2011 Outdoor: Finished fourth at the Horizon League Championships with a season-best discus throw of 47.44m…also took 10th in the hammer throw with a mark of 42.56m…placed seventh at the Northeast Ohio Quad with a throw of 46.06m…added 11th-place finishes at both the Duke Invitational (45.48m) and the All-Ohio Championships (45.77m).
2010 Outdoor: Runner-up in the discus at the Horizon League Championships with a throw of 47.09m…also finished seventh in the hammer throw with a mark of 45.46m…threw the discus a season-best 47.90m at the Ashland Alumni Open.
2010 Indoor: Placed eighth in the weight throw at the Horizon League Indoor Championships with a season-best mark of 15.09m…threw for 14.93m at the Doug Raymond Invitational…finished fifth at the Tom Wright Classic with a throw of 14.67m.
2009 Outdoor (Sophomore): Finished sixth in the discus with a season-best throw of 43.55m (142-10) at the Horizon League Championships ... threw the discus 40.64m (133-4) to claim ninth and took seventh in the hammer throw with a mark of 41.84m (137-3) at the Northeast Ohio Quad ... finished fourth in the discus (39.63m) and sixth in the hammer throw (41.39m) at the Detroit Titan Classic ... also threw the discus 40.73m (133-7) to claim 13th at the Saint Francis Red Flash Open.
2009 Indoor (Junior): Finished eighth in the weight throw with a distance of 14.08m (46-2 ½) at the Horizon League Championships ... threw a season-best mark of 14.43m (47-4 ¼) in the same event to finish fifth at Baldwin-Wallace ... added a fourth-place finish in the event with a heave of 14.39m at Robert Morris ... added another top-10 finish in the weight throw with a sixth-place finish with a distance of 13.45m (44-1 ½) at the KSU Triangular.
2008 Outdoor (R-Freshman): Finished fifth in the discus (142-1) and 10th in the hammer (145-1) at the Horizon League Championships ... posted personal-best marks in both the discus (147-5) and the hammer (145-11) at the Sparky Adams Invite .... his distance in the discus earned him fourth place.
2007-08 Indoor (Sophomore): Placed seventh in the weight throw (51-2 1/4) and ninth in the shot put (40-11 3/4) at the Horizon League Championships ... his distance in the weight throw was a personal-best ... earned five top-10 finishes in the weight throw, including a runner-up finish at the Baldwin Wallace Mid January Meet.
2007 Outdoor (Freshman): Redshirted
2006-07 Indoor (Freshman): Placed ninth in the shot put (42-6 3/4) and 10th in the weight throw (47-3) at the Horizon League Championships ... posted a personal-best shot put mark of 42-8 at the Findlay Open ... recorded a personal-best distance in the weight throw with a heave of 47-9 1/4 at the Kent State Tune-Up ... placed sixth in the weight throw at the Baldwin-Wallace Mid-January Meet (47-5).
High School: Was a four-year letterwinner ... placed sixth in the country in the discus at the 2003 Junior Olympics ... set Mahoning County and Federal League records in the discus ... finished third in the discus at the Division I state meet as a sophomore, junior and senior ... was the Youngstown Regional champion in the discus as a junior and senior ... competed at the Midwest Meet of Champions ... was a Vindicator All-Star ... helped lead Fitch to a district title as a senior and a Steel Valley Conference championship as a freshman ... posted a personal-best mark of 178-5 in the discus ... also played football.
Personal: Born July 16, 1987 ... son of Paul and Karen Cassano ... has one brother (Jesse) and one sister (Georgia) ... major is education.
