Women's Tennis | 7/29/2016 10:29:00 AM

STATESBORO, Ga. - The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) has announced its 2016 Academic Awards, recognizing more than 4,200 scholar-athletes across all divisions, along with over 700 all-academic teams. The Georgia Southern men's team, coached by Sander Koning, and the Georgia Southern women's team, coached by Michele Stanford, were both honored as an All-Academic Team for their work in the classroom.

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 varsity letter winners should be factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year (including fall 2015 and spring 2016).

Individually, 10 tennis players were honored for their work academically. They are: 

2016 All-Academic Teams & Scholar Athletes - Division I Men
JC Alcala 
Dani Casablancas
Christian Kerrigan
Rise Lanne

2016 All-Academic Teams & Scholar Athletes - Division I Women
Paige Christian
Francisca Norregaard
Mariana Ranzahuer
Mary Phillips Smith
Lindsay Truscott
Shannon Wagner

In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status a player must 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 current academic year, and 3.) have been enrolled at their present school for at least 2 semesters (including freshman through senior year).