Joe Cardinale Class: Senior Hometown: Commack, N.Y. High School: Commack Weight: 230 Event: Shot Put/Discus Birthdate: 07/09/1982

2003-04: Finished fourth (14.14) in shotput at the Fordham Christmas Invitational...finished fifth in the shotput with a career best performance of 15.42m. at the Armory Collegiate Invitational...placed third in the shotput with a throw of 14.93 meters at the America East Championships.

2002-03: Finished seventh in the shot put with a throw of 45 feet, three and 3/4 inches at the Manhattan Invite . . . finished eighth in the shot put at the Met Championships with a toss of 46 feet, 7 1/4 inches . . . took sixth in the shot put with a throw of 15.98 at the America East Track and Field Championship . . . sixth in the shot put and discus at the SCSU Invite . . . placed second in the discus (137 feet, four inches) and fifth in the shot put (45 feet, 10.5 inches) at the MET Championships . . . fifth (43.14m) in the discus at the America East Outdoor Championships . . .

2001-02: Third in discus (148 feet, 11 i nches) at the CCSU Invite . . . runner-up in discus (134 feet) at SCSU Invite . . . runner-up in the shot put at Iona Quad Meet with a toss of 12.91 meters . . . captured the shot put title at the Seawolves Christmas Invite with a throw of 14.15m . . . won the shot put (13.96m) at the Fordham Pearl Harbor Classic . . . finished third in the shot put at the METS Championships with a throw of 13.39m.

2000-01: Finished third in the indoor shot put at the Ram Invite . . . in outdoor, finished second at METS in the shot put with a throw of 48 feet, 1/2 inch . . . also competed in the discus at METS.

High School: Named All-League as a junior . . . as a senior, received All-League, All-County, All-State and All-Academic honors . . . also named Suffolk County MVP as a senior.

Personal:B Joseph Cardinale . . . born July 9, 1982, in Flushing, N.Y. . . son of Donna and Joseph Cardinale . . . brother of Christopher and Matthew . . . business management major.

Paw Prints: Hobbies are watching and playing sports . . . greatest moment in sports was winning the Suffolk County MVP for throwers . . . favorite book is Catcher in the Rye . . . favorite movie is Field of Dreams . . . favorite song is "Eye of the Tiger" . . . favorite sports figure is Cal Ripken Jr. and favorite team is the Mets.