May 25, 2006

LAS VEGAS - UNLV senior Romain Massaro was one of four Rebel student-athletes voted to a CoSIDA Academic Team, the organization of sport information directors announced May 25.

A native of Paris, France, Massaro was named to the Men's At-Large Academic All-District Second Team after he was named UNLV's Most Outstanding Male Scholar-Athlete earlier this month.

A four-year starter on the nationally ranked Rebel tennis team, he posted a personal-best doubles mark of 17-8 this season and finished his career with 47 singles victories.

The tennis team's representative on the UNLV Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, Massaro is a three-time Academic All-MWC and ITA Scholar-Athlete honoree and boasts a 3.87 GPA in communication studies.

He is only the third Rebel men's player to be voted to a CoSIDA district or national academic honor and the first since Asaf Tishler in 1999. Roger Petterson was the other past honoree in 1996.

The at-large all-district team represents the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis, volleyball, water polo and wrestling. Student-athletes must be in at least their second season, hold a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.20 and be a starter or important reserve to be eligible.

District VIII is made up of schools in California, Hawaii, Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada and Utah.