For the fourth time in six years, the Eastern Washington University men's tennis team has earned an Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team award. Additionally, the Eagles placed all eight student-athletes on the ITA Scholar-Athlete list, the second-most in the Big Sky Conference among the 28 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. The Eagles earned the award after posting an accumulative GPA of 3.50 over the past academic year.
In 2021, 1,054 Division I Men student-athletes were named an ITA Scholar-Athlete while 145 men's tennis teams were awarded the All-Academic Team distinction.
Seniors
Jeremy Mueller and
Martin Bats, junior
Manuel Balce, sophomores
Erik Grimes and
Bruno Ortega and freshmen
Ryan Isgett and
Erik Sarlvik were all honored for the first time in their respective careers. Junior
Wout Doumen collects his award for the second time in his Eagle career after receiving the honor during his first year at EWU.
Additionally, all eight student-athletes earned a spot on the Spring All-Big Sky Academic team 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 third time in program history that both programs have been honored.
