TEMPE, Ariz. – Six Southern Conference women's tennis programs were named Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Academic Teams and 36 SoCon student-athletes were named ITA Scholar-Athletes when the organization announced its annual academic awards Tuesday.

Furman, Mercer, Samford, Chattanooga, Western Carolina and Wofford earned the team distinction.

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 2016 and spring 2017).

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).

Furman*

Carol Elizabeth Kerman
Danni Vines
Georgie Walker
Katty Weymouth

Mercer*

Christie Cesarini
Lucia Gutierez
Alara Hollyfield
Marie Mottet
Maeve Roquebert
Celine Schepers
Katie Sidor
Annamarie Sovict

Samford*

Arianna Beltrame
Holly Horsfall
Amanda Kilduff
Mary Kathrine Lewis
Cindy Oest
Elsa Pool 

UNCG

Tayah Cross

Chattanooga*

Delaney Edwards
Caroline Hall
Lily Holmes
Emma Van Hee
Boghdana Zaporozhets

Western Carolina*

Carli Deehr
Jordyn King
Lauren McCall
Julia Pezzuco
Jacy Smith
Jordan Strickland
Savannah Taranto
Alexis Webb

Wofford*

Curran Carver
Cassidy Hicks
Lillie Steryous
Jenna Vroman

*Denotes All-Academic Team