Cornell University Athletics

2025 | SENIOR SEASON
Honorable mention All-CSFL selection … started all eight games … recorded 43 total tackles (29 solo, 14 assisted) and led the team with 12.0 tackles for loss … added 3.5 sacks, an interception, four pass breakups, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and two blocked kicks … posted nine tackles with 3.5 tackles for loss and a sack at Molloy … had seven tackles with two tackles for loss and a forced fumble against St. Thomas Aquinas … delivered a standout performance in the season finale at Penn with 2.5 tackles for loss, a sack, an interception and a blocked kick … recorded at least one tackle for loss in six contests on the season.

2024 | JUNIOR SEASON
Appeared in all seven games...had 26 solo tackles and 10 solo tackles...had four tackles for loss for 28 yards...had two sacks for 21 yards...had one pass breakup.

2023 | SOPHOMORE SEASON
Made 24 tackles over six games… had three tackles for a loss of yards… broke up one pass.

PRIOR TO CORNELL
DiDonato was a four-year member of the football program at Jackson Hole HS … earned all-state honors as a senior … also competed in hockey for two seasons.

PERSONAL
Alexei S. DiDonato is the son of Alina DiDonato and Glenn Pacchiana … has two sisters, Katya and Liza ’22, and ane brother, James… he is enrolled in the School of Hotel Administration.