John Palladino Class: RS Senior Hometown: Spokane, WA High School: Central Valley Height: 6-1 Position: Midfielder/Defender Birthdate: 07/16/1984 Experience: 3V

High School: Attended Spokane's Central Valley High earning four varsity letters for coach Brandon Deyaruria...earned first team All-Greater Spokane League honors as a sophomore, junior and senior...led the GSL with 17 goals during senior season...team offensive MVP in 2003...GSL Offensive Player of the Year in 2003.

John Palladino's Collegiate Career FRESHMAN (2003): Played for the Spokane Shadow of the USL Premier Developmental League...started 12 of 16 appearances, playing 1,181 minutes...had a pair of assists...Shadow finished 14-3-1, losing PDL Western Conference semifinal to the Fresno Fuego 1-0...one of four players to start all 17 matches for Gonzaga...scored his lone goal of the season against Fresno State in 2-1 setback in Goal Rush Classic hosted by FSU, his tally giving Gonzaga a 1-0 halftime lead...first collegiate point came on assist against Cal State-Monterey Bay on second goal in 2-0 win...also had an assist on goal that sent match to overtime in 3-2 loss to Portland...named West Coast Conference honorable mention.

SOPHOMORE (2004):Played for Spokane Shadow of the USL Premier Developmental League...started all 11 of his appearances, playing 828 minutes...had a goal and an assist for 3 points...earned All-PDL honors... Shadow went 11-5-1, tying Cascade for the Northwest Division of the PDL with 34 points, but lost tiebreaker and was seeded No. 2 into Western Conference semifinals...lost semifinal match to Orange County Blue Stars 3-2 in overtime in match played in Fresno, Calif...played in 18 matches with 17 starts for Gonzaga...missed home matches against Loyola Marymount and San Diego while sitting out a result of receiving a second red card...lone point of the season came on an assist in 3-1 win over Sacramento State in the Nike Invitational hosted by Portland...took 24 shots, 10 on goal...earned All-West Coast Conference honorable mention.

JUNIOR (2005): Redshirted after suffering torn anterior cruciate ligament while playing for the Boulder Rapids Reserve in the Premiere Developmental League in May...played in just one match prior to injury.

JUNIOR (2006): Returned to action and became an immediate offensive threat, scoring first Gonzaga goal of the season in 4-1 win over UNLV...second on the team in shots with 43, finishing with 5 goals and 2 assists for 12 points to tie for second on team in scoring...scored a pair of goals against host Oregon State in Stephen Hensor/Joe Zaher Classic, his first two-goal match, in 4-1 win for tourney title...final two goals came late in season in back-to-back matches at Washington and at home against San Francisco...scored lone goal against UW in 2-1 setback and gave Gonzaga early 1-0 lead over 16th-ranked USF in 2-1 double overtime win...43 shots for the season tied George Josten (2005) for seventh, 81 career shots tied for seventh with Jason Adams (1991-94)...named to West Coast Conference second team.

Misc.: Born 7-16-84...3.5 high school GPA.