Nichols College Athletics

Pio was a four-time New England Intercollegiate Golf Association (NEIGA) All-New England selection. Following his senior campaign, he was named a Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar, an honored bestowed upon on 60 Division III golfers nationwide. Pio was the only representative from the TCCC.
 
Pio claimed the ECAC Division III Championship and the TCCC Championship individual titles in his senior campaign, winning the TCCC title for the second time in his career. He was a PING Division III Third Team All-American and All-Region honoree, becoming the school's first All-American in any sport in over five years in 2009.
 
In 2008, he led the Bison to the program's first-ever NEIGA Division III title with a career-best eighth-place finish on the individual leaderboard. In 2007, Pio led Nichols to the TCCC Team Championship title while winning the Individual title as a sophomore.
 
In 49 career events, Pio finished in the top-10 on 42 occasions, the top five in 28 events, and placed first 13 times. He finished in the top-10 in all eight fall matches in 2009, and medaled at the Trinity Invitational for the second-consecutive year. Pio earned the College's Hal Chalmers Memorial Athletic Award for Dedication and Sportsmanship this spring and was named the Nichols College Sophomore (2008) and Junior (2009) Male Athlete of the Year.
 
Pio volunteered his time with the Catch the Spirit Golf Clinic at Longmeadow Country Club and with Relay for Life. He was also a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Council.