts… Also averaged 0.13 service aces per set (13 total) and 0.38 blocks per set (38 total)... Came up with a season-high 15 digs against Newbury College on March 30… Handed out a season-high 56 assists versus Ramapo College on April 11.

2011: Appeared in 28 matches for the Hawks and played 66 sets… Averaged 5.89 assists per set (389 total), 0.64 digs per set (42 total), 0.32 kills per set (21 total) and 0.23 service aces per set (15 total)... Assembled a .390 hitting percentage (21-5-41)… Recorded 30 assists and five service aces against the New York City College of Technology on March 11.

Prior to NP: 2010 graduate of Cardinal Hayes High School.

Personal: Son of Robin Garo and Lucila Severino.