UAlbany Tennis Team Earns Academic Recognition from ITA

Courtesy: UAlbany Sports Information

Albany, N.Y. – The University at Albany tennis team earned recognition as an Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Academic Team for last season. In addition, five student athletes were honored by the ITA as individual scholar-athletes. Amanda Hall, Aimee Kern, Christina Suarez, Kim Weltman and Kim Westcott all earned ITA Scholar-Athlete status.

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 eligible student-athletes whose names appear on the NCAA/NAIA/NJCAA eligibility form and have competed in one or more varsity matches must average into the GPA for the current academic year (including fall 2006 and spring 2007).

In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status a player must be a varsity letter winner, have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year, and have been enrolled at their present school for at least two semesters.

The Great Danes posted a 3.72 team GPA, which was the highest grade point average of any team in the America East Conference.