SKILLMAN, N.J. - The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference had seven teams earn Intercollegiate Tennis Association honors in 2008-09. A total of 38 men's and women's student-athletes were also named Division III Scholar-Athletes.
To earn ITA All-Academic Team honors a team must maintain a cumulative grade-point average of 3.20 on a 4.0 scale.
Women's teams that earned ITA All-Academic Team honors included the Centre College Colonels, DePauw University Tigers, Millsaps College Majors, Rhodes College Lynx and the Trinity University Tigers.
The lone men's team to earn All-Academic Team laurels was Rhodes.
Indvidually 14 men's student-athletes and 24 women's student athletes earned ITA Scholar-Athlete distinction. 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).
Those who earned Scholar-Athlete honors include:
Birmingham-Southern
1). Kate Lambert
Centre
1). Joran Fitch
2). Karolyn Hays
3). Lizzy Jones
4). Meredith Mayfield
5). Erin Sliney
6). Sarah Swauger
DePauw
1). Kelly Gebert
2). Kristine Lewry
Millsaps
1). Beth Fossen
2). Campbell Hughes
3). Mimi Nguyen
4). Ashley Rivera
5). Shelby White
6). Allison Zakaras
Rhodes
1). Stan Badger
2). Ryley Erhardt
3). Sarah Gochnauer
4). Aya Kato
5). Grayson Lucas
6). Carolina Sanchez
7). Taylor Simmons
8). Tyler Snedden
9). Lacy Ward
10). Chris Yates
Sewanee
1). Charlie Boyd
2). Jordan Casey
3). Wyatt Harper
4). Jay Hill
Trinity
1). Katie Griffith
2). Andrew Hoing
3). Erin Jamison
4). Kelsie Lawson
5). David Lesko
6). Brett Mays
7). Kathryn Poettcker
8). Kassie Seger
9). Laura Steinmetz
To view the entire 2008-09 ITA All-Academic teams/Scholar-Athletes, click here.
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