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EASTON, Mass. (May 14, 2024) – Stonehill College men's tennis sophomore classmates Mark Kröll and Mateo Mallen were named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Team, the organization announced Tuesday afternoon.
Kröll is a Northeast Conference (NEC) Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll recipient pursuing a degree in International Business. The native of Hollabrunn, Austria, has posted a perfect 4.0 GPA over his first four semesters at Stonehill. On the court, Kröll registered a 7-17 overall record in singles while going 10-14 in doubles play throughout the season to lead the team. Kröll, alongside sophomore Donovan Rodrigues, paved the way for the Skyhawks in doubles competition, finishing the year with a team-best five victories.
Mallen earned CSC Academic All-District® honors for the first time during his collegiate career thus far. The sophomore out of Les Pennes-Mirabeau, France, finished the season with a 3-14 mark in singles while posting a 9-12 record in doubles competition for Stonehill. Mallen, an NEC Academic Honor Roll recipient, tallied six combined victories at the No. 2 slot of doubles play to lead the squad, four of which came alongside freshman Alexis Chastang.
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To be eligible, nominated student-athletes need to be in the lineup for 70% of matches that include team scoring, while registering a minimum 3.50 cumulative GPA.
About College Sports Communicators
College Sports Communicators (CSC) was founded in 1957 and is a 3,200+ member national association for strategic, creative, and digital communicators across intercollegiate athletics in the United States and Canada. The current name of the organization was adopted following a member-wide vote on Aug. 31, 2022.
From its founding in 1957 until the 2022 name change, the organization as known as College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
The name change signaled a major step in a larger strategic plan to highlight the association's evolution and expansion. The move better aligns with the association's membership makeup and further positions the organization to support and advocate for its members who serve in the communications, digital and creative sports industry, regardless of position or title.
The organization, which celebrated its 65th year during the 2021-22 academic year, is the second oldest management association in all intercollegiate athletics. College Sports Communicators became an affiliated partner with NACDA (National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics) in December of 2008.
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