ITA Academic Awards Website
CCC ITA Men's Academic Awards Release
CCC ITA Women's Academic Awards Release
SKILLMAN, N.J. – The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) has announced its 2014 All-Academic Teams and ITA Scholar-Athletes and the Endicott men's and women's tennis squads were both recognized for their academic excellence from the 2013-14 season. Both teams earned All-Academic Team awards while 10 individuals, seven from the women's team and three from the men's team, received ITA Scholar-Athlete honors.
The ITA All-Academic Team award is open to any ITA 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 eligibility form and have competed in one or more varsity matches must average into the GPA for the most recent academic year.
Juniors Amy Heacox (Marion, Mass.) and Chrissy Martel (Westbrook, Conn.), sophomores Suzie Newman (Dighton, Mass.) and Brittany Potter (Bedford, N.H.), and freshmen Kelsey Lawrence (Sandwich, Mass.), Skyelar MacLeod (Portsmouth, R.I.), and Jamie Zompa (Marlborough, Mass.) were all listed as ITA Scholar-Athletes which requires that a player 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 most recent academic year, and 3) have been enrolled at their present school for at least two semesters (including freshman through senior year).
On the men's side, senior Evan Ross (Worcester, Mass.), sophomore Michael Dolph (Stratford, Conn.), and sophomore Tyler Lemieux (New Hartford, Conn.) were named ITA Scholar-Athletes for their efforts in the classroom this past year.
Conference-wide, a combined 54 men's and women's student-athletes were named ITA Scholar-Athletes and eight programs took home the ITA All-Academic Team award.
