Eight Teams, 68 Student-Athletes Earn ITA Academic Awards

Eight Teams, 68 Student-Athletes Earn ITA Academic Awards

TEMPE, Ariz. -- The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) released the 2022 All-Academic Teams and Scholar Athletes Tuesday and eight Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference programs, and 68 student-athletes were recognized.

Colorado College, Schreiner University, Southwestern University and Trinity University were all recognized as All-Academic teams on both the men's and women's side.

Individually, Colorado College paced all SCAC honorees with 20, followed by Southwestern with 18, Trinity with 16 and Schreiner rounded out the impressive list of 68 total individuals with 14.

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 2021 and spring 2022) and must be listed on the institutional eligibility form.

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) and 3.) be listed on the institutional eligibility form. 

A list of the SCAC Scholar Athletes is below.

Men:

Colorado College
Jacob Adams
Jimmy Andrews
Nate Beerman
Nick Bishop
Jack Delafield
Joseph Dryer
Andrew Kaelin
Alex Kley
August Knox
Ty Kruger
Aiden Little
Lucas Pastor

Schreiner University
Jonathan Barragan
Mario Gallinar
Jsaon Harris
Jack Johns
Carson Kirk
Dennis Miller
Max Schechter
Daniel Garza

Southwestern University
Hunter Bajoit
Carlos Esteban Rodero 
Vesko Lekovic
Max Pearson
Hemanshu Ranbojun
Steven Tibbetts
Jared Burton
Daniel Haley

Trinity University 
Cameron Krimbill
Wilson Hamilton
Christian Settles
Allen Song
Hao Nguyen
Cal Hunter
Alessio Azzalini
Dalton Locke
Connor Whittington

Click here to see the full list of 2021-22 Division III Men's ITA Scholar-Athletes. 

Women:

Colorado College 
Avery Benko
Elise Chassman
Gracie Dereemer
Olivia Dicks
Elizabeth Girian
Gigi Jensen
Maddy Meister
Malia Rivera

Schreiner University
Kelsey Bishop
Barbara Cano
Blair Drought-Villarreal
Ayleen Garcia
Stefanie Madamba
Victoria Morales 

Southwestern University 
Chandler Vrba
Sara Le
Meeshti Shethia
Alli Ziehm
Nina Mitrofanova
Taylor Despriet
Sydney Wahl
Erika Synoski
Lydia Lee
Lauren Chisholm

Trinity University
Ella Cummings
Megan Flores
Constanza Gomez
Trinity Hatchett
Ellie Hughes
Jenna Lee
Samantha Miller 

Click here to see the full list of 2021-22 Division III Women's ITA Scholar-Athletes.

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