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ITA Awards Academic Honors to Four Student Athletes, Gophers Team
7/24/2018 12:21:00 PM | Tennis
TEMPE, Ariz. – The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) announced Tuesday that four University of Minnesota women's tennis players have been named 2017 Scholar-Athletes, while the team was named an All-Academic program. Caroline Ryba, Caitlyn Merzbacher, Kalyssa Hall, and River Hart were the four Gophers selected for the honor.
To be an ITA Scholar-Athlete, a student-athlete must be a varsity letter winner, have a grade point average of at least 3.50 for the current academic year, and have been enrolled at their present school for at least 2 semesters. The team award is given to programs who have a cumulative GPA of over 3.20, with all letter-winners factored in for the previous academic year.
This is Ryba's second time earning the award, while Ryba, Hall and Merzbacher also earned Academic All-Big Ten honors this past season.
To be an ITA Scholar-Athlete, a student-athlete must be a varsity letter winner, have a grade point average of at least 3.50 for the current academic year, and have been enrolled at their present school for at least 2 semesters. The team award is given to programs who have a cumulative GPA of over 3.20, with all letter-winners factored in for the previous academic year.
This is Ryba's second time earning the award, while Ryba, Hall and Merzbacher also earned Academic All-Big Ten honors this past season.
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