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CIABATTI’S CAREER HIGHS
Punts     10, at FSU (9/12/15)
Yards     445, at FSU (9/12/15)
Avg        49.0, at SMU (11/15/14)
Long      68,  2X, last vs. at UConn (10/17/15)
I20         5, 2x, last at SMU (11/15/14)

2015 American Athletic All-Conference Second Team

2015 Ray Guy Award Watch List

2014 American Athletic All-Conference First Team

2013 American Athletic All-Academic Team

2012 BIG EAST All-Academic Team

2015:  A second-team all-conference selection…averaged 43.2 yards on 57 punts…downed 19 of those inside the 20-yard line, launching 15 punts 50 yards or farther…his 43.2 ypk average ranks second all-time at USF behind his own mark from 2014...2,465 punting yards are seventh-best mark at USF... ranked fourth in the conference in punting average...finished career as the USF all-time punting record holder…owns the career punting yardage mark with 8,333 yards and set the career average record with his 42.5 yards per kick average...landed 61 career punts inside the 20...had 36 career punts of 50+ yards...logged 196 career punts, the second-most in USF history...served as team captain...graduated in the spring of 2015...earned civil engineering degree with a 3.5 GPA in the spring.

2014:  A first-team American All-Conference selection, Ciabatti posted the best season punting in USF history…he ranked 10th among all FBS punters as his 44.4 yard average on 65 punts set a USF single season and led the AAC…named Special Teams MVP…his 2,888 punting yards rank fourth all-time in USF annals…led the conference with 22 punts downed inside the 20 and 16 punts of 50 yards or better…named CFPA National Punter of the Week after career-best 49.0 ypk average in 14-13 win at SMU (11/15)… downed all five punts inside the 20, tying a USF record, and he hit three 50+ yarders in a cold, continues mist…named AAC Player of the Week (9.22) after a 17-14 win over UConn (9/19) in which five of his six punts pinned the Huskies inside the 15 and he averaged 41.3 ypk in a pouring rain storm…lettered...earned his degree in civil engineering in the spring with a 3.5 grade-point average.

2013: In his first season as the starting punter, Ciabatti appeared in all 12 games...had 73 punts for a total of 2,937 yards and a 40.2- yard average, which ranked eighth in the AAC...73 punts and 2,937 yards rank as third-most in a season at USF...had a career long 68-yard punt in a win over Cincinnati (10/5), which ranks third best in USF history...downed 20 punts inside the 20-yard line and forced 20 fair catches.... totaled 14 punts of 50 yards or more... did not have a punt blocked...posted a career best 47.2-yard average on six punts vs. No. 18 Louisville (10/26)...punted a career-high nine times at Michigan State (9/7) and at UConn (10/12)...was tremendous in a win at UConn averaging 44.3 yards on nine punts, kicking three times from his own endzone in the second half and launching punts of 58, 53 and 54 yards and downed three punts inside the 20...averaged 40.1 yards on nine punts at Michigan State...downed a career-best four punts inside the 20 vs. SMU.

2012: Played in one game ... punted one time against Chattanooga for 43 yards.

2011: Redshirted.

HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Earl Garcia at Hillsborough ... a three-year letterman in football and a four-year letterman in soccer ... an all-county and all-Sun Coast performer ... went 9-of-13 on field goal attempts with a long of 50 as a senior ... also averaged 39.6 yards per punt with a long of 65.

PERSONAL: Has one brother, Andreas ... a member of the 2012 BIG EAST All-Academic team ... was an AP Scholar ... earned a spot on the Principal's Honor Roll ... a member of the National Honor Society ... spent time as a junior counselor at the Northdale Recreation Center ... earned his degree in civil engineering and currently pursuing a master's of business administration degree...a near scratch golfer.