Prior to West Point: Attended USMA Prep School for the 2011-12 season and played for head coach Tom Hansen ... earned four letters in lacrosse - three seasons at Smithtown West before playing his senior season at Farmingdale High School ... earned all-conference honors in 2011 and was named the Most Valuable Player at the Long Island Championship game in that same year ... part of New York State Class A champion Farmingdale as a senior ... garnered scholar-athlete honors four times.
Personal: Michael Joseph Perettine was born on Jan. 30, 1993, in Bethpage, N.Y. ... parents are Mike and Tina Perettine ... has two sisters - Cassie and Cailee ... Cassie is a freshman defender on Connecticut's women's lacrosse team ... high school teammate of fellow Army rookie Brandan Madarasz for three years at Smithtown West ... missed the majority of junior year at Smithtown West with a broken collar bone ... enjoys playing pick-up basketball, hunting, fishing and going to the beach ... claims to be extremely superstitious ... major is undeclared.
