A Regis faculty member since 2013, Mr. Masters serves as the sixth through eighth grade religion teacher in Middle School. He holds a bachelor's degree from Texas A&M University and an MLA from the University of St. Thomas. He has over 15 years of teaching experience. Mr. Masters loves teaching the Catholic faith in all its majesty and glory to the students.

When not in class or on the soccer pitch, Mr. Masters enjoys reading about theology and history, grilling, spending time with his wife, Rey­­na, and playing sports with his three sons, Liam, Oliver, and Finian. 

Q: What is special about working at an all-boys school?

A: I think it is helping them become gentlemen in the Sacred Heart tradition. I enjoy that I get to help them become young men of sacrifice and reparation and have a duty and obligation to first God and then their families and friends.

Q: Which of the five Sacred Heart Goals inspires you the most?

A: Goal I – a personal and active faith in God. It's fundamental to not only this school but how we live. With faith in God, everything else trickles down.

Q: What do you love most about Regis?

A: All of it! I love teaching the boys, the camaraderie amongst the faculty and staff, and being able to share my faith with the boys. I enjoy going to the chapel with them and playing soccer on the field. It's a fantastic place.

Q: What's your favorite place on campus?

A: It's got to be the chapel. When you go there, you feel our Lord's presence. It doesn't matter if you spend five minutes or an hour in there, you get to spend time with Him.

Q: What is your favorite Regis school event or tradition?

A: It's got to be El Clasico – the annual faculty versus eighth grade boys soccer match. The boys really get into it, maybe even more than we, as the faculty, do. Leading up to it, they're talking about their lineups, rosters, and who will play what position. I think it's great that the boys love it. Mr. Ripoll and I helped start this annual tradition, and we have been doing it for 10 years now. We have a love for soccer, and we enjoy sharing it with the boys.

Q: If you could take your students on a field trip anywhere, where would you take them?

A: I think it would have to be Ireland, in particular, the Croagh Patrick (Mountain of Saint Patrick). I visited it 15 years ago, and it's a pilgrimage up to the top of the mountain where Saint Patrick spent 40 days and 40 nights fasting and hiking the path. What I loved about my time there was realizing all these people, all walks of life, young and old, were all hiking the same mountain as Saint Patrick, who brought Catholicism to Ireland. It's breathtaking. I think the boys would benefit from an experience like that, from the physical act of walking a pilgrimage and combining it with the spiritual aspect.

Q: What have you learned from your students?

A: I have learned patience and humility.

Q: What song do you know all the words to?

A: Salve Regina…in Latin. But I am a music fan and enjoy listening to classical music when possible.

Q: What was your first car:

A: A 1986 Honda Prelude. I loved it. It even had a sunroof.

Q: What would students be surprised to learn about you?

A: Before working at Regis, I used to have long hair down to my shoulders.

Q: If you could travel back in time and live, what period of history would you choose?

A: It would have to be the Middle Ages because it was the age of faith. You know, you had all these cathedrals being built and the local village life. Everything revolved around God, you know.

Q: If you could eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?

A: A bone-in ribeye steak cooked rare with grilled asparagus and blue cheese garlic mashed potatoes.