Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Athletics

Statistics: Career / 2010 / 2009 / 2008 / 2007

2010: CAPTAIN ... Played in 16 games, including 14 as a starter ... Led the team in assists with 22 ... Second on the team in points (37) and fourth in goals (15) ... Had 75 shots, including 39 on goal ... Scored three tallies on the man-up ... Scooped up 37 ground balls and caused six turnovers ... Finished third in the Liberty League in assists per game (1.38) ... Eighth in the conference in points per game (2.31) ... Notched four assists with seven ground balls in a win over RIT (3/6) ... Had two goals and two assists with six ground balls in a victory at Oneonta State (3/17) ... Recorded three assists with two ground balls and a caused turnover in a win over Skidmore (3/31) ... Posted a goal and two assists in a victory over Union (5/1) ... Scored a man-up goal and added an assist in a win over Skidmore in the Liberty League Championship (5/9) ... All-Liberty League Second Team (midfield) ... Selected to North/South All-Star Game ... United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Scholar-Athlete ... 

2009: Played in all 14 games, including 11 as a starter ... Tallied a team-best 21 goals with two assists for 23 points ... Led the team in shots with 81 and had 31 shots on goal ... Scored a game-winning goal and had two man-up tallies ... Scooped up 27 ground balls and caused four turnovers ... Had seven games with two or more goals ... Tallied four goals, including the game-winner in overtime, with a ground ball and a caused turnover in a win against Elmira (3/21) ... Scored three goals in a win against Vassar (3/25) ... Tallied two goals with three ground balls and a caused turnover in a win at Skidmore (4/1) ... Posted three goals and an assist in a loss at Clarkson (4/4) ... All-Liberty League First Team ...

2008: Played in all 15 games, including five as a starter ... Posted eight points on three goals and five assists ... Fourth on the team in ground balls with 40 ... Went 0-1 on the face-off ... Had a game-winning goal ... Recorded a goal in a win at Fairleigh Dickinson (3/16) ... Posted an assist and five ground balls in a win over Ursinus (4/5) ... Had eight ground ball pick-ups against nationally-ranked Middlebury (4/8) and Hamilton (4/20) ...

2007: Played in all 15 games ... Sixth on the team in goals with 14 and points (21) ... Had seven assists ... Posted two man-up goals ... Recorded 52 shots, including 26 on goal ... Scooped up 42 ground balls and caused two turnovers ... Went 48-of-79 on the face-off ... Had three goals and an assist for four points on five shots in a win over Oneonta State (3/24) ... Posted three goals and a game-high ten ground balls, going 11-of-12 on the face--off in a victory over Salve Regina (3/1) ... Had a goal and an assist with two points, a ground ball and went 7-of-9 on the face-off in a win at Union (3/31) ... Liberty League Rookie of the Week twice ...

High School: Four-years of lacrosse and hockey … Captained both as a senior … Team Most Valuable Player in lacrosse … All-FCIAC in lacrosse and hockey … High School Player of the Week in lacrosse once … Team was the state runner-up and FCIAC Eastern Conference Champions in hockey … National Honor Society …

Personal: Mechanical Engineering major … Dean’s List ... Son of Jane and Craig Cerone … Father played football at RIT … Uncle attended Rensselaer ... Last name is pronounced SIR-own.