Joe Vasta

Joe Vasta is an American lacrosse player who starred for the United States Air Force Academy from 1983 to 1986 and was named an All-American. For more than twenty years he held the NCAA record as the all-time leading scorer in college lacrosse, until Duke's Matt Danowski passed him in 2008, and he remains tenth on the Division I career points list. He is one of only six NCAA players to reach 150 career goals and 150 career assists, and his 108 points in 1986 rank twelfth on the single season list. A two-time team captain and most valuable player, he was a four-time all-Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League selection and holds Air Force career records for points (343) and assists (170). He was inducted into the Air Force Athletics Hall of Fame in 2024 and later coached lacrosse in the Kansas City area.