Awards: Villanova’s highest MLL draft pick, selected 7th during the 2017 draft by the Chesapeake Bayhawks…2017 USILA All-American Second Team…2017 Scholar All-American…2017 Inside Lacrosse Media All-American Third Team…Tewaraaton Trophy Nominee (2017 and 2016)…2017 All-BIG EAST First Team…2017 Inside Lacrosse Preseason First Team All-American…2017 and 2016 Inside Lacrosse Midseason All-American 2016 All-America Honorable Mention……2016 Inside Lacrosse Preseason Honorable Mention All-American…BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week (Feb. 29 Mar. 14, 2016 and Mar. 27, 2017)…NCAA.com Offensive Player of the Week (Feb. 29)…USILA/Lids Team Sports Offensive Player of the Week (Feb. 29)…StringKing Player of the Week (Feb 29. Mar. 7)… 2015 Preseason Third Team All-America selection by Inside Lacrosse... Named to the 2015 Tewaaraton Trophy Watch List... 2013 Ivy League Rookie of the Year... 2013 Honorable Mention All-Ivy League selection.
Career: Stated in all 29 games during his two years at Villanova…Finished with 104 points on 74 goals and 30 assists…Set a new single game record when he netted eight goals against Penn State (Feb. 27, 2016)…Went 83-for-163 (.509) from the faceoff dot…Collected 118 ground balls and caused 13 turnovers…His 40 goals during the 2016 season was third most in a single season…Carried a 43 game point streak starting during his sophomore season until his final game.
2017: Started in all 15 games during his senior season…Finished with 48 points on 34 goals and 14 assists…Went 74-for-141 (.525) from the faceoff X…Collected a team high 83 ground balls…Won a career high 14 faceoffs against Brown (Mar. 7)…Scored four goals in back-to-back games against Bucknell (Mar. 21) and Fairfield (Mar. 25)…Dished out the game winner to Danny Seibel in overtime against Maryland (Mar. 18) to give the Wildcats their first win against the Terps…Averaged 2.27 goal and 3.20 points per game. BIG EAST: Started in all five conference contests…Tallied nine goals and five assists for 14 points…Collected 18 ground balls and caused two turnovers…Went 13-for-34 (.382) from the faceoff dot…Had hat tricks on the road at Georgetown (Apr. 15) and Providence (Apr. 29)…Averaged 1.80 goal, 1.00 assists, and 2.80 points per game.
2016: Started in all 14 games in his junior season…Had a team high 56 points on 40 goals and 16 assists…Scored eight goals against Penn State (Feb. 27) to set a new program record for most goals scoring in one game…Collected 36 ground balls and added six caused turnovers…Went 9-for-22 from the X for a .409 faceoff percentage…Had a season high seven ground balls at Delaware (3/5)…Finished with four assists against St. John’s (Apr. 23)…Caused three turnover against Bucknell (Mar. 15)…Had a team high eight man up goals…Averaged 2.86 goals per game, 1.14 assist per game, and 4.00 points…Ranked 7th in the NCAA in goals per game and 14th in points per game…Had 10 points against Penn State (8 goals, 2 assists)…BIG EAST: Appeared in five conference games…Finished with eight goals and 10 assists in conference play…Had a season high four assists at St. John’s (Apr. 23)…Averaged 1.60 goals per game, 2.00 assists per game, 3.60 points per game, and a .519 shot on goal percentage…Had six points against St. John’s (2 goals, 4 assists)
At Princeton: Only midfielder in program history with at least 20 goals as a freshman and sophomore ... Only Princeton middie to reach at least 50 goals by the end of sophomore year ... One of eight players in program history to reach 50 goals by sophomore year.
2015 (Princeton): Registered three assists in the opener against Manhattan and a goal against Maryland before redshirting the season due to injury.
2014 (Princeton): Second on the team in goals with 27... Had 10 goals in the loss to Yale... Accomplished all of the following with his 10-goal game against Yale: first player in Division I to reach double figures since Jordan McBride of Stony Brook in 2008; tied the 63-year-old Princeton school record for goals in a game (set by William Griffith in 1951 against Rutgers), became the fourth player since the formation of the Ivy League in 1957 to score at least 10 goals in a game; became the first player ever to score 10 goals in an Ivy league game; bettered his previous career high of three in each half, with six in the first half and four in the second... Had a then career-high six points against Villanova (three goals, three assists)... Had two goals and an assist and won 9 of 15 face-offs against Brown... Had a goal and career high three assists against Harvard... Had a goal and two assists against Lehigh... Had two goals against Dartmouth... Had a goal and assist against Carolina and Penn... Had a goal against Johns Hopkins... Had first two goals against Manhattan
2013 (Princeton): Named the fifth-best freshman in Division I by Inside Lacrosse... Totaled 24 goals and 10 assists... Tied for third all-time in goals scored by a Princeton freshman... One of two Princeton freshman all time with at least 20 goals and at least 10 assists (Peter Trombino in 2004)... Two-time Ivy Rookie of the Week... Had first three goal game of career in win over Brown... Scored goal against Brown on assist from brother Jeff for Jeff's 100th career point... Also had three goals against Dartmouth, with an assist as well... Had two goals and an assist in the win over Villanova... Had two goals and one assist against Syracuse... Had one goal and two assists against North Carolina... Had two goals and two assists against Johns Hopkins... First career assist was to his brother Jeff... Had two goals against Manhattan and Rutgers and one against Yale in regular season... Had two goals and an assist in the Ivy tournament
Port Washington: Lettered four times in lacrosse and twice in basketball... All-America senior year in lacrosse... Under Armour All-America... Champion All-America Showcase MVP... Played club lacrosse for the Long Island Express... Registered 65 goals and 20 assists senior year... All-county and All-Long Island honoree ... Member of the National Honor Society and Principal's Honor Roll... Participated in Peer Helpers.
Personal: Born March 31, 1994 ... Parents are Jeff and Jackie Froccaro... Older brother, Jeff, was an All-Ivy and All-America attackman at Princeton before graduating in 2013... Sister, Jackie, was a member of the Villanova women's lacrosse team... Younger brother, Joey, is currently a junior on the Villanova men's lacrosse team... Uncles Vinnie (Hofstra) and Stephen (C.W. Post) Sombrotto played lacrosse in college and professionally.
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