HIGH SCHOOL: Venturini was a three-year letterwinner at Allendale High School, graduating in 2010 ... spent the last season at NAPS ... led team to the 2008 conference title with a 17-3 record as a sophomore ... was a three-time all-conference honoree ... as a junior, was an all-area selection, the team MVP and served as the team captain ... as a senior, was named to the Western Michigan Dream Team, was a first-team Class B All-State honoree, was an all-area selection, was the team MVP and captain and was named Academic All-State ... led team to the district final as a senior ... averaged 26.6 points a game as a senior after averaging about 15 points a game as a junior ... also chipped in with five assists, four rebounds and four steals per game ... shot over 50.0 percent from the field and almost 40 percent from three-point range ... scored in double-figures in every game but one and scored over 30 points, including 42 against Kelloggsville, in seven games as a senior ... helped lead his AAU team, the West Michigan Lakers, to the Chicago Summer Slam Championship in 2010 ... also was a first-team all-conference selection in golf as a senior ... was the student congress Vice-President, was top 10 in his class and graduated NAPS with honors and the Iron Mike Award.

MISCELLANEOUS: Son of Marcello and Sandra Venturini ... brother, Aaron, graduated from the Naval Academy in 2009.

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