2017-18 (Senior): Started 26 games for the Big Red ... averaged 5.2 points and 4.7 rebounds per game ... recorded a career-high 16 points on 8-of-10 shooting against Capital on Dec. 12, 2017.
2016-17 (Junior): Was a key reserve in all 27 games ... shot a team-high 54.0 percent from the field ... averaged 2.6 points and 2.9 rebounds per game ... scored a career-high 12 points and grabbed five rebounds in win over Ohio Wesleyan on Jan. 5.
2015-16 (Sophomore): Played in 27 games ... averaged 7.6 minutes per game.
Personal: Economics major with a minor in anthropology/sociology ... son of Nina and John Vernasco ... father, John, played football at the University of Evansville ... member of the National Honor Society at Libertyville High School... member of the Denison Student Athlete Advisory Council and made the Dean's List in 2017.