TEMPE, Ariz. – Five Southern Conference men’s tennis teams were named Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Academic Teams and 38 SoCon student-athletes from six schools were named ITA Scholar-Athletes when the organization announced its annual academic awards on Monday.

Mercer, UNCG, Samford, Chattanooga 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. 

In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status a player must meet the following criteria: 1.) have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year, and 2.) be listed on the institutional eligibility form.  

Click here to read the full ITA release. 

ETSU
Miguel Este
Franciso Lamas
Juan Lugo
Thiago Pernas
Juan Sebastian Zabala

Mercer*
Carver Arant
Samuel Barrow
Lucas Wayenburg
Daniel Krashnin
Samuel Macleod

UNCG*
David Flisberg
Nico Grewe
Michael Gwynn
Hampus Johannson
Chris Jones
Ollie Palmer
Callum Thacker
Eric Whisnant
Cooper Wyett 

Samford*
Rossouw Norval
Victor Chaw
Eladio Fabregas
Jim Hendrikx
Tomas Santantonio
Mohamed Ali Bellalouna
Timothy Dixon

Chattanooga*
Kaisei Juroki
Cooper Long
Bo Nash
Peyton Gatti
Quinten Nevenhoven
Luke Plaisted
Tomas Rodriguez
Turner Voges

Wofford*
Will Fullett
Alex Horn
Callum Rendle
Bryce Keim

* Denotes All-Academic Team