DENVER - Two WAC men's tennis teams and 10 individuals have been honored by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) as 2015 ITA All-Academic Teams and ITA Scholar-Athlete award winners.
Chicago State and NM State earned team awards, while the following individuals were named ITA Scholar-Athletes:
Julian Chavez, Chicago State
Germain Degardin, NM State
Thomas Douglas, NM State
Liam Goldberg, NM State
Jeremy Harlas, NM State
Patrick Pfister, NM State
Antonio Ramirez, NM State
Strahinja Trecakov, NM State
Luis Ulloa, Chicago State
Rashley Yeremia, Chicago State
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 letterwinner, 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).
The complete list of honorees can be found
here.