WASHINGTON – The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) announced its academic awards on Tuesday, with both the Georgetown men's and women's tennis squads earning spots on this year's ITA All-Academic Teams list. Additionally, nine men and five women were also named ITA Scholar Athletes.
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 letterwinners were factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year (including fall 2017 and spring 2018). In total, 735 teams across five divisions earned the accolade.
In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status a player must be a varsity letterwinner, have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year and have been enrolled at their present school for at least two semesters.
On the men's side, the honorees included:
Peter Beatty Government Portland, Ore. / Middlesex School
Michael Chen Finance Holmdel, N.J. / Holmdel
Rohan Kamdar Undeclared Business Singapore / Anglo Chinese School
Marco Lam Finance Hong Kong, China / Diocesan Boys' School
Connor Lee Undeclared Business San Marino, Calif. / San Marino
Mark Militzer Undeclared Business Charleston, S.C. / Connections Academy
Mac Rechan Finance Clayton, Mo. / Clayton
Luke Ross Undeclared Sewickley, Pa. / Sewickley Academy
Charlie Sharton International Affairs Wayland, Mass. / Wayland
Hoya women that earned the distinction were:
Daphne de Chatellus International Economics Tiburon, Calif. / Redwood
Sydney Goodson Finance Great Falls, Va. / Langley High School
Sophie Henderson Undeclared Las Vegas, Nev. / Odyssey Charter School
Drew Spinosa Accounting Claremont, Calif. / Claremont
Sara Swift Psychology Vail, Colo. / Saint Edward's School
The nine Hoyas were among 4,328 honorees across five divisions.