Profile: An extremely long player who has theability to rebound the ball at either end... Needs to rebound aftera tough sophomore season... Has the potential to be a very goodplayer in the NE-10, once he regains his confidence.
2008-2009: Played in all 30 games, startingsix... Averaged 4.7 points and 2.9 rebounds per game... Endedthe year with three straight double-digit games, including a20-point effort at American International on 2-28-09 in the firstround of the Northeast-10 Tournament... Had nine rebounds at Paceon 2-10-09... Hit 8-of-12 shots at American International... Shot48.1 percent from the field and was 29-for-41 at the free throwline, good for a 70.7 percent clip... Named to the Northeast-10Weekly Honor Roll in the final week of the season averaging over 15points per game in the league tournament.
2007-2008: Appeared in all 27 games with 16starts as a sophomore... Averaged 6.4 points and 4.3 rebounds pergame... Had a pair of double-doubles, including a season-high16-point, 11-rebound double-double at Bryant on 1-30-08... Knockeddown 7-of-15 shots from the field at Saint Rose on 1-8-08 in a roadwin... Also scored 16 points in the win at Saint Rose, tying aseason high... Had a career-high three blocks vs. Bryant on11-20-07... Tied a career high with a pair of steals in threegames... Had a career-high four assists on 12-4-07 vs. SouthernN.H.
2006-2007: Tied for second on the team inscoring at 10.3 points per game and led the team with 6.5 reboundsper contest, ranking among the league leaders all season... Earneda spot on the Northeast-10 Conference All-Rookie Team, was aone-time conference Rookie of the Week on February 5th and wasnamed to the league's Weekly Honor Roll six times... Third on theteam with 18 blocks after appearing in all but one game, starting23... Finished with nine double-doubles, including a career-best28-point, 16-rebound effort vs. Saint Michael's on 1-13-07... Hitnine field goals in two games, including most recently vs. Pace on2/3/07... Was perfect from the free throw line 11 times, includinga perfect 8-for-8 vs. Saint Michael's on 1-13-07.
Previous: Carenza played at St. Anthony's ofJersey City, N.J., under legendary coach Bob Hurley. His teamfinished the season with a 27-4 record and was ranked fifth in thestate of New Jersey. He averaged over 12 points and seven reboundsper game and was named as a First Team All-Hudson County selection.
Coach Dickson on Carenza: "Gio is coming off adown season and hopefully he can get himself back to being aconsistently productive basketball player. He had a very goodfreshman year and has the skills necessary to be a good player inthe NE-10. Gio needs to regain his confidence and play the gamewith maturity on both ends of the court. He is very long and weneed for him to rebound both backboards on a nightly basis."
Personal: Son of Mario and Vita... Raised inReggio Emilia, Italy, and moved to the United States in the summerof 2003... Majoring in criminal justice.
