From Carnegie Mellon University Athletics
The Carnegie Mellon University women's tennis team was honored
for the fifth straight season and 12th time in the last 13 years by
the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) as an ITA All-Academic
Team. In addition, seven players were named ITA Scholar
Athletes.
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 and the
women's team achieved a cumulative average of 3.55 for the
year.
In addition to the team honor, senior Katie
Cecil (Huntington Beach, Calif./Ocean View), juniors Bryn
Raschke (Del Mar, Calif./Torrey Pines) and Lydia
Utkin (Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Jerome), sophomores Abbey
Hamstra (Wheatfield, Ind./Kankakee Valley) and Brooke
Tsu (Hillsborough, Calif./Burlingame) and
freshmen Vanessa Pavia (Thornwood, N.Y./Academy of our
Lady of Good Counsel) and Nicholle Torres (Weston,
Fla./Great Neck South) were named Scholar Athletes.
In order to be eligible to be an ITA Scholar Athlete, a player must
be a varsity letter winner, have a GPA of at least 3.50 and been
enrolled at their present school for at least two semesters.