From Case Western Reserve University Athletics
Case Western Reserve University senior women's tennis player Madeleine Paolucci (Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. / Grosse Pointe South) was named to the 2020-21 Academic All-District Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) for her achievements both on the court and in the classroom over her career.
By virtue of being named to the Academic All-District team, Paolucci will be on the ballot for Academic All-America honors. CoSIDA will release the Division III Academic All-America At-Large First-, Second- and Third-Teams on Wednesday, August 4 at noon.
Academic All-District candidates are nominated by their institution's Sports Information Director, and then voted on by other Sports Information Directors in the district. CWRU is in District 7, which includes all Division III schools in Ohio, Illinois and Indiana.
Paolucci was the only women's tennis player named to the Academic All-District 7 team. Other sports included in the women's at-large category include golf, swimming and diving, ice hockey, water polo, beach volleyball, fencing, bowling, crew/rowing, field hockey, gymnastics, rifle, skiing, and lacrosse.
Paolucci became the program's only five-time All-American after claiming a first-round victory at the 2021 NCAA Singles Tournament. In 2019-20, Paolluci was named an ITA All-American after finishing in the final Top-20 poll during the pandemic shortened season. In 2018-19, she was named an All-American after pairing with former Spartan Jessica Liu to win the fall regional doubles championship and then advancing to the NCAA singles round of 16 in the spring. In 2017-18, Paolucci earned All-American honors after teaming with former Spartan Nithya Kanagasegar to advance to the doubles quarterfinals of the NCAA Championships.
Paoluccci, a four-time All-UAA honoree, was ranked 14th in the final ITA Division III poll in singles play and third in the Central Region. Playing at first singles throughout this past season, she went 5-2 during the campaign, and concluded her Spartan career with 48 singles victories which ranks sixth-best in the program's history.
Academically, Paolucci is a Nursing major at Case Western Reserve with a 3.90 cumulative grade point average. She has been named to the UAA All-Academic Team three times during her career. In addition, she was selected as a UAA Presidents' Council Scholar-Athlete in 2019.