TEMPE, Ariz. – For the third-straight season, the Eastern Washington University women's tennis team earned an Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team award. Additionally, the Eagles had five players named to the ITA Scholar-Athlete list, the second-most among Big Sky Conference schools which had 37 female representatives in all. This marks the fifth time in program history that the team has earned the distinction.
 
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 Washington had a cumulative grade point average of 3.49 during the past academic year.
 
Additionally, the Eagles had five representatives on the ITA Scholar-Athlete list in senior Moriah Austin, junior Marta Heinen and three freshmen, Louise Waite, Yasmin Mansouri and Madeline Lamoreaux. This is the second ITA Scholar-Athlete award for Heinen while the other Eagles were honored for the first time in their careers. It also marks the third year in a row that Eastern has had had at least five honorees on the team.
 
Lamoreaux, Waite and Mansouri were also recognized on the Spring Big Sky Conference All-Academic team.
 
To earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status, the athlete must meet three requirements. Be a varsity letterwinner, have a grade point average of at least 3.50 on a 4.00 scale for the current academic year and been enrolled at their present school for at least two semesters including freshman through senior year.
 
The Eagles put together their best season in program history, finishing with an 8-2 mark in conference play to place second in the standings. Additionally, four players were named to All-Conference teams, including Lamoreaux as Freshman of the Year.

The Eastern Washington men'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 men's squad also placed four on the ITA Scholar-Athlete list.