SAINT LEO, Fla. – Following his South Region and National Rookie of the Year awards, freshman Bruno Faletto of the Saint Leo men's tennis team added All-American to his long list of accomplishments following his first season of collegiate competition. Faletto was named a men's singles All-American by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) after an impressive rookie campaign.

Faletto was joined on the list 20 All-Americans by three other Sunshine State Conference competitors including Pierre Montrieul and Alejandro Ibanez Gallego from Barry and Nicolo De Fraia of Rollins.

Faletto played in the No. 1 spot for the Lions during the Green and Gold's 16-10 season, advancing to the first round of NCAA Division II South Regional II. He helped Saint Leo reach its highest team national ranking of fourth in the country. In individual rankings, he tallied a season-high singles ranking of ninth on April 24. Faletto notched victories over three other All-Americans throughout the season including No. 3 Serdar Bojadjiev (West Florida), No. 12 Valetin Masse (Hawaii Pacific) and No. 13 Nico De Fraia (Rollins).

Faletto earned a 19-3 record in first singles and closed his freshman campaign ranked ninth in the ITA national poll with a 23.20 season average.

This marks the second-straight year the Lions have had a representative on the All-American squad after former Lions Thomas Grinberg and Vincent Suillerot were named to the list last season.

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