Texas Tech University Athletics
Lady Raider Tennis Rakes in ITA Academic Awards
July 27, 2020 | Women's Tennis
LUBBOCK, Texas – The Texas Tech women's tennis team pulled in a number of Intercollegiate Tennis Association academic awards on Monday. For the 12th time in 13 seasons, the Lady Raiders were named an ITA All-Academic Team while seven of eight players on the 2019-20 roster earned ITA Scholar Athlete status.
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The team recorded a 3.8 GPA over the 2020 spring term, and a 3.58 cumulative GPA. Lady Raiders Reagan Collins, Isa Di Laura, Bojana Marinkov, Lisa Mays, Kennedy Bridgforth, Nell Miller and Olivia Peet were all recognized as Scholar Athletes. The honor marked the second career Scholar Athlete recognition for Collins, Di Laura and Bridgforth, and the first honor for Marinkov, Mays, Miller, Peet.
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It marks the second-straight season that seven Lady Raiders have been named Scholar Athletes.
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In 2020, 1430 Division I Women student-athletes were named an ITA Scholar-Athlete and 244 women's tennis programs were awarded the All-Academic Team distinction.
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To be named an ITA Scholar-Athlete, one must have a grade point average of at least 3.5 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year and be listed on the institutional eligibility form.
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To be named an ITA All-Academic Team, programs must 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, and all varsity letter winners should be factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year.
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The team recorded a 3.8 GPA over the 2020 spring term, and a 3.58 cumulative GPA. Lady Raiders Reagan Collins, Isa Di Laura, Bojana Marinkov, Lisa Mays, Kennedy Bridgforth, Nell Miller and Olivia Peet were all recognized as Scholar Athletes. The honor marked the second career Scholar Athlete recognition for Collins, Di Laura and Bridgforth, and the first honor for Marinkov, Mays, Miller, Peet.
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It marks the second-straight season that seven Lady Raiders have been named Scholar Athletes.
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In 2020, 1430 Division I Women student-athletes were named an ITA Scholar-Athlete and 244 women's tennis programs were awarded the All-Academic Team distinction.
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To be named an ITA Scholar-Athlete, one must have a grade point average of at least 3.5 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year and be listed on the institutional eligibility form.
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To be named an ITA All-Academic Team, programs must 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, and all varsity letter winners should be factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year.
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