BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, NY – St. Francis College Brooklyn's men's and women's tennis teams have received Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) honors as announced by the organization. The men's tennis team earned All-Academic Team recognition, while a total of 13 student-athletes (eight men, five women) were named Scholar-Athletes.
Tomas Bernardes,
Miroslav Cvjetan,
Javier Nicolau,
Alex Gomez Goyette, Pau Grabuleda,
Tom Just, Grant Louis, and
Gleb Mityurin grabbed Scholar-Athlete honors for the men's program. The women's Scholar-Athlete team was represented by Jean-Na Koo,
Valentine Mudry, Miroslava Nebunu, Giovanna Rodrigues Castro, and
Mia Skrbinsek.
In 2021, 1,054 Division I Men student-athletes were named an ITA Scholar-Athlete and 145 men's tennis programs were awarded the All-Academic Team distinction.
To be named an ITA Scholar-Athlete, one must meet the following requirements:
- have a grade point average of at least 3.5 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year
- be listed on the institutional eligibility form
To be named an ITA All-Academic Team, programs must meet the following requirements:
- have a team grade point average of 3.2 or above (on a 4.00 scale),
- all student-athletes included should be listed on the institutional eligibility form
- all varsity letter winners should be factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year
About the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA):
Originally founded in 1956 by the legendary UCLA men's tennis coach, J. D. Morgan, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) is the governing body of college tennis, overseeing men's and women's varsity tennis at all levels – NCAA Divisions I, II and III, NAIA and Junior/Community College. Officially incorporated in 1978 as the Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches Association (ITCA), for over the past four decades the ITA has worked hard to achieve its charter goals: (1) "To foster and encourage the playing of intercollegiate tennis in accordance with the highest tradition of sportsmanship and consistent with the general objectives of higher education." (2) "To develop among the intercollegiate coaches a deeper sense of responsibility in teaching, promoting, maintaining, and conducting the game of tennis." And, (3) "To educate and serve those individuals and groups who are involved in collegiate tennis: junior and college players, their coaches and parents, and the at-large tennis public."
