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Three Student Athletes and Gophers Team Earn ITA Academic Awards
7/24/2018 11:57:00 AM | Men's Tennis
TEMPE, Ariz. – The Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced Tuesday its 2018 All-Academic Team and Scholar Athletes, honoring 4,328 student-athletes representing 735 teams across all five divisions of collegiate tennis. Senior Matic Spec and sophomores Eli Ogilvy and Stefan Milicevic represented the Gopher Men's Tennis program while the Minnesota program also earned citation as an ITA All-Academic Team.
The ITA awards its All-Academic Team honor to any ITA program that has a cumulative team grade point average of 3.20 or above on a 4.00 scale when factoring in all varsity letter winners during the current academic year (2017-18). The Scholar Athlete Award is bestowed on any player who meets a set of three criteria: earning a varsity letter, holding a GPA of 4.50 during the current academic year, and being enrolled at his present institution for at least two semesters.
Spec was tabbed a Scholar Athlete for the fourth-straight season, while Milicevic earned the award for the second consecutive season. The Gophers have won the ITA Academic Award each year since 2014.
The ITA awards its All-Academic Team honor to any ITA program that has a cumulative team grade point average of 3.20 or above on a 4.00 scale when factoring in all varsity letter winners during the current academic year (2017-18). The Scholar Athlete Award is bestowed on any player who meets a set of three criteria: earning a varsity letter, holding a GPA of 4.50 during the current academic year, and being enrolled at his present institution for at least two semesters.
Spec was tabbed a Scholar Athlete for the fourth-straight season, while Milicevic earned the award for the second consecutive season. The Gophers have won the ITA Academic Award each year since 2014.
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