ACCOLADES:
2021: Team Captain...Second Team All-Conference.
2019: Team Captain...First Team All-Conference...Northeast-10 Spring Academic Honor Roll...NE10 Defensive Player of the Week (10/14).
2018: Second Team All-Conference.
2017: Northeast-10 Fall Commissioner's Honor Roll.
AT SAINT ANSELM
2021: Posted 60 tackles across eight games for the Hawks, ranking among the team leaders...Also posted two interceptions, a forced fumble, and two tackles for a loss of four yards...Had a three-yard sack on the season (vs. Franklin Pierce, 9/25)...Had a 65-yard interception for a touchdown against NCAA Division I Merrimack on Sept. 4; was the fifth-longest interception return in team history...Had at least three tackles in each game of the season...Posted 13 tackles against Franklin Pierce at home on Sept. 25...Had nine tackles in each of his final three games of the season, forcing a fumble at Assumption on Nov. 6 and also added an interception against the Greyhounds...Departs ranked seventh all-time with 260 career tackles (2017-21).
2019: Played in 10 games for Saint Anselm, recording 95 total tackles, including 54 unassisted takedowns...His 95 tackles were the seventh-most in a single season in team history...Had six games with at least 10 tackles, including a season-high mark of 17 against New Haven on Oct. 12 (tied for sixth-most in Hawks history, single game)...Had four tackles for a combined loss of 15 yards in that contest, including two sacks for 13 yards...Also forced a fumble against the Chargers and totaled two quarterback hurries in that game...Posted 11 solo tackles versus New Haven, the third-most in a single game in team annals...Had 10 takedowns in each of his first two games on the season, breaking up three passes combined against California (Pa.) (9/6) and Assumption (9/14)...Posted a combined 27 tackles in two games between Oct. 5 and Oct. 12...Finished the season with 11 tackles in each of his final two games on the year...Had at least eight tackles in each of his first six games on the season and did not finish the year with less than four tackles in a game...Moved into 10th in team history with 108 career assisted tackles.
2018: Saw action in all nine contests for Saint Anselm, posting 104 tackles...Averaged 11.6 tackles for the Hawks, the sixth-best average by any student-athlete competing in NCAA Division II this past year...Was only the second student-athlete in team history to break the century mark in takedowns...Averaged 5.9 solo tackles per game, the second-most in the NE10...Set the single-game team record with 20 tackles at Southern Conn. St. on Sept. 29...Recorded double-digit tackles in five contests on the season, never finishing with fewer than six in any of the games...Recorded 10 solo tackles at home against Bentley on Oct. 27...Finished his season with at least 12 tackles in each of his final three contests...Had two fumble recoveries and notched five pass breakups.
2017: Played in one game for the Hawks on the year, making his debut against Merrimack on Oct. 28...Had one tackle against the Warriors.
BEFORE SAINT ANSELM: Played four years of football, basketball and baseball at Stoughton High School...Football captain as a senior...Scholar-Athlete of the Jack Grinold Eastern MA Chapter of the National Football Foundation...Member of 39th Shiners All-Star Classic Football Team...Hockomock MVP for Davenport Division...2016 Boston Herald All-Scholastic...2016 Eastern MA All-Star...2016 Brockton Enterprise All-Scholastic...2016 Boston Herald Preseason First Team Defense All-Star...2015 Hockomock League All-Star...Team won 2014 and 2015 Davenport Division titles...Two-year baseball team captain...Blue/Gray Best of New England Team...2015 Hockomock League Honorable Mention...2016 Massachusetts Coaches Select All-Star...2016 American Legion All-Star...Two-year basketball team captain.
PERSONAL: Parents Paul and Nancy...Siblings Sean and Megan...Grandfather, Peter Sperandio '38, is in the Saint Anselm Athletics Hall of Fame for football...Majoring in nursing...National Honor Society member...Stoughton High School State House Representative...Aspires to work as a nurse...Enjoys golfing.
