Justin Gallo
Justin Gallo
Title: Hall of Fame
Year: 2022

Justin Gallo (Men's Basketball) – Gallo played for the men's basketball program from 2006-2008 and helped guide the program to a two-year record of 51-11. Gallo played a vital role in the team's success during the program's historic 2007-08 season. 

In 2007-08, his senior season, Gallo averaged 21.8 points per game on 677 total points with 6.5 rebounds per game, leading the Vikings to a program-best 30-1 record, including 30 consecutive wins, before falling in the Region III Championship to SUNY Cobleskill, minutes away from a trip to the NJCAA Championship Tournament. The 2007-08 team finished the season as the nation's top-ranked program for the final 10 weeks of the season, another program record. 

In 2007-08, Gallo broke the single game scoring record with 40 points in the Vikings 97-87 win over Broome on Dec. 15, 2007. During that season, Gallo also became a member of the 1,000-point club. 

Gallo is also in the Vikings' top-5 all-time leaders with 106 total steals in a career. He is third all-time with 153 career three-point field goals made and is second all-time with 1,148 career points scored in 60 games played. He was named to the NJCAA Region 3 First Team twice and was named to the All-New York State Junior College First Team by the Basketball Coaches Association of New York (BCANY) and the NJCAA All-American Third Team in 2008. 

Gallo went on to become an All-American wide receiver at Union College, where he owns the record for 246 receiving yards in a single game and second most receiving yards in a single season with 1,178 yards. He is the program leader in most career yards and the all-time leader in receiving touchdowns with 34, including a single season record of 16 touchdowns in 2011, when he was honored as a 2011 AFCA Coaches & D3Football.com All-American.