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TEMPE, Ariz. — The Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s 2026 academic awards featured a lot of Wildcats as both Villanova programs were named All-Academic Teams and 18 ‘Cats picked up Scholar-Athlete honors.<\/p>\n
Villanova men’s tennis earned their fifth straight and seventh overall All-Academic Team accolade, which is given to programs with a GPA above 3.2 for the academic year.<\/p>\n
For the fourth straight year, the women’s team was also named an All-Academic Team and had a program-high 10 members selected as Scholar-Athletes. Emi Callahan<\/a>, Riley Cicero<\/a>, Olivia Corcoran<\/a>, Maggie Gehrig<\/a>, Miriam Gondorova<\/a>, Maddie Hills<\/a>, Alina Kornyeva<\/a>, Lauren Monti<\/a>, Savie Seebald<\/a> and Jenna Stevens<\/a> were all chosen. It was the first career honor for Cicero, Corcoran, Hills, Kornyeva and Monti while Callahan and Seebald earned it all four years as collegians.<\/p>\n On the men’s side, Ryan Benoit<\/a> and Ethan Solop<\/a> earned their first career Scholar-Athlete honor and the quartet of Kush Anand<\/a>, Evan Ancu<\/a>, Quincy Jones<\/a> and Jack Sherner<\/a> picked up back-to-back laurels while Will Monahan<\/a> and Thomas Wakefield<\/a> got their third career accolade.<\/p>\n Both tennis programs now gear up for the 2026-27 seasons with student-athletes set to report in late August.
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