For the fifth-straight season, the Eastern Washington University women's tennis team earned an Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team award. Additionally, the Eagles had six individuals named to the ITA Scholar-Athlete list in
Rylee Braeden,
Yasmin Mansouri,
Louise Waite,
Renata Gabuzyan,
Jennifer Kida and
Scout Mathews.
This is the seventh ITA All-Academic Team award in program history and fifth year in a row the Eagles had at least five honorees on the team. In 2021, 1,505 Division I student-athletes were named an ITA Scholar-Athlete while 210 teams were awarded the All-Academic Team 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). The Eagles earned the award after posting an accumulative GPA of 3.67 over the past academic year.
To qualify as an individual, you must have a GPA of at least 3.5 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year.
Both Mansouri and Waite earn the ITA Scholar-Athlete recognition for the third time in a row while the lone senior, Braeden, receives the ITA Scholar-Athlete award for the second time in her Eagle career.
Gabuzyan made the list for the second time in her respective career, while Kida and Mathews were honored for the first time as freshmen. All six players also earned a spot on the Spring Big Sky All-Academic team.
Furthermore, Kida represented EWU on the All-Big Sky singles squad, while Gabuzyan earned an Honorable Mention Singles nod. In addition, Mathews and Waite paired up for a spot on the Honorable Mention Doubles team.
On the court, the Eagles dominated in Big Sky Conference play with an unbeaten record of 4-0 as they finished 5-1 in their last six matches.