Pace University Athletics

2021: Appeared in 18 games, making 16 starts… Team captain… Tallied six goals (3^rd on team) and three assists… Put in a pair of tallies in Pace’s season-opener against STAC... Dished out two assists in a win over SNHU on Sept. 18… Notched the Setters’ lone goal in their 2-1 NE10 semifinal loss at Assumption… Made the NE10’s Academic Honor Roll following the fall semester.

2020-21: Made the NE10’s Academic Honor Roll following both semesters.

2019: Played in 16 matches, making 13 starts… Named to the NE10's Academic All-Conference Team... Tallied a team-high 11 goals on the season… Made the NE10’s Weekly Honor Roll on Oct. 29… Registered three multi-goal games… Recorded game-winning tallies versus Molloy (10/23) and New Haven (10/29)… Played a season-high 80 minutes against AIC on Sept. 24... Named to the NFHCA's National Academic Squad... Earned recognition on the NE10's Academic Honor Roll following both semesters. 

2018: Named to Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Division II National Academic Squad... Played and started in six games of freshman season… Scored two goals in 2018... Tallied first career goal on Sept. 8 against New Haven… Also had a goal against Southern Connecticut State on Oct. 3... Earned recognition on the NE10’s Fall and Spring Academic Honor Rolls.

High School: Three-time team captain… Five-year varsity player… Selected to All-League five times… Three-time All-Section… Two-time All-State… Earned All-Elite Player three times… Rewarded NYSPHAA Student Athlete five times… All-time leading goal scorer for High School team… Four-time Scholar Athlete Award recipient… Named to Honor Roll… Member of National Honor Society… Treasurer of Italian Honor Society. 

Personal:  Parents: Valentino and Jacqueline Merante… Major: Nursing… School: College of Health Professions.