Fairfield University Athletics

General: Will serve as captain in the upcoming 2010-11 campaign … Possesses great potential … Long and accurate off the tee … Good iron player … Looks to improve his short game in the off-season … Off the Course: Business Finance major … Member of the 3.0 club in the Fall 2009 semester … 2010-11: Averaged 77.5 strokes per round … Finished in the top-10 at the 76^th Annual NEIGA Championship and the MAAC Championships … Best finish came at the NEIGA Championships where he tied for eighth out of 182 competitors … Shot-season best round of 73 in the first round of that event with a total of 127 … Also carded a round of 73 at Mount St. Mary’s Invitational … Played a career-high ten tournaments and 24 rounds this season ... 2009-10: Averaged 79.29 in ten tournament appearances … shot a two-day score of 154 to tie for 5th place at the ECAC Division 1 Men’s Championship … Tallied a season best 72 in the second round to tie for 13th at the Mulekicker Fall Classic … Tied for 21st at the Lonnie Barton Memorial Invitational, with a score of 165 in two rounds of play … Placed 39th at the MAAC Championship … 2008-09: Played in seven tournaments as a rookie, averaging 79.48 strokes per round ... Shot a three-day score of 233 to finish in 18th place at the MAAC Championship ... Tied for 20th at the Mount St. Mary's Spring Invite, with a +11, 155 ... Shot a +4, 76 in the opening round of the Mount St. Mary's Fall Classic, and finishes tied for 28th ... Shot +13, 155, in his first-ever college tournament, the Rutgers Invitational ... High School: Earned four varsity letters for Dan D'amboise's Plainsmen ... Helped his squad to a four-year mark of 57-11, including a perfect 17-0 mark as a senior ... Served as team captain as a junior and senior ... Captured the Section II title as a junior and senior ... Was named First Team All-State in 2007 and 2008, after earning Second Team All-State honors the previous two seasons ... Was the 2008 Saratoga County Amateur Champion ... Personal: Son of Lisa and Dino Macaluso ... His father played hockey at RPI from 1978-82, before going on to play two professional seasons ... Has one sister.