University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Men's and Women's Tennis Teams Earn ITA All-Academic Team Honors
7/17/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
HATTIESBURG, Miss. - The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) has announced the 2015 ITA All-Academic Teams and ITA Scholar-Athlete award winners.
Southern Miss men's and women's team were among the 451 schools earning the honor as well five Golden Eagles named among the 2,566 student-athletes receiving ITA Scholar-Athlete awards.
On the men's side, Alex Doleac, Mikhail Esipov and Wen-Po Tseng were named Scholar-Athletes while Carolin Drescher and Lisa Schneider garnered Scholar-Athlete honors for the women's team.
The ITA All-Academic Team award is open to any member program that has a cumulative team grade point average of 3.20 or above (on a 4.00 scale). All eligible student-athletes whose names appear on the NCAA, NAIA or Junior/Community College eligibility form and have competed in one or more varsity matches must average into the GPA for the current academic year (including fall 2014 and spring 2015).
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 thorough senior year).
All members of the 2015 ITA All-Academic Teams and ITA Scholar-Athletes will receive a certificate to recognize the achievement.
