Southwestern's Ziehm Earns SCAC Women's Tennis Elite 19 Award

Southwestern's Ziehm Earns SCAC Women's Tennis Elite 19 Award

SUWANEE, Ga. -- In an announcement made today from conference headquarters, Southwestern University's Alli Ziehm was named the 2023 SCAC Women's Tennis Elite 19 award winner.

Ziehm, a senior from Little Elm, Texas, currently holds a 3.840 GPA in Biology and Communication Studies and earned Second Team All-SCAC honors this season. She finished the season with a 13-3 mark primarily at the No. 6 singles line, which included earning All-Tournament honors at this year's conference championship.

Along with Steven Tibbetts on the men's side, Southwestern swept both Elite 19 tennis awards this spring - giving the institution its 22nd and 23rd all-time winners of the award, the most of any SCAC institution. and the third and fourth Pirate this academic year, joining Emma White who won the Volleyball Elite 19 honor in the fall and Sam Anderson who won the Men's Swimming & Diving Elite 19 honor in the winter.

Established prior to the 2018-19 academic year and meant to recognize the best of the best within each conference sponsored-sport as it relates to both academic and athletic achievement, the SCAC Elite 19 is awarded to the student-athlete who has completed the equivalent of at least 60 credit hours at his or her current institution and has at least a cumulative 3.25 GPA. The student-athlete must also have earned All-SCAC First or Second Team honors in his/her sport for that particular season.

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