Kevin Massa '15
Men's Lacrosse
Hall of Fame Class of 2021
Considered the best-ever face-off man in college lacrosse history, All-American Kevin Massa ‘15 set several school records during his career at Bryant including 1,118 career face-off wins and 755 ground balls. During his career, Massa helped elevate Bryant University lacrosse on the national stage with several brilliant performances in the NCAA tournament. As a sophomore, Massa went 22-of-23 at the faceoff with eight ground balls in Bryant’s first-ever NCAA tournament appearance at top-ranked Syracuse in the Carrier Dome.
A year later, in a rematch at Syracuse, seeded second nationally, Massa won 14-of-23 face-offs to help lead the Bulldogs to a first-round upset of the Orange and advance to the NCAA quarterfinals. The first four-time all-conference selection in Northeast Conference history, Massa was a three-time all-American selection and two-time NEC Player of the Year. He concluded his career with several NCAA records, including: career faceoffs won (1,118), career faceoffs taken (1,639), career ground balls (755), career ground balls per game (9.93), single-season ground balls (231), single-season ground balls per game (12.16), single-game faceoff winning percentage (1.000).
As a senior, Massa helped lead Bryant to a third straight NEC Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance, winning 241-of-360 faceoffs (66.9 percent) with 160 groundballs.
