Men's Tennis Southern Conference

Elon's Pramote Malasitt Awarded NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Elon University's Pramote Malasitt (Bangkok, Thailand) was one of 58 spring sport participants awarded a postgraduate scholarship by the NCAA. The NCAA awarded 58 postgraduate scholarships of $7,500 each to 29 men and 29 women who participated in spring sports, which include baseball, equestrian, men's and women's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, women's rowing, softball, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's outdoor track and field, men's volleyball and women's water polo.

Malasitt, a men's tennis player, graduated summa cum laude from Elon in May with a final 3.92 cumulative grade-point average in computer science. Malasitt was was tabbed to the 2005 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America University Division Men's At-Large Second Team and was a two-time First Team Academic All-District selection. During his academic career at Elon, the 2005 Southern Conference TIAA-CREF Graduate Scholarship recipient was a six-time President's List honoree, two-time Dean's List student and eight-time Athletics Director's Honor Roll selection. A member of The National Dean's List, he has also been inducted into the Phi Beta Delta International Scholars, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics, Chi Alpha Sigma and Phi Eta Sigma national honor societies.


On the tennis court, Malasitt posted a 17-4 record at No. 1 singles and a 15-5 ledger at No. 1 doubles with partner Austin Fenn this spring. The team captain represented the Phoenix at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles all four years, compiling a 52-25 singles mark (.675) and a 58-18 doubles slate (.763) the past four springs while reaching first-team all-conference status at both singles and doubles all four seasons. During the 2005 campaign, he was a three-time Southern Conference Player of the Week, a TIAA-CREF Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week and the Southern Conference February Athlete of the Month.

Malasitt claimed victories over No. 1 singles players from both then-No. 25 North Carolina and then-No. 41 South Carolina this spring. Also this season, the two-time team MVP and two-time TIAA-CREF Academic All-Southern Conference selection was honored as an Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholar, the Buddy Hartsell/Don Bunch Southern Conference Sportsmanship Award recipient and the Stein H. Basnight Outstanding Elon Male Athlete of the Year.

To
qualify for an NCAA postgraduate scholarship, a student-athlete must have an overall grade-point average of 3.200 (on a 4.000 scale) or its equivalent, and must have performed with distinction as a member of the varsity team in the sport in which the student-athlete was nominated. The student-athlete must have behaved, both on and off the field, in a manner that has brought credit to the student-athlete, the institution and intercollegiate athletics. The student-athlete also must intend to continue academic work beyond the baccalaureate degree as a full-time or part-time graduate student.