TEMPE, Ariz. – The Emory & Henry College Men's Tennis Team has seen five players named Scholar-Athletes by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, ITA officials announced Tuesday. Additionally, the team was recognized as an ITA All-Academic Team.
ITA Scholar-Athletes must be a varsity letterwinner and carry at least a 3.50 grade point average (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year. Additionally, each student-athlete must be enrolled at their present school for at least two semesters. To be an ITA All-Academic Team, the cumulative team grade point average must exceed 3.20 for the current academic year.
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Junior Alvaro Garcia (Madrid, SPAIN); sophomores Diego Alvarez (Bogotá, COLOMBIA), Tristan Hicks (Abingdon, Va.) Kartik Parhar (Ludhiana, INDIA) and Nathan Spurling (Abingdon, Va.); and freshman Niclas Naedele (Munich, GERMANY) picked up ITA Scholar-Athlete honors. The SAC saw four teams and 25 individuals recognized league-wide.
The ITA is the governing body of college tennis and oversees men's and women's varsity tennis at NCAA Divisions I, II and III, NAIA and Junior/Community College divisions. The ITA administers a comprehensive awards and rankings program for men's and women's varsity players, coaches and teams in all divisions, providing recognition for their accomplishments on and off the court.
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