Six Teams, 23 Student-Athletes Earn ITA Academic Awards

Six Teams, 23 Student-Athletes Earn ITA Academic Awards

TEMPE, Ariz. -- The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) released the 2021 All-Academic Teams and Scholar Athletes Wednesday and six Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference programs and 23 student-athletes were recognized.

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

The TU Tigers made up 17 of the 23 athletes honored, while the Mountaineers accounted for the final six.

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 2020 and spring 2021) 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:

Schreiner University
Mario Gallinar
Jack Johns
Carson Kirk
Dennis Miller
Cole Reed
Max Schechter

Trinity University
Alessio Azzalini
Robert Chang
Cal Hunter
Cameron Krimbill
Dalton Locke
Hao Nguyen
Jordan Pitts
Christian Settles
Allen Song

Click here to see the full list of 2020-21 Division III Men's ITA Scholar-Athletes.  

Women:
 
Cate Cushing
Megan Flores
Pau Garcia
Mary Kaffen
Zoe Kaffen
Elodie Richard
Maddee Williams Koeller
Annie Wise
 
Click here to see the full list of 2020-21 Division III Women's ITA Scholar-Athletes.
 
 
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