Hobart and William Smith Colleges Athletics

A versatile athlete, Nick Iorio played basketball, football and lacrosse at Hobart, lettering in basketball and lacrosse.

A three-year letterman in lacrosse, he was a central figure on the 1937 team that outscored its opposition 112-44. A year later, Iorio served as a captain, guiding the Statesmen to an undefeated season and earning a spot on the USILA All-America second team. During his collegiate career, the stickmen went 24-5 for an .828 winning percentage.

Also a three-year letterman on the hardwood, Iorio played on the first Hobart team to post consecutive winning seasons, going 8-7 in 1935-36 and 6-5 in 1936-37. A staunch defender, he is best remembered for shutting down the College of Wooster’s leading scorer during his senior season.

The Chimera society member earned a bachelor’s degree in the arts. He moved to Cobleskill, N.Y., where he built his reputation around education and service. Iorio worked at SUNY Cobleskill as the athletics director, establishing the men›s lacrosse program, and later as dean of students. He had such an impact on the wider campus community that the Albert “Nick” Iorio Community Service Scholarship was established in his honor. Iorio served as the mayor of Cobleskill form 1987 until he retired in 1990. Youth programs became a hallmark of his time in public office. Today a park bears his name just off the town’s Main Street. He was inducted into the SUNY Cobleskill Athletics Hall of Fame in 1994.

A native of Medina, N.Y., Iorio passed away Nov. 8, 1990, at the age of 76.