Mark Fusco was a defenseman who played college hockey at Harvard alongside his brother Scott. In 1983 he was given the Hobey Baker Award as the top college hockey player in the country. In addition to his Olympic appearance in 1984, Fusco represented the US internationally at the 1981 World Junior Championships, the 1984 Canada Cup, and the 1985 World Championships. After the Sarajevo Olympics, he signed with the Hartford Whalers as a free agent and played two NHL seasons, retiring after 1985. He was inducted into the US Hockey Hall of Fame in 2002.