TEMPE, A.Z. - The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) announced its 2024 All-Academic Teams on Wednesday with both Covenant Men's Tennis and Women's Tennis being honored.Â
To earn this award, schools must have had a minimum team GPA of 3.2 GPA for the 2023-24 school year.Â
Additionally the ITA recognized team members with at least a 3.5 GPA as ITA Scholar Athletes. Earning this recognition from Men's Tennis was Caleb Domkowski, Camden Lashley, Gavin Patton, Jacob Eldridge, and Masen Howard. Among the honorees from Women's Tennis were Addi Gunyon, Alexis Baker, Christina English, Dani Rappuhn, Macy Matson, and Zoe Giuntoli.Â
On the court, Men's Tennis were crowned CCS Tournament Champions for the second year in a row and posted a 13-11 overall record. Women's Tennis were 11-9 and finished second place in the conference with an impressive 6-1 record in league play.Â
About the 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."
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