Aug. 11, 2010

Skillman, N.J. - The Grand Valley State's women's tennis team was selected as an Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic team. They were one of 37 teams in the country that were honored. In addition Chelsea Johnston and Jackie Shipman were selected as ITA Scholar Athletes. On the men's side Jeff Globerson, Philipp Claus and Marc Roesslein were also selected as 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 (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 2009 and spring 2010).

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, and 3.) have been enrolled at their present school for at least 2 semesters (including freshman thorough senior year).

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2010 ITA All-Academic Teams and Scholar-Athletes