====== Rollie Castineyra ======
  * **Player**
  * **Seasons:** [[season_2023-24|2023-24]], [[season_2024-25|2024-25]], [[season_2025-26|2025-26]]
  * **Number:** 44
  * **Position:** G
  * **Height:** 6' 2"
  * **Weight:** 187
  * **Hometown:** [[wp>Marblehead, Massachusetts|Marblehead MA]]
  * **High School:** (prep only)
  * **Prep School:** [[wp>St. John's Preparatory School (Massachusetts)|St. John’s Prep]] and [[wp>Phillips Exeter Academy]]
  * **Transfer From:** none
  * **Birthday:** ?

{{ ::castineyra_rollie_roster_photo_2025-26.png?direct&100|Rollie Castineyra roster photo 2025-26}}
===== At UMass =====
  * Verbally committed on 9/23/2022.((https://twitter.com/RollieCastiney3/status/1573443897203871772))  Signed on 5/8/23.((https://twitter.com/coachFMartin/status/1655679599139848192))((https://twitter.com/UMassMBB/status/1659264112960913410))
  * [[https://umassathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/rollie-castineyra/17451|Official roster page from UMass Athletics]]

==== 2025-26 Season ====
  * On the roster again, this time as a redshirt sophomore.

{{ ::castineyra_rollie_roster_photo_2024-25.jpg?direct&80|Rollie Castineyra roster photo 2024-25}}
==== 2024-25 Season ====
  * No official report on this, but apparently he took a redshirt year.((https://www.instagram.com/p/DH_8-kzPrjE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==))

==== 2023-24 Season ====
{{ ::castineyra_rollie_roster_photo_2023-24.jpg?direct&80|Rollie Castineyra pre-season roster photo 2023-24}}{{ ::castineyra_rollie_roster_photo_final_2023-24.jpg?direct&80|Rollie Castineyra final roster photo 2023-24}}
  * Youngest of the three walk-ons on the roster, only saw 17 total minutes of action, spread across 9 games
  * Saw 3 minutes of action in the win over [[game20231107_albany|Albany (11/7)]].  Put up a 3 but missed
  * Dished an assist to [[Daniel Hankins-Sanford]] in the win over [[game20231113_quinnipiac|Quinnipiac (11/13)]]
  * Got 2 minutes of PT in the win over [[game20231224_old_dominion|Old Dominion in Hawai'i (12/24)]].  Put up a 3 but missed
  * [[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/rollie-castineyra-2/gamelog/2024|Game logs]]
  * [[https://twitter.com/UMassMBB/status/1723078544329150570|Get To Know video]]

===== Stats =====
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|2023-24|9|0|17|0|2|.000|0|0|--|0|2|.000|0|0|--|0|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|1|0|

Additional data: [[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/rollie-castineyra-2.html|Sports Reference]]

[[https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Rollie-Castineyra/Bests/217045|Career highs from RealGM]]

===== Pre-UMass ====
  * High school years: Played at [[wp>St. John's Preparatory School (Massachusetts)|St. John’s Prep]] for two, then [[wp>Phillips Exeter Academy]] for two((https://www.itemlive.com/2023/05/30/marblehead-native-castineyra-headed-to-umass/))
  * Two-time Salem News all-star
  * Two-time Catholic Conference all-star
  * Senior team captain and All-NEPSAC honorable mention
  * Played for the [[https://middlesexmagic.com/|Middlesex Magic]] club on the UAA (Under Armour Association) circuit((https://www.itemlive.com/2023/05/30/marblehead-native-castineyra-headed-to-umass/))
  * Played at [[frank_martin|Frank Martin's]] camp while he was still coaching at [[opponent_south_carolina|South Carolina]]((https://www.itemlive.com/2023/05/30/marblehead-native-castineyra-headed-to-umass/))
  * 5/30/23: [[https://www.itemlive.com/2023/05/30/marblehead-native-castineyra-headed-to-umass/|Marblehead native Cantineyra headed to UMass]] (The Daily Item, Lynn MA)

===== Personal =====
  * Son to Rollie and Marie Castineyra, sister to Isabella
  * His father Rollie played at [[opponent_florida|Florida]] in the mid 1980s, appearing in 26 games, tallying 44 points and .447 shooting from the floor.((https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/rollie-castineyra-1.html))  Rollie Junior said he will wear number 44 at UMass to “keep the legacy going.”((https://www.itemlive.com/2023/05/30/marblehead-native-castineyra-headed-to-umass/))

===== External links =====
  * Twitter: [[https://twitter.com/RollieCastiney3|@RollieCastiney3]]
  * Instagram: [[https://www.instagram.com/rolliecastineyra/|@rolliecastineyra]]

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