William & Mary Athletics

Honors
ITA Scholar-Athlete (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)
W&M Provost Award (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)

Graduate Season (2022-23)
Finished the year with an 11-11 record in singles … Went 7-3 during the fall in singles action and picked up four dual-match wins in the spring … Won twice at the No. 5 and two more times at No. 6 … Picked up a key win at No. 5 singles in the Tribe’s 4-3 victory over South Carolina State (1/21) … Notched a three-set win over Yanis Moudir of Old Dominion (2/18) … Won at No. 6 singles in the Tribe’s victory over James Madison (3/4) … Posted a victory at No. 5 on Senior Day against Navy (4/2) … Tallied six doubles wins with three in the fall and three in dual-match play … Won four matches with Alexander Karman, including three at No. 3 in dual-match play … Went 3-0 in singles and 3-0 in doubles at the Penn Invitational (9/16-18) … Won another three fall matches at the Richmond Open (9/23-25) … A W&M Provost Award winner … Selected to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll … A College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District selection … An ITA Scholar-Athlete pick.

Senior Season (2021-22)
Posted an 8-4 singles record, including a 3-2 dual-match mark … Was 1-0 at No. 5 and 2-2 at No. 6 … Rallied from a three-set win at No. 6 singles to clinch the Tribe’s 4-3 win over UAB (3/19) …Clinched win over Radford (2/13) with a win at No. 6 … Post a 3-0 mark at the Spider Invitational (10/8-9) … Went 12-8 in doubles action with Finbar Talcott, including a 9-7 mark at No. 3 doubles … Selected to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll … A W&M Provost Award winner … Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete.

Junior Season (2020-21)
Missed most of the season due to injury … Posted his lone singles win at No. 6 against Liberty (2/21) … Teamed with Finbar Talcott to post a pair of doubles victories … Named a W&M Provost Award winner … Selected to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll… Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete.

Sophomore Season (2019-20)
Led W&M with 17-7 singles record … Clinched win over Norfolk State with a win at No. 4 singles … Cemented W&M’s 5-2 win over reigning CAA Champion Elon with a three-set victory over Sam Dively at No. 6 … Went 2-0 during the dual-match season against CAA competition … Was 6-4 in dual-match play with a 4-1 mark at No. 6 … Notched wins at the No. 4 and No. 5 posts as well … Went 3-0 to close out the fall season at the Tribe Invitational … Topped the Tribe with an 11-3 singles mark during the fall … Was 11-8 in doubles action, including a 7-2 dual-match mark at No. 3 … Was 7-4 alongside Finbar Talcott in doubles, including a 6-2 leger at No. 3 … The pair clinched the doubles point in the win over Elon thanks to a triumph on line three …Won a pair of matches to advance to the third round of the ITA Atlantic Region Singles Championship … A W&M Provost Award winner … Selected to the CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll.

Freshman Season (2018-19)
Selected ITA Scholar-Athlete … A W&M Provost Award recipient … Named to the CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll … In CAA Semifinals with Finbar Talcott, earned a win over Elon duo at No. 3 … Concluded Virginia Tech invitational with wins in both singles and doubles action.

Prep
Ended 2017 ranked No. 24 in the USTA Junior Combined Boys 18 rankings and was ranked as high as No. 16 in 2018 … In the USTA Eastern Section, ranked No. 2 in the Boys 18 standing … Trained at the John McEnroe Tennis Academy … A five-star recruit by the Tennis Recruiting Network … Ranked as high as No. 28 by the junior tennis website in 2018 … Named the recipient of the USTA Eastern Henry Benisch Sportsmanship Award … A member of the USTA Junior Leadership Team … Competed in the 2018 National Spring Team Championships in Alabama … In 2017, won singles titles at a USTA National Level 2 Tournament in Minneapolis, Minn., in October and a USTA National Level 3 Tournament in Greensboro, N.C., in March … Claimed a USTA National Level 2 doubles Tournament in July 2017 in Midland, Mich. … Won six Eastern Section Empire Cup Doubles titles, including two in 2018 …Teamed with fellow Tribe signee Oren Vasser to win the both the Eastern Empire Cup National Doubles at GHRC in February of 2018 and the Eastern Empire Cup National Doubles at Ross School Tennis Center in 2017 … Advanced to the singles semifinals and the doubles final at the USTA National Level 2 Tournament in Glen Cove, N.Y., in February 2018 … Advanced to the singles round of 16 at the 2017 USTA Boys' 18 National Indoor Championships … Won four matches to earn a spot in the finals of the Eastern Super Six at RWTTC in January 2018 … Advanced to the finals before falling to fellow signee Jack Kelly in the USTA National Level 3 Tournament in Shreveport, La., in May 2017 … Played No. 1 singles at Syosset High School and went undefeated in regular season and post-season play … Named Most Outstanding Senior at Syosset in 2018 … Received academic achievement awards in AP Calculus AB … Participated in Project Advance (SUPA) Forensics and SUPA Spanish.
 
Personal
Son of John Pellerito and Elizabeth Maltin … Grandfather, Geoffrey Martin, swam at Columbia University … Earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from W&M in 2022 and his Master of Accounting in 2023.