[1] Cornwall received a scholarship to attend Syracuse University and play for the Orange men's basketball team.
[1] He played a reserve role as a sophomore during the 1965–66 season behind guards Jim Boeheim and Dave Bing.
[2] His 88 percent mark set as a junior ranks third-best in program history after Jim Lee and Gerry McNamara.
[6] Cornwall also spent one season playing professionally in Holland,[2] and led the league in assists.
[8] Cornwall became a teacher and basketball coach at Harry S. Truman High School in Levittown, Pennsylvania, after his playing career ended.