Ladyjacks Receive ITA Academic Honor
8/28/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Aug. 28, 2009
NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Ladyjack tennis team has once again been selected as an ITA All-Academic team, and is one of only two Southland Conference teams to receive the award.
The ITA All-Academic Team award is open to any program that has a cumulative team grade point average of 3.20 or above. ITA Scholar-Athlete status is awarded to players that have a grade point average of at least 3.50 for the current academic year. As a team, the Ladyjacks finished the 2008-09 year well above the required 3.20 mark, putting together a 3.75 GPA for the year. Northwestern State was the only other team in the Southland Conference to receive the award.
In addition to receiving the award as a team, seven members of last season's squad earned individual honors as well, including Roxana Enica, Andreea Enica, Gabriela Gadeva, Sanjana Kapur, Alina Shazkho, Tatiana Smolnikova and Jamie Williams.
"We are very proud of the team for this accomplishment," Ladyjack head coach Bret Arrant said. "Being a student-athlete means succeeding in the classroom as well as on the court (or field). It's a tremendous achievement to be among a select few teams to earn this distinction. Our players are extremely dedicated on and off the court."
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