2019: Yale’s Donald J. Reape Memorial Award for character, spirit, dedication, hard work and enthusiasm… Yale’s Brad Gano Memorial Award for mental and physical toughness… NEILA Academic All-Star… Finished 18th on Yale’s career assist list.
2018: Honorable mention All-Ivy League... Second Team NEILA All New England... Had 4 goals and 5 points in win at Brown... His 19 goals and 28 points were 5th best on the team... Played in every game.
2017: All-Ivy League Honorable Mention... Ivy League All-Tournament Team... Scored GWG in 4th overtime of Ivy semifinal win over Penn at New Haven... Career-high 3 goals and 4 points at Albany... Finished year with 12 goals and 23 assists... Had at least one assist in six straight games.
2016: Dan Casman Award winner for spirit and morale… 2-time Ivy-League Honor Roll…Played in 13 games … 6 goals and 6 points… Best game was at Bryant with 3-0-3.
Off the Field: Helps train local youth lacrosse players.
Before Yale: Won seven letters between lacrosse (four) and football (three) at Minisink Valley (Slate Hill, N.Y.)… Four-time All-American… Holds school and section records for career points… Lax Lesson''s 2015 Westchester/Hudson Valley Player of the Year… Two-time 845 Player of the Year… Named All-Section and All-Varsity 845 every season… Selected first-team All-Tri-State by MSH Varsity… Captained lacrosse team his junior and senior seasons… Helped lacrosse team to the first two section championships in school history… Captain of football team as a senior… Selected as Scholar-Athlete of the Week by Time Warner Cable… Made the high honor roll every marking period.
Personal: Joseph Sessa is the son of Barbara and Joseph Sessa… Grandparents were both athletes at NYU… Two uncles, Mike and Chris, wrestled at Penn State… Uncle, Mike, played lacrosse at Limestone.
