Honors and Awards Career Overview: The number one recruit for the high school class of 2022, Spallina turned in one of the most prolific freshman seasons by a 'Cuse rookie with 68 points (third-most), 36 goals (fourth-most) and 32 points (third-most) en route to ACC Freshman of the Year honors. Set the single-season points record for a Syracuse sophom*ore with 88 (37g, 51a), surpassing Gary Gait's sophom*ore mark. 2024: USILA, Inside Lacrosse, and USA Lacrosse All-America Third Team … USILA Team of the Week (Feb. 6, March 11) … ACC Player of the Week (Feb. 13) … ACC All-Tournament Team … USA Lacrosse Magazine Player of the Week (Feb. 13) … TLN Player of the Week (Feb. 12) … Inside Lacrosse and USA Lacrosse Preseason All-America Third Team selection … Started in all 18 games as a sophom*ore attackman … led Syracuse with 88 points, the most in program history by a sophom*ore player … tallied 37 goals alongside 51 assists … his 88 points finished third in Division I and led all sophom*ores across the country … had the sixth-best points per game average (4.89) in Division I and was the only sophom*ore ranked in the top 30 in the country … finished with the third-most assists and the ninth-best assists per game rate (2.83) … scored on 33 percent of his total shots while scoring a career-best four game-winning goals and accounted for six man-up goals … caused five turnovers in the ride while more than doubling his career ground balls with 38 this season. Freshman Year (2023): ACC Freshman of the Year ... USILA All-America Honorable Mention ... USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America Honorable Mention ... two-time ACC Offensive Player of the Week … two-time The Lacrosse Network Player of the Week … USILA Team of the Week selection … turned in one of the best performances for a Syracuse freshman in program history … finished with a team-best 68 points on 36 goals and 32 assists … ranks third in program history for a freshman with 68 points, fourth in freshman-season goals (36) and third in rookie assists (32) … led all freshman in the country in total points and ranked second in individual man-up goals with 10, trailing only teammate Jackson Birtwistle (11) … scored on 34 percent of his shots, putting 75 of his 106 chances on cage (.708) … scored at least one point in every game this season, including a career-best 11 points (4g, 5a) at No. 15 Princeton (April 8) … 11 points is tied for the most in a single game by a ‘Cuse freshman and tied for the fourth-most in a game by any player … capped freshman season with 14 multi-point games … finished the month of April with nine goals and 13 assists for 22 points … credited with the game-winning goal against Holy Cross (Feb. 12) … caused eight turnovers, most among non-defensive players this season, alongside 16 ground balls. High School:
2023 ACC Freshman of the Year
ACC Offensive Player of the Week (x2)
USILA All-America Third Team (2024)
USILA All-America Honorable Mention (2023)
Inside Lacrosse All-America Third Team (2024)
USA Lacrosse All-America Third Team (2024)
USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America Honorable Mention (2023)
USILA Team of the Week (x3)
Personal: Full name Joey Tyler Spallina … son of Mary Beth and Joe … father is the head coach of the Stony Brook University women's lacrosse team ... has four siblings, Jake, Brett, Alexa and Olivia … favorite athlete is Michael Jordan and favorite professional team is the New York Islanders … enjoys fishing, boating and wakeboarding … favorite food is chicken parmesan … greatest sports memory is winning the Long Island Championships with his brothers.
