2023: Named to the Northeast-10 All-Conference Second Team Defense and All-Academic Team … Named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District … Earned Academic Excellence accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll following both the Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 semesters and named to the New Haven Dean’s List following the fall semester … Started all 11 games as a key leader on the Chargers defense … Finished the season third on the team with 58 total tackles, 27 unassisted and 31 assisted tackles … Led the Chargers with 11 total tackles for loss for 65 yards while also leading the team with 5.5 of those 11 TFL going for sacks that racked up 34 yards … Also added a fumble recovers, a quarterback hurry and two pass breakups … Finished all 11 games with at least one tackle, tying his career-high with nine tackles at home against Saint Anselm (Oct. 14) … Opened up the season with seven tackles and a breakup under the lights against Frostburg State (Aug. 31) … Twice finished with a pair of TFL, the first time racking up 29 yards, with one of those TFL a sack, against Lincoln-Calif. (Oct. 7) … Also finished with two TFL, which were part of eight total tackles on the road at Pace (Nov. 4) … The very next game, again racked up eight tackles, this time against Bentley (Nov. 11) … His 5.5 sacks all came in six-straight games, while his fumble recovery came along with his season-high nine tackles against Saint Anselm.
2022: Earned Academic Distinction on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll and named to the New Haven Dean’s List following both the Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 semesters … Started all 11 games, finishing the season with 45 tackles, 25 solo and 20 assisted … Finished second on the team with 9.5 tackles that resulted in 22 yards lost … Among those were 2.5 sacks, 1.5 of which resulted in six yards lost and were part of a career-high nine tackles in the non-conference match-up with crosstown rival Southern Connecticut (Sep. 10) … Finished with at least one tackle in all but one game … Closed out the season just shy of his career-high with eight tackles in the NCAA playoff game against Shepherd (Nov. 19) … Credited with a pair of forced fumbles, seven QB hurries and one pass breakup … Also participated on special teams.
2021: Played in nine games, finishing the season with 20 tackles … Put up at least a pair of tackles in all but two of the games he played … Set a season-high with five tackles in the season opener against Franklin Pierce (Sep. 2) … Added 3.5 tackles for loss, two of which were sacks that resulted in 10 yards lost … Added one quarterback hurry … Earned Academic Honors (Fall 2021) and Academic Distinction (Spring 2022) accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll and named to the New Haven Dean’s List following the spring semester.
High School: Played three seasons of varsity football and served as captain for one season … Was named to the All-Area Levi Jackson Team … Named All-Conference … Also played two seasons of basketball and one season of baseball.
Personal: Son of Joseph and Sandra Vitale… Has one sister, Grace … Received a Bachelor of Science, Summa Cum Laude, in health sciences in January 2024 … Currently pursuing a Master of Healthcare Administration with a pre-med track.
