2019-20 (Senior): Started all 30 games for American... Scored 13 points and grabbed eight boards against Holy Cross (2/29)... Matched career-high with three steals against the Crusaders... Set new career-high with three steals against Boston (2/23), adding seven rebounds and nine points... Proved to be a menace inside against Navy (2/19), gobbling up nine rebounds and adding a career-high four blocks... Went 5-of-6 from the free-throw line with 11 points against Loyola (2/12) ... Scored back-to-back buckets in crunch time to put Eagles ahead of Navy (2/5)... 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting, plus six boards, against the Midshipmen... 4-of-5 from the field against Lafayette (2/1)... 13 first-half points against Colgate (1/25), battling foul trouble to finish with 15 points and team-high eight rebounds, including six offensive boards... Second double-double in previous three games against Loyola (1/22)... Scored 16 points and grabbed a season-high 12 boards against the Greyhounds... Scored 13 points, making career-high seven free throws against Holy Cross (1/18)... Picked up a double-double with 10 points and 11 boards in win over Bucknell (1/15)... Scored season and team-high 19 points against Army (1/8)... Scored 12 first-half points against Colgate (1/2).. Team-high 17 points and eight FGs against Stony Brook (12/21)... Led AU with 13 points and nine rebounds at George Mason (12/7)
2018-19 (Junior): Started 27 starts of 28 games as a Junior… averaged 10.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game… scored in double figures 16 times… shot 50.2 percent from the field, 14.3 percent from the three-point range and 57.8 percent from the line… averaged 26.0 minutes per game… logged 17 points, three rebounds and two assists vs. Northwestern (11/12) … recorded a season-high of 21 points and added five rebounds and four assists against Loyola (Md.) (1/30).
2017-2018 (Sophomore): Patriot League Academic Honor Roll … Did not participate as a sophomore after a season-ending injury during training camp.
2016-17 (Freshman): Patriot League All-Rookie Team … Started in 29 of the 30 games at center as a freshman … averaged 11.7 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game … scored in double figures 19 times … shot 49 percent from the field, 26 percent from three and 55 percent from the line … recorded 19 points, eight rebounds and two assists against Wagner (11/22) … tallied 18 points, five rebounds and three blocks against Loyola (12/30) …completed his first collegiate double-double at Colgate (1/2) with 15 points and 10 rebounds … had a season-high of 20 points and three rebounds in 31 minutes against Lafayette (2/15).
High School: Played AAU for Mass Rivals under coach Vin Pastore… Attends Brimmer and May School in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts coached by Tom Nelson … He averaged 15.0 points, 9.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game as a junior … Gasperini was selected to the Third Team All-NEPSAC last year…with Mass Rivals, played in the Adidas Championship Game in Las Vegas, a game seen live on ESPN.
Personal: Son of Irina Gasperini … Born in Moscow, Russia.
Brennan on Gasperini: Mark is a highly skilled, mobile big man. He can make open threes, score on the block and is an adept passer. I believe he will be able to help us immediately. At the Brimmer and May School, under Coach Tom Nelson''s tutelage, he has developed a great deal over the course of his career and is poised for a big senior season.
