UMass Lowell Athletics

AS A FRESHMAN: Saw action in one game on the year, a 0-0 tie at LeMoyne.

MIDDLETOWN H.S.: Four-yearplayer for coachBill Siebert at Middletown H.S. • Two-time Middletown Press All-Area Team • Team captain as a senior • All-Northwest Conference selectionas a junior and senior• All-State selection as a senior • CGSCA Senior Bowl participant in 2007 • Voted team[apos]s Most Valuable Player and Most Consistent Player as a senior • Honored as a Northwest Conference All-Academic selection as a senior • Also played for the Oakwood Soccer Club out of Glastonbury, Conn.

PERSONAL: One of three children of Rebecca and Lou Tavana of Middletown, Conn. • Lists favorite professional teams as the New York Yankees, Miami Dolphins, Italian National Team and AS Roma • Influences include Francesco Totti, Gennaro Gattuso and Dan Marino • Majoring in business with hopes to one day own his own general contracting business.