July 20, 2011
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – New Mexico along with six other Mountain West tennis teams were honored with the 2010-11 Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA) All-Academic Team Award this week. In addition to the team awards, 26 MW individuals were named ITA Scholar-Athletes for their work in the classroom.
For the men, New Mexico, TCU and UNLV received team academic honors, while the women’s side featured Colorado State, New Mexico, San Diego State and UNLV.
The ITA All-Academic Team award is open to any ITA 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/NJCAA/CA JUCO eligibility form and have competed in one or more varsity matches must average into the GPA for the current academic year (including fall 2010 and spring 2011).
In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status a player must meet the following criteria: 1) Be a varsity letter winner. 2) Have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year. 3) Have been enrolled at their present school for at least two semesters (including freshman thorough senior year).
Below is a list of the ITA Scholar Athlete Award winners from the Mountain West:
MEN
Phillip Anderson, New Mexico
Ben Dunbar, New Mexico
Mads Hegelund, New Mexico
Mitch McDaniels, New Mexico
Paul Chappell, TCU
Soren Goritzka, TCU
Cameron Nash, TCU
Zach Nichols, TCU
Chris Price, TCU
Alex Bull, UNLV
Rene Ruegamer, UNLV
WOMEN
Victoria Arneson, Colorado State
Melissa Holzinger, Colorado State
Kaley Schultz, Colorado State
Kaitlin Woolridge, Colorado State
Michaela Bedickova, New Mexico
Kristin Eggleston, New Mexico
Nikolina Grbac, New Mexico
Amy Shipperd, New Mexico
Julia Trunk, San Diego State
Roxanne Ellison, San Diego State
Sierra Ellison, San Diego State
Ella Bourchier, UNLV
Rumyana Terzieva, UNLV
Veronica Popovici, Wyoming
Carly Van Hollen, Wyoming