Men's Tennis Earns 2015 ITA All-Academic and Scholar-Athlete Awards
The Mars Hill men’s tennis team has earned Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team honors. Blake Covington, Markus Gattner, Euquerio Guerrero and Danny Nelson earned ITA Scholar-Athlete honors.
SKILLMAN, N.J. - The Mars Hill men's tennis team has earned Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team honors for the first time in program history, the organization announced yesterday. Additionally, Blake Covington, Markus Gattner, Euquerio Guerrero and Daniel Nelson earned ITA Scholar-Athlete honors.
The Lions were one of 35 teams to earn All-Academic Team accolades, which is open to a member program that has a cumulative team grade point average of 3.20 or above (on a 4.00 scale). All eligible student-athletes whose names appear on the NCAA, NAIA or Junior/Community College eligibility form and have competed in one or more varsity matches must average into the GPA for the current academic year (including fall 2014 and spring 2015).
In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status, a student-athlete must be a varsity winner that has a GPA of at least 3.50 in the current academic year. The student-athlete also must have been enrolled at the school for at least two semesters.
To view the full ITA men's academic honor list, click here.
