| PERSONAL BESTS |
| 50 Free |
21.53 |
BIG EAST Championships (4.8.2021) |
| 100 Free |
47.44 |
High School |
| 200 Free |
1:45.05 |
High School |
| 100 Back |
52.59 |
BIG EAST Championships (2.25.2022) |
| 100 Fly |
52.37 |
High School |
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| CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS |
| ACADEMIC HONORS |
| BIG EAST All-Academic Team (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22) |
| Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022) |
Villanova Career: Scored at the BIG EAST Championships in the 100 yard backstroke as a junior with a 16
th place finish … Comes off a season in which he recorded the top time of his career in the 100 Back … Four-time selection to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and eight-time member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
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2021-22: Swam in six meets on the year;
 BIG EAST Championships (2/23-26): Reset his personal best in the 100 Back at the BIG EAST Championships … Landed a spot in the B finals after touching in 52.73 in the prelims … Went on to finish 16
th in the finals with a time of 52.59;
WVU Invitational (11/18-20): Finished fourth in the C final of the 100 Back with a 53.64 time that was good enough for 20
th;
Penn (11/10): Touched the wall fifth in the 50 Free against Penn, clocking in at 22.63;
NJIT (11/5): Landed sixth in the 50 Free with a 22.63 time;
Georgetown (10/30): Finished seventh in the 50 Free (22.91).
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2020-21: His only competition of the season came at the BIG EAST Championships where he recorded personal best marks in both the 50 yard freestyle and the 100 yard backstroke … Reached the consolation final of the 100 back and scored a team point with a 16
th place finish in the event … Registered a PR of 53.69 in the final after recorded a time of 55.10 in the preliminaries … Tallied a personal best time of 21.53 in the preliminary heats of the 50 free and also posted a mark of 47.68 in the prelims of the 100 free.
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2019-20: Did not compete at any meets.
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2018-19: Competed in three meets during the fall season and swam individually in the 50 yard, 100 yard and 200 yard freestyle events in addition to the 100 yard butterfly … His top times in each of those events came during the Bruno Invitational at Brown … Registered times of 21.84 in the 50 free, 48.74 in the 100 free, 1:46.19 in the 200 free and 52.54 in the 100 fly … Swam a leg of the 400 yard freestyle relay at all three meets he competed in … Also swam twice on the 200 yard medley relay and once each on the 200 yard freestyle relay and the 400 yard medley relay.
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John Paul II High School: Earned four varsity letters in swimming and one in water polo during his scholastic career … As a senior was a TAPPS state champion in the 50 yard freestyle and the 100 yard freestyle … Earned TAPPS Academic All-State honors.
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Personal: One of four children of Scott and Tricia Fanatico … Has three siblings: Erin, Kenzie and Cailey … Enjoys watching the Office in his spare time … Enrolled as a cadet in Villanova’s Army ROTC program … Chose to attend Villanova for the culture of the swimming & diving team … Political Science major.
