Accolades:
Basketball Times NCAA DIII Preseason All-American: 2021
D3hoops.com 1st Team All-Region: 2021
D3hoops.com 2nd Team All-Region: 2020
NABC Honors Court: 2021
NABC 2nd Team All-Region: 2020
GNAC Player of the Year: 2020
MMBCWA Player of the Year: 2019, 2020
MMBCWA First Team All-State: 2019, 2020
GNAC Player of the Year: 2020
All-Conference 1st Team: 2019, 2020
MMBCWA Rookie of the Year: 2018
MMBCWA All-Rookie Team: 2018
GNAC Rookie of the Week: 11/19/2017, 11/26/2017, 12/12/17, 2/12/2018
GNAC Honor Roll: 12/4/2017, 12/11/2017, 1/2/2018, 11/11/2018, 11/19/2018, 11/27/2018, 12/3/2018, 12/31/2018, 1/14/2019, 2/18/2019, 1/6/2020, 1/13/2020, 1/20/2020
GNAC Player of the Week: 12/10/18, 12/31/2018, 1/21/2019, 1/28/2019, 11/25/2019, 12/9/2019, 1/27/2020, 2/17/2020, 2/24/2020
MMBCWA Rookie of the Week: 2/5/2018, 2/12/2018
MMBCWA Player of the Week: 11/24/2018, 12/3/2018, 12/10/2018, 1/21/2019, 2/18/2019, 11/25/2019, 12/9/2019, 1/6/2020, 1/27/2020, 2/17/2020, 2/24/2020
MMBCWA Honor Roll: 12/31/2018, 1/28/2019, 2/25/2019, 1/13/2020
GNAC All-Academic: 2019, 2021
CoSIDA Academic All-District: 2020
D3hoops.com Team of the Week: 2/24/2020

2019-20: Played in 25 games with 24 starts as a junior guard…averaged 34.2 minutes per contest while netting 26.0 points per game…also contributed 9.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists per contest…shot 49.9% (221-443) from the field, 79.4% (135-170) from the free-throw line, and 36.8% (74-201) from three-point range…selected as the GNAC Player of the Year after leading the conference in scoring, field goals made (221), free throws made (135), and points (651)…also ranked second in the league in defensive rebounds (213), third in three-pointers made (74), fifth in rebounding, sixth in assists average and total rebounds (230), and eighth in both assists (87) and FT%...surpassed the 30-point mark on 10 different occasions and topped 40 points three times…was named D3hoops.com 2nd Team All-Region, NABC 2nd Team All-Region, GNAC Player of the Year, First Team All-Conference, and CoSIDA Academic All-District…selected as the GNAC Player of the Week three times, MMBCWA Player of the Week four times, and listed on the D3hoops.com Team of the Week on February 24th…became the 42nd Saint Joseph’s men’s basketball player to reach the 1,000-point plateau and was the third fastest to hit the milestone in team history when he surpassed the mark on November 26th vs University of Maine-Farmington…averaged 34.0 points, 9.5 rebounds and 4.3 assists during the Monks' final four regular-season contests, as SJC went 4-0 down the stretch to lock down the No. 5 seed in the GNAC Tournament…capped the 2019-20 season ranked ninth in NCAA DIII Men's Basketball in scoring average and 11th in total points…also ranked seventh in the nation in defensive rebounds per game (8.52) and 15th in field goals made (221)…posted the second-highest scoring average in program history and notched top-10 numbers in seven other single-season categories, including rebounding average (9.2, 4th), points (651, 5th), three-pointers attempted (201, 6th), free throws made (135, 7th), field goals made (221, 8th), rebounds (230, 9th), field goals attempted (443, 10th), and three-pointers made (74, 10th)…led the Monks in scoring in 17 different games and was the team’s top rebounder in 18 contests…kicked off the campaign with 23 points at Colby-Sawyer on November 9th…picked up his first double-double of the year 11 days later with 15 points and 11 boards versus University of New England…pulled down a career-high 19 rebounds and netted 31 points with seven assists in a win over Husson on November 23rd…netted 33 with 10 rebounds against USM on December 1st…was 11-14 from the floor with 31 points and eight caroms in an 87-74 triumph over Plymouth State three days later…dropped 32 points with 11 rebounds in a victory against Rivier University on January 3rd…tallied 28 points and 16 boards in an 81-72 win at Maine Maritime four days later…scored 45 points while shooting 14-19 from the floor – including a 5-8 effort from three-point distance - and 12-12 from the FT line in a victory at Bowdoin College on January 13th…scored 30 points with 11 rebounds at Thomas on January 15th…poured in a career-high 48 points with 13 rebounds in an overtime setback at Albertus Magnus on January 25th…totaled 26 points and 15 boards in a conference win at Rivier four days later…tallied 33 points and 10 rebounds with seven assists in a 90-81 triumph over GNAC rival Emmanuel on February 12th…netted 39 points with nine caroms in an important GNAC win at Suffolk six days later…poured in 42 points on 15-26 shooting with six rebounds and five assists in an 88-70 victory over Lasell on February 22nd…heads into his senior season tied atop the Monks' all-time scoring average list with 20.5 PPG (Carl Howell '99) and currently ranks among the program's career leaders in three-pointers attempted (572, 3rd), rebounding average (7.9, 3rd), three-pointers made (224, 4th), points (1,581, 7th), three-point percentage (39.2%, 8th), field goals attempted (1,115, 9th), field goals made (542, 10th), free-throw percentage (76.7%, 12th), rebounds (612, 14th), and free throws made (273, 14th).

2018-19: Played in 26 games as a sophomore and started in 25...averaged 34.2 minutes per game...averaged 24.1 points per game on 52.7% shooting from the field and a 72.9% shooting from three-point range…finished second in the GNAC is points per game (24.1)…also averaged an impressive nine rebounds per game while adding 3.8 assists per game…was named MMBCWA player of the Year for his 2019 campaign…honored with MMBCWA First Team All-State… GNAC 1st Team All-Conference for the first time…made the GNAC honor roll four times during the 2019-20 campaign…GNAC Player of the Week four times during the weeks of 12/10/2018, 12/31/2018,  1/21/2019, 1/28/2019…made MMBCWA Honor Roll three times and took home the MMBCWA Player of the Week honors five times during his sophomore season…earned GNAC Academic All-Conference honors for the first time…scored a season high 37 points on 66.7% shooting from the field and making 5-7 three-pointers, also added nine rebounds and three assists in the Monks victory on Jan. 19th over Johnson and Wales University (RI)…recorded a double-double on Feb. 2nd in a win over Emmanuel College, had a season high 15 rebounds while also chipping in 22 points and three assists.

2017-18: Played in all 26 games as a freshman forward…logged 25.2 minutes per game…averaged 11.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per contest while shooting 40.1% (105-262) from the field, 33.3% (50-150) from three-point distance, and 77.2% (44-57) from the free throw line…named as the MMBCWA Rookie of the Year and garnered GNAC Rookie of the Week honors on four occasions…kicked off his collegiate career with four points and five assists in a win at Maine Maritime on November 15th…scored a season-high 20 points with seven rebounds versus Husson three days later…posted his first career double-double with 11 points and 15 boards versus UMaine-Farmington on November 21st…was 5-9 from downtown with 18 points against Suffolk University on December 2nd…added 19 points and five caroms in a win over Rivier nine days later…netted 19 points with eight rebounds in a win over University of New England on December 30th…scored 18 points with nine boards at Johnson & Wales on February 1st…notched his second double-double of the season with 17 points and 11 rebounds at Albertus Magnus College on February 10th…capped his freshman season with 304 points, 147 rebounds, and 43 assists.

High School: Played three years of varsity basketball for Dan Costigan and Ryan Soucie at Cheverus High School...garnered SMAA Player of the Year, Maine McDonald's All Star, and All-State honors...averaged 20 points, 8.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists as a senior...also earned SMAA honors as a sophomore and junior...also played football and baseball.

Personal: John Anthony Casale, born in Portland, Maine...son of Fred and Stacey Casale...majoring in Accounting in Finance.