Seven Teams, 63 Student-Athletes Earn ITA Academic Awards

Seven Teams, 63 Student-Athletes Earn ITA Academic Awards

TEMPE, Ariz. -- The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) released the 2023 All-Academic Teams and Scholar Athletes last week and seven Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference programs, and 63 student-athletes were recognized.

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

Individually, Colorado College paced all SCAC honorees with 21, followed by Southwestern with 16, Trinity with 15 and Schreiner rounded out the impressive list of 63 total individuals with 11.

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 2022 and spring 2023) 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
Nick Anderson
Jimmy Andrews
Nate Beerman
Nick Bishop
Jack Delafield
Andrew Kaelin
August Knox
Ty Kruger
Aiden Little
Lucas Pastor

Schreiner University
Jonathan Barragan
Austin Cervantes
Mario Gallinar
Jason Harris
Carson Kirk
Dennis Miller
Jackson Pogue
Max Schechter 

Southwestern University
Jared Burton
Bernardo Clemente
Ashton Ellis
Daniel Haley
Parth Patel
Steven Tibbetts

Trinity University 
Aashish Dhanani
Eric Liao
Connor Whittington
Dalton Locke 
Alessio Azzalini
Austin Lee 
Hao Nguyen
Allen Song

Click here to see the full list of 2022-23 Division III Men's ITA Scholar-Athletes. 

Women:

Colorado College 
Olivia Dicks
Elizabeth Girian
Magdalene Gonzales
Gigi Jensen
Maddy Meister
Lindsay Popeo
Malia Rivera
Rose Ryan
Ellie Schwab
Maddy Spark

Schreiner University
Blair Drought-Villarreal
Amy Lowe
Victoria Morales 

Southwestern University 
Lauren Chisholm
Taylor Despriet
Kimberly Duncan
Valeria Gracia
Lydia Lee
Daryl Locke
Nina Mitrofanova
Erika Synoski
Sydney Wahl
Alli Ziehm

Trinity University
Ella Cummings
Constanza Gomez
Trinity Hatchett
Elizabeth Hughes
Olivia Kim
Samantha Miller

Click here to see the full list of 2022-23 Division III Women's ITA Scholar-Athletes.

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