University of Vermont Athletics

CAREER HONORS:

• 2014 America East All-Conference First Team
• 2014 America East All-Academc Team
• 2013-14 Team Captain
• 2013 America East All-Conference Third Team
• 2013 America East All-Academic Team
• 2013 NABC Honors Court
• 2012 America East All-Championship Team
• 2011-12 America East All-Academic Team
• 2013 America East Commissioner's Honor Roll
• 2012 America East Commissioner's Honor Roll
• 2011 America East Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• 2010 America East Commissioner's Honor Roll

2013-14 SEASON: Was named to the America East All-Conference First Team ... Also named to the America East All-Academic Team for the thrid straight season ... Was a team captain ... Reached double figures in 27 games ... Handed out nine assists and added 16 points at Duke ... Scored 24 points and went 6-for-7 from 3-point range vs. Illinois St. ... Netted a career-high 30 points at Harvard (11-for-19 FG), passing the old mark of 25 points he set at Harvard in the 2012-13 season ... Named America East Co-Player of the Week (Dec. 23) following Harvard performance ... Scored 14 points and added eight rebounds in a win at Yale ... Scored a game-high 17 points, including his 1,000th career point, in a win at Albany (2/1/14) ... Became the 31st Catamount to reach the 1,000-point milestone ... Finished his career ranked 21st among UVM's all-time leading scorers (1,141 points) ... Led Vermont to a 93-65 win over Maine with game-high 20 points ... Missed just one shot in the game, going 8-for-9 from the field and 4-for-5 from 3-point range ... Named the America East Co-Player of the Week (Feb. 10) ... Scored 20 points (8-10 FT) in Vermont’s overtime win at Binghamton in the regular season finale ... Led Vermont with 11 points in the first round NIT game at Georgia ... Finished his career as UVM's all-time leader in 3-point field goal percentage (.391 - 135-345) ... Also set a new mark at Vermont for games played (134) ... Started 117 consecutive games, ranks fifth among consecutive games played leaders.

Carissimo in the Vermont Record Books (career):
1st - Games Played (134)
1st - 3-Point Field Goal Percentage (.391 - 135-345)
5th - Consecutive Games Played (117)
9th - Free Throw Percentage (.807 - 218-270)
21st - Scoring (1,141 points)

2012-13 SEASON: Earned America East All-Conference Third Team honors and was selected to the America East All-Academic Team for the second straight year … Also earned a spot on the NABC Honors Court ... Started all 33 games, averaging 29.7 minutes per game … Finished the year chipping in 10.0 points and 2.3 assists per game … Scored the game-winning basket in the season opener at Siena (11/9/12), finished the game with 11 points … Netted a career-high 25 points in a win at Harvard (11/27/12) … Shot 8-for-11 from the field and 4-for-5 from 3-point range, while also handing out six assists … Reached double-figures in scoring 15 times … Grabbed a season-high eight rebounds in a win at Quinnipiac … Also collected 33 steals on the year … Scored 15 points and grabbed five rebounds at Santa Clara in the first round of the CBI. 

2011-12 SEASON: Played in and started all 36 games as a sophomore … Finished fifth on the team in scoring (7.1 ppg) and second in assists (86) … Placed second on the team and ninth in the America East in steals per game (1.2) … In league games only, he led the conference in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.8/1) and was second in free throw percentage (92.3) … Raised his scoring average from 6.1 points per game in non-conference action to 8.3 in league play … Handed out a career-high six assists in the win at Old Dominion … Scored 16 points in the conference opener at Stony Brook on 7-for-12 shooting from the floor … Netted a career-high 18 in the America East Semifinal win in double overtime at Hartford … Reached double figures in both NCAA Tournament games, including leading the Cats with 11 against No. 1 North Carolina.

2010-11 SEASON: Appeared in all 32 games as a freshman and started the final 15 contests of the season … Averaged 4.4 points per game and 1.9 rebounds, while finishing third in assists on the team (46) … Upped his scoring average to 6.5 points per game in contests that he started … Opened up his college career with 13 points on 3-for-3 shooting from 3-point range in a win over Siena … In his first career start he responded with 12 points in a win at New Hampshire … Tallied 14 points and pulled down a career-high five rebounds in a win at Hartford … Scored a season-best 17 on 8-for-12 shooting in the regular season finale vs. Boston U … Handed out a career-high five assists on three occasions, while also recording two steals in a game nine times.

BEFORE VERMONT: Carissimo comes to Vermont after playing at Iona Prep alongside classmate Brian Voelkel … A 6-foot-2 guard, he averaged 17 points a game last season and posted a season-high of 28 … He was named all-league, all-state and all-city during both his junior and senior seasons … Carissimo was a McDonald's All-American nominee and scored over 1,000 career points.

PERSONAL: Is the son of Sandro and Susan Carissimo … Has one younger sister, Daniella … Is a business administration major.