TEMPE, Ariz. – Six Southern Conference women's tennis programs were named Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Academic Teams and 45 SoCon student-athletes were named ITA Scholar-Athletes when the organization announced its annual academic awards on Monday.

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. 

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 ITA release. 

Furman*
Julia Adams
Ilayda Baykan
Madison Dillon
Katarina Kozarov
Carol Elizabeth Kerman
Maggie Pate
MaryAnn Rompf

Mercer*
France Antezana
Ericka Chavarria
Mary Courville
Alara Hollyfield
Ashley Popham
Lauren Rich
Maeva Roquebert

Samford*
Betsy Blanchard
Natalia De Ugarte
Ally Hayduk
Alex Koniaev
Alexis Lopez
Samantha Maras
Cindy Oest
Lauren Waddles

Chattanooga*
Wilma Bergqvist
Callie Billman
Grace Anne Dunavant
Lilly Holmes
Emma Van Hee
Jessie Young
Boghdana Zaporozhets

Western Carolina*
Antonella Benavides
Carli Deehr
Emily Elliott
Kata Foldeak
Hoda Habib
Jordyn King
Julia Pezzuco
Jacy Smith
Anna Uljanov

Wofford*
Georgia Fischer
Ansley Hardeman
Michaela Kluska
Liz Massie
Lilie Steryous
Jenna Vroman
Brittney Wilbur

*Denotes All-Academic Team