PRIOR TO TUFTS: Attended St. Margaret's Episcopal School in San Juan Capistrano, CA...Represented the Tartans as a small forward in basketball all four years, a breast stroke and freestyle specialist in swimming for three years, and in LongBoard on surf team for four years...Played AAU basketball for Cal Sparks South...Was a captain of both the basketball and swimming teams...Earned Most Inspirational and Heart over Hardship Awards in basketball...Was a 2x All-Section and All-League honoree in basketball...2x All-League award winner in swimming...Career stats of 9 PPG and 8 RPG...Career-highs of 23 points and 17 rebounds...Helped basketball team to three sectional finals and two sectional championships in the CIF Southen Section...School record holder in 200 Free Relay...Helped swim team to 5th place finish in section finals...Head of School Honors all four years...1st place CIF All-Academic Team swim and dive.

PERSONAL: Parents Jonathan and Rebecca Tufo...Has one sibling, Heidi...Mother was on the swim team at Middlebury...Sister, Heidi, is a junior on the swim team at Middlebury...Undeclared major...Chose Tufts because "Tufts is a great fit for me as a person, academically and athletically. I really enjoyed meeting the players and other Tufts staff and students."