State's Ambert Named First-Team, All-SEC For Third Straight Season
A junior, Ambert represented State on the conference's first-team squad for the third season in a row. He is the first Bulldog ever to earn first-team honors in each of his first three seasons at State. A native of Toulouse, France, he is currently ranked 17th nationally in singles, having posted a 14-7 overall mark, 8-3 in SEC contests.
The all-American, named 2002's Intercollegiate Tennis Association Player of the Year, has compiled career records of 78-29 in singles and 52-34 in doubles. After just three seasons of play, he needs only four more singles victories to crack State's top 10 list in that category. He is 27 triumphs away from making the list for overall wins (singles and doubles combined).
"We are extremely proud of Romain for being named first-team, all-SEC," MSU head coach Sylvain Guichard said. "To be the first player in our history to do that in his first three seasons says a lot because we have had some great players who never did that."
Ambert's 2003 honor marks the 14th-consecutive season that State has had at least one student-athlete selected to the all-SEC men's tennis squad.