As a Junior in 2001-02: Led the Minutemen in scoring during the outdoor season with 55 points ... Finished second in the shot put (52-0 1/2) and fifth in the discus (142-10) at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships ... At the New England Outdoor meet, he was fourth in the shot put (52-0) ... Placed 21st in the shot put at the IC4A Outdoor meet (48-11) ... Won the shot put at New Hampshire’s Wildcat Invitational with a career-best throw of 52-10, a mark that ranked as the fifth-best outdoor effort in school history ... Also won the shot put at the Southern Connecticut State Invitational (52-1) ... At the A-10 Indoor Championships, he placed second in the shot put with a season-best throw of 51-2 1/4 ... Was eighth in the shot at the New England Indoor Championships (50-0 3/4) ... Second-leading scorer during indoor season with 37 points ... As a Sophomore in 2000-01: Placed second in the shot put at the A-10 Indoor Championships (48-10) and was seventh in the 35-lb. Weight throw (34-11 1/4) ... At the A-10 Outdoor, he was third in the shot (49-11) and fifth in the discus (131-5) ... Placed seventh in the shot put at the New England Outdoor Championships (49-7) ... Won the shot put title at the Yale Invitational ... As a Freshman in 1999-2000: Threw a then-personal-best 48-6 and placed seventh in the shot at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships ... Placed eighth in the shot at the New England Championships ... Before UMass: Captain of track team as a senior at Haverhill (Mass.) H.S. ... Named All-State in both indoor and outdoor track as a senior in 1999 ... Also lettered three years in football ... Team MVP as a senior ... Member of Class A outdoor state championship team as a junior ... Personal: Full name is Eric Nicholas Uliano ... Majoring in Sociology ... Born July 10, 1981, in Haverhill, Mass. ... Son of Cornelia and Emil Uliano, Jr. |
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