TEMPE, Ariz. – For the third time in four years, the Eastern Washington University men's tennis team has earned an Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team award. Additionally, the Eagles placed four student-athletes on the ITA Scholar-Athlete list, the third-most in the Big Sky Conference among the 26 total honorees for the men.
 
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. Eastern maintained a 3.39 team GPA during the 2018-19 academic year.
 
Senior Jeremy Field, junior Mikayel Khachatryan, and freshmen Wout Doumen and Jan Lajos were all honored for the first time in their respective careers. Additionally, the four earned a spot on the Spring All-Big Sky Academic team and Field was also named to the All-Big Sky Singles First Team for his performance on the court this season.
 
To be named to the ITA Scholar-Athlete list, the student-athletes must be a varsity letterwinner, maintain a GPA of at least 3.5 (on a 4.0 scale) for the current academic year, and have been enrolled at their current institution for at least two semesters.
 
The Eastern Washington women's tennis team also earned the ITA All-Academic Team award, marking just the second time in program history that both program's have been honored. The women's squad also placed five on the ITA Scholar-Athlete list.