Lenoir-Rhyne University Athletics

National Champion - 2023

2023: Helped Lenoir-Rhyne to its first National Championship in program history . . . played in nine games before suffering a season-ending injury . . . had 17 goals and nine assists to go with 10 ground balls . . . scored at least one goal in each of his nine games, including a hat trick against Mars Hill . . . . had three assists in a regular season loss against Tampa and had a season-high four points . . . finished his playing career with 154 goals between LR and Coker and 254 career points. 

2022: Finmished second on the team in goals (31) and points (46) . . . had 29 ground balls and five caused turnovers . . . had back-to-back hat tricks in SAC Tournament wins over Wingate (semifinal) and Limestone (championship) . . . had seven hat tricks on the season . . . added a season high five points against Anderson and had five games of four points. 

Before LR: Second Team All-Conference and ISA Lacrosse Magazine Division II Third Team All-American selection in 2021 . . . played in 40 career games and starting 39 times and scored 105 career goals and handed out 76 career assists for 181 points . . . added 78 ground balls and 21 caused turnovers . . . second in Coker history in career points and first in career points per game . . . also ranks second in Coker history in career goals and assists . ..  his 78 points in 2021 are the most in a single season at Coker and his 38 assists are tied for the most in a single season . . . tied a Coker-record with 11 points against Chowan on Feb. 6, 2019.

Personal: Son of Joe and Tanya Venazio.