Rafa Serra

Height:
6-1
Class:
Fifth Year
Hometown:
Burlington, N.C.
Prev School:
Wichita State

Honors & Awards
2024 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete
2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2024 All-Big South First Team Doubles
2023 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete
2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2023 All-Big South Second Team Doubles
2022 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete
2021 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete

2023-24 Season (Fifth) - Earned 11 wins in singles play including three in conference, with two wins at No. 5 and nine wins at No. 6...Went 11-5 at No. 1 doubles with Jon Brann Reid to earn First Team All-Conference honors in doubles play....2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection...2024 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete.

2022-23 Season (Senior) - Won nine doubles matches on the year...Won one matched teamed up with his brother Bruno...while winning eight matches at No. 1 teamed up with Jon Brann Reid...Won four singles matches on the season...Picked up two wins each at No. 5 and No. 6...Earned Second Team All-Conference Doubles honors with Jon Brann Reid...Was also named Academic All-District by College Sports Communicators...Named an Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete.

2021-22 Season (Junior) - In his second season with the Bulldogs, Serra went 6-4 as a singles player playing mainly in the No. 5 and 6 flights for Asheville...Won singles bouts against North Carolina Central, Emmanuel, UNC Greensboro, North Florida, North Carolina A&T, and Hampton...Teamed with his brother Bruno for a 5-6 record in doubles...The Serras had a three-game winning streak against South Carolina State, ETSU, and North Carolina A&T in the middle of the season.

2020-21 Season (Sophomore) - Competed in one singles match, while posting a 5-6 record in doubles action ... Picked up three wins in the No. 2 flight, while going 2-0 at No. 3 ... Earned a 6-0 doubles victory against Chattanooga ... 6-2 doubles win against Presbyterian helped earn a 4-3 victory.

Prior to UNC Asheville - Competed at Wichita State ... Two-time state champion in high school...Brother, Bruno, plays for Asheville as well.