3 Paul Curaro
Paul Curaro
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Holbrook, NY
  • High School:
    Sachem North
  • Position:
    OH
  • Major:
    Computer Science
  • Club Team:
    ACAD
  • m
    32
  • k/s
    2.98
  • h %
    .194
  • a/s
    0.14
  • b/s
    0.19
  • sa/s
    0.57
  • d/s
    1.68

Bio

Athletic Achievements
All-ECAC Second-Team (2019)
Skyline All-Conference First-Team (2018, 2019)
Skyline All-Conference Second-Team (2017)
Skyline Conference Championship Most Outstanding Player (2018)
Skyline Conference Player of the Week (3/19/18, 1/21/19, 2/5/19, 3/26/19)
Skyline Conference Rookie of the Week (2/20/17, 3/27/17)
Skyline Conference Weekly Honor Roll (2/5/18)

Academic Achievements
Skyline Academic Honor Roll (Spring 2019, 2018)
ECAC President's Honor Roll (Spring 2018)

2019: Played in nine sets across 32 matches…Led the conference in total kills (288), kills-per-set (3.10), total points (355) and points-per-set (3.82)…Was second in the conference in hitting percentage (.237) and service aces and was third in service aces-per-set (.61)…Put down a season-high 19 kills in a in a 3-2 loss to Baruch on Mar. 21…Credited with a season-best 12 digs in a sweep of Ramapo on Mar. 7…Had double-digit kill totals in 10 contests.

2018: Featured in 90 sets across 30 matches…Led the conference in total kills (280), kills-per-set (3.11), total points (336.5) and points-per-set (3.74)…Second in the conference and team with 206 total digs…Third in the conference and second on the team with 2.19 digs-per-set…Led team in both service aces (41) and aces-per-set (.46)…Hit .205 on the year…Matched a career-high of 20 kills in a 3-1 loss to Hunter on Mar. 15…Season-best 13 digs in a 3-0 sweep of SUNY Poly on Feb. 10…Recorded double-digit kills in 16 matches, including a 15-kill performance vs. #4 Kean in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

2017: Played in 103 sets across 29 matches…Collected 299 kills, 13 assists, 49 aces, 192 digs, and 21 blocks on the year…Finished fifth in the conference in kills/set (2.90), and fourth in aces/set (.48)… Made collegiate debut in a 3-0 win over Medgar Evers on Jan. 24…Season-best 20 kills in a loss to #15 Nazareth on Feb. 18…Season-best eight aces in a 3-0 win over Purchase on Mar. 18…Season-high 15 digs in a 3-2 win over Rutgers-Newark on Mar. 3.

Favorite… 

Movie: Coach Carter
TV Show: The Office
Book: Above the Line
Song: Colder Weather - Zac Brown Band
Athlete: Luka Doncic
Pro Sports Team: New York Yankees
Meal: Swiss Cheese
Sport other than the one you play: Basketball

Player Profile

Recent Games
Apr 4 at Mt. St. Vincent W, 3-0
Apr 6 at Sarah Lawrence W, 3-0
Apr 6 at St. Joseph's (Brkln) W, 3-0
Apr 11 (4) Yeshiva W, 3-0
Apr 13 (2) Purchase W, 3-0
Apr 19 at #8 Endicott L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 32 9
Sets 90 12
Kills 268 47
Kills per set 2.98 3.92
Errors 137 4
Total Attacks 675 68
Total Attacks per set 7.50 5.67
Hitting Percentage .194 .632
Assists 13 1
Assists per set 0.14 0.08
Service Aces 51 19
Service Errors 76 7
Service Aces per set 0.57 1.58
Receptions 403 17
Reception Errors 13 0
Digs 151 20
Digs per set 1.68 1.67
Block Solo 5 0
Block Assist 12 1
Block Total 17 1
Blocks per set 0.19 0.08
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 330.0 66.5
Points per set 3.7 5.5
Matches started 31 9
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Jan 15 #6 New York U. W, 3-2 1 5 17 7 41 .244 2 3 4 21 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 20.0
Jan 19 at Sacred Heart L, 3-0 1 3 7 9 28 -.071 0 2 2 14 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Jan 26 vs. Nichols W, 3-0 - 3 6 2 15 .267 0 2 2 7 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Jan 26 at Emerson W, 3-0 1 3 5 3 19 .105 0 3 2 11 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Jan 29 Lehman W, 3-0 1 2 6 1 7 .714 0 0 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 7.5
Feb 5 at John Jay W, 3-0 1 3 13 6 36 .194 2 1 5 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 14.0
Feb 9 vs. Sage W, 3-0 1 3 11 4 20 .350 0 2 4 10 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 13.0
Feb 9 at #1 Springfield L, 3-1 1 4 12 10 38 .053 1 0 3 26 1 5 2 1 0 3 0 14.5
Feb 13 Misericordia W, 3-0 1 3 11 1 20 .500 1 0 4 22 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Mar 1 at Brooklyn W, 3-0 1 2 1 4 10 -.300 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2.0
Mar 7 Ramapo W, 3-0 1 3 8 2 24 .250 0 3 2 12 0 12 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Mar 9 #14 Juniata W, 3-2 1 5 14 10 42 .095 0 4 3 30 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 18.5
Mar 9 Wentworth W, 3-1 1 4 14 5 33 .273 1 2 5 23 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 16.0
Mar 13 St. Joseph's (Brkln) W, 3-0 1 1 5 0 5 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Mar 16 vs. #4 Stevens L, 3-2 1 5 16 15 41 .024 0 0 4 28 0 6 0 2 0 2 0 17.0
Mar 16 at Hunter W, 3-1 1 4 15 9 46 .130 1 0 5 27 0 15 0 1 0 1 0 15.5
Mar 19 at Mt. St. Vincent   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 21 Baruch L, 3-2 1 5 19 11 54 .148 0 2 6 32 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 21.0
Mar 24 Sarah Lawrence W, 3-0 1 1 2 1 3 .333 1 5 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Mar 24 Yeshiva W, 3-0 1 1 5 0 6 .833 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Mar 27 Purchase W, 3-0 1 2 4 1 13 .231 0 7 1 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Mar 30 vs. #13 Arcadia W, 3-0 1 3 8 2 24 .250 1 1 2 20 1 8 0 1 0 1 0 9.5
Mar 30 at New York U. L, 3-1 1 4 8 9 27 -.037 1 0 5 27 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Mar 31 at Yeshiva W, 3-0 1 1 3 0 4 .750 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Mar 31 vs. Purchase W, 3-0 1 1 4 0 5 .800 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Apr 2 at #7 New Paltz St. L, 3-0 1 3 3 7 19 -.211 0 0 5 24 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4.0
Apr 4 Mt. St. Vincent W, 3-0 1 1 4 1 5 .600 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Apr 4 at Mt. St. Vincent W, 3-0 1 3 11 0 16 .688 0 3 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 14.0
Apr 6 at Sarah Lawrence W, 3-0 1 1 4 1 6 .500 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Apr 6 at St. Joseph's (Brkln) W, 3-0 1 1 9 1 11 .727 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Apr 11 (4) Yeshiva W, 3-0 1 3 8 2 11 .545 1 5 2 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 13.0
Apr 13 (2) Purchase W, 3-0 1 3 9 1 18 .444 1 2 2 8 0 7 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Apr 19 at #8 Endicott L, 3-1 1 4 6 12 28 -.214 0 0 2 22 2 6 0 2 0 2 0 7.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2016-17 29 103 299 2.90 173 752 .168 13 0.13 49 0.48 303 27 192 1.86 5 16 21 0.20 361.0 3.5
2017-18 30 90 280 3.11 129 738 .205 21 0.23 41 0.46 512 18 191 2.12 9 13 22 0.24 336.5 3.7
2018-19 32 90 268 2.98 137 675 .194 13 0.14 51 0.57 403 13 151 1.68 5 12 17 0.19 330.0 3.7
2019-20 18 61 176 2.89 98 488 .160 18 0.30 27 0.44 336 7 113 1.85 4 4 8 0.13 209.0 3.4
2021-22 29 95 344 3.62 127 745 .291 19 0.20 79 0.83 463 11 150 1.58 5 13 18 0.19 434.5 4.6
Total 138 439 1367 3.11 664 3398 .207 84 0.19 247 0.56 2017 76 797 1.82 28 58 86 0.20 1671.0 3.8
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 32 90 268 2.98 137 675 .194 13 0.14 51 0.57 403 13 151 1.68 5 12 17 0.19 330.0 3.7
Conference 9 12 47 3.92 4 68 .632 1 0.08 19 1.58 17 0 20 1.67 0 1 1 0.08 66.5 5.5
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 14 39 126 3.23 43 282 .294 7 0.18 36 0.92 165 2 72 1.85 1 4 5 0.13 165.0 4.2
Away 13 36 97 2.69 71 288 .090 5 0.14 10 0.28 172 10 55 1.53 4 5 9 0.25 113.5 3.2
Neutral 5 15 45 3.00 23 105 .210 1 0.07 5 0.33 66 1 24 1.60 0 3 3 0.20 51.5 3.4
Result Wins 25 62 197 3.18 64 440 .302 11 0.18 47 0.76 230 3 114 1.84 2 7 9 0.15 249.5 4.0
Losses 7 28 71 2.54 73 235 -.009 2 0.07 4 0.14 173 10 37 1.32 3 5 8 0.29 80.5 2.9
Month January 5 16 41 2.56 22 110 .173 2 0.13 10 0.63 58 1 22 1.38 1 1 2 0.13 52.5 3.3
February 4 13 47 3.62 21 114 .228 4 0.31 3 0.23 66 2 21 1.62 2 1 3 0.23 52.5 4.0
March 15 42 126 3.00 69 337 .169 5 0.12 27 0.64 211 8 83 1.98 1 6 7 0.17 157.0 3.7
April 8 19 54 2.84 25 114 .254 2 0.11 11 0.58 68 2 25 1.32 1 4 5 0.26 68.0 3.6

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Biggers and Curaro Earn All-ECAC Honors

Both men's volleyball standouts landed on the All-ECAC Second-Team

June 5, 2019

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Men's Volleyball Eliminated by #8 Endicott in NCAA Tournament

The Golden Eagles wrap up the season at 25-7

April 19, 2019

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Men’s Volleyball Places Four on Skyline All-Conference First-Team

Kyle Biggers (second from left) was named Player of the Year for the second-straight season

April 15, 2019

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Men's Volleyball Captures Back-to-Back Skyline Conference Titles

The Golden Eagles picked up a 3-0 win over SUNY Purchase

April 13, 2019

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Men’s Volleyball Tops Yeshiva, Advances to Skyline Final

The Golden Eagles will go for their second-straight conference title on Saturday

April 11, 2019

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Men's Volleyball Sweeps Sarah Lawrence, SJCBK to Finish Regular Season

The Golden Eagles enter the Skyline Tournament as the No. 1 seed

April 6, 2019

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Men's Volleyball Picks up a Pair of Wins over CMSV

Lane dished 14 assists in match one and 18 in match two

April 4, 2019

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Men's Volleyball Splits Non-Conference Tri-Match

The Golden Eagles knocked off #13 Arcadia before dropping a 3-1 decision to NYU

March 30, 2019

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Men's Volleyball Takes Down Purchase 3-0

SJC remains unbeaten in Skyline play

March 27, 2019

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Men’s Volleyball Sweeps Sarah Lawrence, Yeshiva on Sunday

The Golden Eagles remain perfect (3-0) in conference play

March 24, 2019

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Men's Volleyball Falls in Five Set Thriller

Jones tossed a career-high 62 assists

March 21, 2019

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Men’s Volleyball Takes Split in Non-Conference Tri-Match

SJC dropped a 3-2 decision to #4 Stevens and defeated host Hunter, 3-1

March 16, 2019

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Men’s Volleyball Tops #14 Juniata, Wentworth on Saturday

SJC knocked off a nationally-ranked opponent for the second time this season

March 9, 2019

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Men's Volleyball Blanks Ramapo, 3-0

Flohr led all players with 11 kills.

March 7, 2019

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Men's Volleyball Picks up Sweep over Misericordia

SJC improves to 7-2 on the season

February 13, 2019

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Men’s Volleyball Splits Non-Conference Tri-Match

After sweeping Sage, SJC dropped a 3-1 decision to #1 Springfield

February 9, 2019

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Men's Volleyball Earns Sweep Over John Jay

Jones dished a game-high 22 assists

February 5, 2019

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Men’s Volleyball Cruises Past Lehman

David Slager was credited with a game-high five aces in a 3-0 sweep

January 29, 2019

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Men’s Volleyball Picks up Pair of Non-Conference Victories

The Golden Eagles swept Emerson and Nichols on Saturday

January 26, 2019

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Curaro Tabbed Skyline Men's Volleyball Player of the Week

The junior put down a game-high 17 kills in a win over #6 NYU on Jan. 15

January 22, 2019

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Men’s Volleyball Downed by Division I Sacred Heart

The 3-0 defeat was SJC's first loss of the season

January 19, 2019

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Men’s Volleyball Upsets #6 NYU in 2019 Opener

The Golden Eagles held off the Violets in a five-set thriller on Tuesday night

January 15, 2019