Matthew Gastaldo '17 Recruiting Profile

Every coach I have ever had has told me I am "very coachable."  As an example, I have been on a football team my entire life, but for most of my youth football career, our team had so few players, I played every down in a variety of positions....wherever Coach needed me.  This gave me the experience, stamina and maturity to be one of two starting sophomores on our high school Varsity football team.

I always try my hardest in the classroom and make time with teachers after school as needed so I do not settle for mediocrity.  I am an auditory, visual and kinesthetic learner which has resulted in academics coming easily to me most of my life.  One of my collegiate goals is to combine the natural abilities I have as an athlete and student with a savage work ethic.