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Dan Scolaro |
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Earned spot on Irish roster as a
walk-on after tryouts in the fall 2004
... received a monogram as a senior ...
played in 17 games during his Fighting
Irish career with eight ground balls
and one attempted shot ... shifted from attack to midfield
and saw time during his senior season as a longstick
midfielder and in the defense ... second Loyola
Academy graduate ever to play lacrosse for Notre
Dame, following three-time All-America defenseman
Todd Rassas ('98).
AS A SENIOR: Played in a career-high nine games
... earned a monogram ... picked up a career-best
seven ground balls during the season ... played in a
season-opening 7-6 win over #17 Loyola ... saw
action in a 15-9 victory against Penn State in the
home opener ... picked up a ground ball in a 16-6 triumph
of Villanova ... appeared in back-to-back wins
over Dartmouth (19-7) and #11 Drexel (13-6) ... collected
a ground ball in a 19-7 victory at Bellarmine
in the GWLL opener ... picked up a career-high three
ground balls in a 16-6 besting of Quinnipiac ... had
two ground balls in a 13-5 win at Air Force ... helped
the Irish to a 10-6 win over Quinnipiac in the GWLL
tournament semifinals.
AS A JUNIOR: Appeared in a career-high five
games ... saw time in wins over #19 Drexel (16-5),
Bellarmine (11-3), Villanova (15-5),
Air Force (16-4) and Lehigh (14-2) ...
whistled for one penalty, totaling one
minute.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in one
game ... his only game action came against
Quinnipiac ... picked up a ground ball in the 19-7
win over the Knights in the regular-season finale.
AS A FRESHMAN: Played in two games ... lone
shot of the season came in a 22-6 win against Butler.
PREP AND PERSONAL DATA: Three-time state
champion in lacrosse at Loyola Academy ... garnered
letters all four years of his career and took home the
state title his final three seasons ... completed the
three-peat by scoring the winning goal in the fourth
overtime of the state championship game his senior
campaign ... all-state selection as a senior along with
being team captain and offensive MVP ... competed
in the Illinois all-star game ... lettered his junior year
in soccer ... team won conference championship that
year ... brother, John, participated in track and field at
Notre Dame ... brother, Mike, played lacrosse at
Lafayette College ... attended same high school as
former Fighting Irish athletes Stephan Walchuck
(track & field) and former lacrosse All-American
Todd Rassas ... son of Celeste and Anthony Scolaro
... father is a 1972 Notre Dame graduate ... has three
siblings ... born June 1, 1986, in
Chicago, Ill. ... graduated from the
College of Engineering in May 2008
with a degree in chemical engineering.
SCOLARO'S CAREER STATISTICS
| Year | GP/GS | Pts. | GB | Shots | SOG | P/Min |
| 2005 | 2/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-0:00 |
| 2006 | 1/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0:00 |
| 2007 | 5/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1:00 |
| 2008 | 9/0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1-1:00 |
| Totals | 17/0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2-2:00 |
