| CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS |
| 2024 SEASON |
| BIG EAST Specialist of the Week |
March 18 |
| BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll |
March 11 |
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| 2023 SEASON |
| All-BIG EAST |
Second Team |
| BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll |
April 24 |
| 2022 SEASON |
| All-BIG EAST |
Second Team |
| BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll |
February 28 |
| 2021 SEASON |
| BIG EAST Midfielder of the Week |
March 16 |
| ACADEMIC HONORS |
| BIG EAST All-Academic Team |
2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 |
| Athletic Director's Honor Roll |
Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024 |
On Coppola: Villanova’s all-time leader in ground balls with 408… Closes his career as the all-time leader in ground balls per game at 7.16... All-time career faceoff wins leader with 742... Finished seventh all-time in program history in faceoff winning percentage with a mark of .556... During his illustrious career was one of the top faceoff specialists in the nation… Was top 10 nationally in both faceoff winning percentage and ground balls per game as a senior and junior… Garnered second team All-BIG EAST accolades as a senior and junior… Four-time BIG EAST weekly honoree during his career … A veteran of 57 career games played with a .556 faceoff winning percentage (742-of-1334)… Career totals include six goals, nine assists, 15 points, 17 shots and nine caused turnovers… Five-time member of the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and has been named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll all ten semesters of his collegiate career.
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2024: Appeared in nine games as a graduate student ... Earned a BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll selection for the week of March 11
 ... Received BIG EAST Specialist of the Week honors for the week of March 18
 after picking up 11 ground balls in a win over Monmouth ... Finished the season going 128/204 on faceoff chances ... Achieved a .627 season faceoff percentage, marking a career high and ranks fourth in program history  ... Picked up double-digit ground balls in four games ... Led the team in ground balls with 66
2023: Earned second team All-BIG EAST honors for the second consecutive season as well as a Weekly Honor Roll selection for the week of April 24… Ranked third in the BIG EAST and seventh nationally with 8.86 ground balls per game… Ranked fourth in the conference and 27
th nationally with a face off win percentage of .554… Appeared in 14 of 15 Wildcat contests and won 184 of his 332 faceoff chances… Achieved double digit faceoff wins in 13 of his 14 appearances including a season high 20 against Marquette… Also recorded a career-high 16 ground balls against Marquette… Scored two goals, recorded two assists and attempted six shots on the season.
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2022: Earned second team All-BIG EAST recognition to pick up his first career all-conference honor … Led the BIG EAST and ranked fifth nationally in ground balls per game (8.73) … Ranked second in the BIG EAST and was 10
th in the country in faceoff winning percentage (.585) … Played in all 15 games and won 233 of his 398 faceoff chances … Won at least 11 faceoffs in every game and had a winning percentage of 60% or better six times … Had a career-high 21 faceoff wins (21-of-33), a career-high 15 ground balls, one goal scored and two assists in an 18-13 win over Providence … Tallied 11 games with at least 15 faceoff wins and had four contests with 10+ ground balls … Scored three goals, had five assists and tallied eight points … Scored goals against Fairfield and Georgetown … Named to the weekly BIG EAST Honor Roll on February 28 after he had one goal, 13 ground balls and went 18-of-27 on faceoffs in a win over Fairfield two days earlier … Had two assists against Delaware and one against Georgetown in the BIG EAST championship game.
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2021: Played in all 12 games during the season and won 52.4 percent of his faceoff chances (130-of-248) … Credited with 56 ground balls on the year to go along with one goal, two assists, three points and two shots on goal … Went a career-best 20-of-22 (.909) on faceoffs in a win over St. John’s and had a season-high 10 ground balls in that game … Had seven games with 10 or more faceoff wins and six contests with five or more ground balls … Recorded his first collegiate goal and assist in the win over St. John’s … His performance in that game earned him BIG EAST Midfielder of the Week honors … Had an assist in a win over Marquette.
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2020: Appeared in all seven games as a freshman and went 67-of-152 (.441) on faceoff chances … Had 31 ground balls and took one shot during the year … Had season highs of 19 faceoffs won (19-of-29) and 11 ground balls in a 19-10 win over Delaware … Won 10-of-16 (.625) faceoffs versus Drexel.
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Garden City High School: Earned four varsity letters in lacrosse and football and two varsity letters in wrestling… Senior-Varsity Lacrosse Nassau County Class B Face-Off Specialist of the Year 2019… Senior-Varsity Lacrosse Team Captain 2019…Senior-Varsity Lacrosse All-County…Senior-Varsity Lacrosse Academic All-County… Varsity Lacrosse Nassau County Champions (2018)…-Varsity Lacrosse Nassau County Defensive Most Valuable Player…Junior-Varsity Lacrosse Long Island Champions…Varsity Lacrosse State Champions 2018… 76% Face-off Win Percentage Varsity Lacrosse 12-14…85.7% Face-Off Win Percentage in 2018 State Championship…Varsity Lacrosse State Championship Most Valuable Player…Varsity Lacrosse All-County…Varsity Lacrosse Academic All-County…Varsity Lacrosse All-State 2018… Varsity Lacrosse Nassau County Champions (2017)…Freshmen-Varsity Lacrosse Nassau County Champions…Senior Year Varsity Football Team Captain…2018 Football Nassau County Champions…Football Long Island Champions (2018)…Long Island Championship Offensive Most Valuable Player…Football All-County 2018…Senior-Varsity Football Academic All-County…Varsity Football All-Long Island…Varsity Football All-State 2018…Varsity Football Boomer Esiason Empire Challenge Select…Earned first honors all quarter (2016-2019).
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Personal: Born 12/18/00 in Garden City, New York to John and Lisa Coppola…Has one older sibling, Christian…Hobbies include going to the beach, playing spike ball, and video games…Enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences…Chose Villanova because of the great education, competitive lacrosse program, and qualify coaching staff.
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