Triple Threat: Siblings Graduate Seton Hall Together

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Roseland residents Leo, Anthony and Adrianna Bertoldi have a unique graduation day story to tell: they are the only known triplets to graduate on the same day at Seton Hall University.

When Seton Hall awarded degrees to 1,465 undergraduate students on Monday – the largest class in school history – the Bertoldi triplets took a concurrent walk into the history books as they claimed their diplomas.

But oddly enough, it wasn’t planned that way. According to the Bertoldis - who also became the first generation of their family to earn college degrees – their decisions to attend Seton Hall in South Orange all came via different paths.

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Adrianna, a nursing major, said that she didn't even know that her brothers applied to Seton Hall until she got her acceptance letter in the mail.

“They asked if their letters came and then told me they also applied, but later than I did,” she recalled. “To be honest, I wanted to go to school out of state.”

Anthony, a business administration major with a dual concentration in sport management and marketing, said that he chose Seton Hall because of its sports management program and its location near New York City.

Leo, the oldest of the trio by a few minutes and a history major, said that his decision to attend Seton Hall was based on a simple fact: they gave him the most money in scholarships.

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