Eight Teams, 48 Student-Athletes Earn ITA Academic Awards

Eight Teams, 48 Student-Athletes Earn ITA Academic Awards

TEMPE, Ariz. -- The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) released the 2017 All-Academic Teams and Scholar Athletes Tuesday and eight Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference programs and 48 student-athletes were recognized.

Austin College, Colorado College and Southwestern University were recognized as All-Academic teams on both the men's and women's side. The Texas Lutheran University men and Trinity University women were also recognized.

The Pirates made up 14 of the 48 athletes honored, while the 'Roos accounted for 13. Colorado College followed with nine scholar athletes, Trinity had six, Texas Lutheran had five and Schreiner rounded out the group with one.

The ITA All-Academic Team award is open to any ITA program that has a cumulative team grade point average of 3.20 or above (on a 4.00 scale). All varsity letter winners should be factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year (including fall 2016 and spring 2017).

In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status a player must meet the following criteria: 1.) be a varsity letter winner, 2.) have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year, and 3.) have been enrolled at their present school for at least 2 semesters (including freshman through senior year).

A list of the SCAC Scholar Athletes is below.

Men:

Austin College

Henry Preston Glasscock

Austin College

Kenneth Hardy

Austin College

Jeff Kubena

Austin College

Erik Meendsen

Austin College

Jacob Morgan

Austin College

Christopher Daniel Oxenreiter

Austin College

Safe Rahman

Colorado College

Jack Benham

Colorado College

Noah Forman

Colorado College

Jason Gutierrez

Colorado College

John Williams

Southwestern University

Niko Snovely

Southwestern University

Grant Gideon

Southwestern University

Will Ellis

Southwestern University

David Strong

Southwestern University

Neik Khansari

Southwestern University

Haluki Nakayama

Southwestern University

Alexis Dimanche

Southwestern University

Tyler Norman

Southwestern University

Austin Moninger

Texas Lutheran University

Connor Dunmore

Texas Lutheran University

Nick Roccaforte

Texas Lutheran University

Carlos Subealdea

Texas Lutheran University

Alex Talley

Trinity University

Kevin Lee

 

 

Women:

Austin College

Katie Barber

Austin College

Carlye Lide

Austin College

Brenna McCown

Austin College

Anna Sergiovanni

Austin College

Kirsten Weber

Austin College

Kate Willis

Colorado College

Annie Zlevor

Colorado College

Simone Hall

Colorado College

Maddie Cahill-Sanidas

Colorado College

Morgan Smith

Colorado College

Erica Salhus

Schreiner University

Kara Miller

Southwestern University

Emilie Moeller

Southwestern University

Julie Swets

Southwestern University

Nicole Wilson

Southwestern University

Maranda Kahl

Southwestern University

Mary Cardone

Texas Lutheran University

Megan Ingram

Trinity University

Ashley Debauge

Trinity University

Mary Kaffen

Trinity University

Zoe Kaffen

Trinity University

Marie Lutz

Trinity University

Elena Wilson