TEMPE – Five Sun Devil women's tennis players earned academic honors from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, including two-time All-Americans Lauryn John-Baptiste and Ilze Hattingh, the organization announced Thursday.
Along with the five individual honors, the program itself was named an All-Academic team for its success as a whole in the classroom.
The scholar-athlete honors for John-Baptiste and Hattingh come two months after the duo picked up their second-straight All-America honors by finishing as the No. 8 doubles tandem in the nation. Joining the doubles All-Americans on the list are Grace Koester, Savannah Slaysman and Sasa Klanecek.
For Slaysman, her scholar-athlete designation is her third in as many seasons, and Klanecek, Hattingh and John-Baptiste have now all earned the honor in back-to-back seasons.
All-Academic teams boast a team GPA of 3.20 or higher. ITA scholar-athletes 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).
Along with the five individual honors, the program itself was named an All-Academic team for its success as a whole in the classroom.
The scholar-athlete honors for John-Baptiste and Hattingh come two months after the duo picked up their second-straight All-America honors by finishing as the No. 8 doubles tandem in the nation. Joining the doubles All-Americans on the list are Grace Koester, Savannah Slaysman and Sasa Klanecek.
For Slaysman, her scholar-athlete designation is her third in as many seasons, and Klanecek, Hattingh and John-Baptiste have now all earned the honor in back-to-back seasons.
All-Academic teams boast a team GPA of 3.20 or higher. ITA scholar-athletes 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).