Stephen Polito
Stephen Polito
Height: 5-5
Year: Jr
Hometown: Worcester, Mass.
High School: Doherty Memorial
Major: Graphic Design

2009:
NE-10 All-Conference Second Team
NE-10 Academic All-Conference
Fourth overall at Bryant Invitational. Placed 21st at UMass-Dartmouth Invitational. Tenth at USI Pre-National Invitational. Placed 8th at NE-10 Championship to earn a selection to the All-Conference Second Team. Finished 34th overall at New England Championship. Placed 18th at NCAA Division II East Regional meet. Top Stonehill finisher at NCAA Championship, placing 62nd overall.

2008:
All-East Region Team
NE-10 Freshman of the Week (9/15)
NE-10 Weekly Honor Roll (9/15, 11/24)
Placed 6th in the 8k at the Tufts Invite (27:26). Placed 96th in the 8k at the Iona Meet of Champions (26:37). Placed 139th in the 8k at the New England Championships (26:38). Placed 16th overall in the 8k at the Northeast-10 Conference Championships (25:58), earning Third Team All-Conference accolades. Placed 12th in the 10k at the East Regional Championships (32:10), earning All-Regional accolades. Finished 110th in the 10k at the NCAA Championships (33:25).

High School:
2008 graduate of Doherty Memorial High School. Three-year letterwinner. Captained the team as a senior. Telegram and Gazette All-Star. Two-time Inter-high champion in cross country. Four-year letterwinner in indoor and outdoor track. Captained both teams as a junior and senior. National Honor Society member.

Personal:
Born December 31, 1989, Worcester, Mass. Son of Karen and Martin Polito of Worcester, Mass. Has one sister, Stephanie (16). Lists greatest sports moment as beating teammate Zach Lankow in the mile during his junior year of high school, when Zach was a senior. Supports the Worcester Tornados baseball team.