Villanova Univeristy Athletics

 

CAREER STATS
Year	Tourn./Rds.	Strokes	Average	Low 18	Low 54	Par or Lower	1-10	11-20
2016-17 (Hartford)	11/31	2307	74.42	67 (-3)	213 (+3)	9	1	2
2017-18 (Hartford)	10/27	1959	72.55	65 (-7)	199 (-17)	11	5	0
2018-19 (San Diego State)	4/12	921	76.75	71 (-1)	218 (+2)	1	0	1
2019-20 (San Diego State)	4/11	807	73.36	69 (-3)	218 (+2)	4	1	1
2020-21 (Villanova)	8/16	1184	74.00	66 (-6)	221 (+5)	5	3	0
TOTAL	37/97	7178	74.00	65 (-7)	199 (-17)	30	10	4

Career: Played two seasons each at Hartford and San Diego State as an undergraduate before coming to Villanova as a graduate transfer for the 2020-21 campaign … His career collegiate statistics between the three schools included 97 rounds played over 37 tournaments … He compiled a 74.00 career stroke average with 30 of his 97 rounds coming in with a score of par or better … Tallied 10 top-10 finishes and four other top-20 showings … His best collegiate round was a 65 (-7) during his sophomore year at Hartford in 2017-18 and his low 54-hole score was 199 (-17) that same year when he was the medalist at the Loyola Intercollegiate … Three-time individual medalist, including twice at Villanova during the Spring 2021 season … Carded 12 career rounds with scores in the 60’s … His stroke average of 74.00 in his only year at Villanova was a team-best and matched his career stroke average … Named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team for the 2020-21 academic year and earned a spot on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the Fall 2020 semester … Prior to coming to the Wildcats was a two-time Big Sky All-Conference honoree and a two-time New England Division I Golf Association All-New England performer at Hartford … Six-time Big Sky Golfer of the Week for the Hawks … Selected to four conference All-Academic Teams during his career, including two appearances on the Big Sky All-Academic Team at Hartford and one appearance on the Academic All-Mountain West squad at San Diego State.
 
Villanova: In his lone season with the Wildcats led the team with a 74.00 stroke average in 2020-21 … Played in all eight tournaments and 16 rounds that Villanova competed in during the spring season … Was the individual medalist at the ABARTA Collegiate Invitational and tied for medalist honors at the LuLu Spring Invite … Added one other top-five finish during the year … Led the team with five rounds with par or lower scores … Registered the team’s low round of the year when he carded a season-best 66 (-6) in the final round of the ABARTA Collegiate Invitational … He won that tournament with a score of 136 (-8) over 36 holes, including a 70 (-2) in the opening round before he came back with a 66 to win the tournament by three strokes over the runner-up from St. Bonaventure … His score relative to par (-8) is among the lowest in school history for a 36-hole tournament … The performance earned him BIG EAST Male Golfer of the Week honors on April 19 in the week leading up to the BIG EAST Championships … Counted 14 of his 16 scores towards the team score (87.5%) … Finished first or second in the Villanova lineup in four of his eight starts … Tied with freshman Peter Weaver for medalist honors with a round of 67 (-4) at the LuLu Spring Invite … His other top-five finish was at the Temple Spring Invite where he carded a score of 72 (+2) to tie for third place … Led the Wildcats with a tie for 22^nd place at the team’s first tournament of the season, the Invitational at Savannah Harbor … Recorded a 54-hole score of 221 (+5) at the tournament, with his second round of 70 (-2) the team’s best round of the tournament … Placed third in the Villanova lineup and tied for 25^th place overall at the Rolling Green Intercollegiate with a score of 74 (+4) … Came in third in the team lineup and tied for a 23^rd place finish with a score of 227 (+11) at the BIG EAST Championship.
 
San Diego State: Competed for the Aztecs during his junior and senior seasons, the latter of which was interrupted due to Covid-19 … Competed in eight tournaments in all for San Diego State, notching one top-10 and two additional top-20 finishes … His best finish was a tie for third place at the Olympic Collegiate Invitational during the Fall 2019 season with a score of even-par 144 over two rounds … Compiled a stroke average of 76.75 during the 2018-19 campaign and had a 73.36 scoring average in 2019-20 … Named to the Dean’s List for his academic achievements and was a Scholar-Athlete Award winner.
 
Hartford: Played his freshman and sophomore seasons at Hartford, where he twice garnered All-Big Sky Conference honors and was a two-time All-New England Division I selection … Captured Big Sky Player of the Week honors on seven occasions … Completed 21 rounds at or below par in 19 events … Recorded the second-lowest single-season scoring average in Hartford men’s golf history with a 72.08 clip during the 2017-18 campaign … Posted five top-10 finishes, including an individual title at the 2018 Loyola Intercollegiate … Shot 67-67-65=199 (-17) to break the school individual tournament scoring record by four strokes … Two-time Big Sky All-Academic selection.
 
Club Golf: Top-ranked junior in the state of Pennsylvania in 2016 according to Golfweek and the Rolex AJGA rankings … Ranked among the top 40 recruits nationally in the class of 2016 … Won back-to-back titles at the Trusted Choice Big I New Jersey Championship in 2012 and 2013 … Finished second at the Future Champions Golf (FCG) National Tour Rose Bowl Championship in 2016 … Notched a top-five finish at the 2019 Eastern Amateur with scores of 69-69-67-64 (269, -11) … Was the second-lowest scoring amateur at the 2019 Pennsylvania State Open.
 
High School: Began his scholastic career at Robbinsville (N.J.) High School and was the Colonial Valley Conference Player of the Year in 2013 to go along with All-CVC accolades … Also attended Holy Ghost Prep School in Pennsylvania and was an All-Bicentennial Athletic League performer in 2014 and 2015 … Graduated from Penn Charter in 2016.
 
Personal: Born 4/15/97 in Newtown, Pa. … Youngest of four children of John and Ana Abbracciamento … Has three siblings: Gregory, Monica and Timothy … Brother, Tim, is a Villanova alum and played tennis for the Wildcats … Hobbies include music, playing tennis and pickleball in addition to an interest in Finance … Split his undergraduate career between Hartford and San Diego State, and graduated from San Diego State with an Economics degree … Chose to attend Villanova for graduate school for the elite reputation of the Villanova School of Business, the coaches and his teammates in the golf program and his family ties … Pursuing a graduate degree in Finance from the Villanova School of Business.