{"id":801171,"date":"2026-07-15T04:55:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T04:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/801171\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T04:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T04:55:12","slug":"ita-releases-2025-26-academic-awards-for-mens-and-womens-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/801171\/","title":{"rendered":"ITA Releases 2025-26 Academic Awards for Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Tennis"},"content":{"rendered":"


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PHILADELPHIA \u2013\u00a0The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) announced its 2025-26\u00a0All-Academic Teams and Scholar-Athletes\u00a0on Monday, July 13.\u00a0The University of Pennsylvania men’s and women’s tennis programs were honored as ITA All-Academic teams, while 18 Quakers\u201411 men, seven women\u2014were recognized with ITA Scholar-Athletes Award honors.
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\nThe men’s team was represented by Parashar Bharadwaj<\/a>, Luka Butera<\/a>, Nischal Spurling<\/a>, Sanjeev Chundu<\/a>, Shaurya Bharadwaj<\/a>, Matthew Rutter<\/a>, Aaron Sandler<\/a>, Stephan Gershfeld<\/a>, Justin Chung<\/a>, Manfredi Graziani<\/a>, and Vojtech Vales<\/a>. On the women’s side, Lara Stojanovski<\/a>, Varsha Vedula<\/a>, Liza Tkachenko<\/a>, Sasha Motlagh<\/a>, Esha Velaga<\/a>, Sarah Wang<\/a>, and Maya Urata<\/a> earned the prestigious honor. \u00a0
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\nThe 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) among the student-athletes who are listed on the institutional eligibility form. All varsity letter winners were factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year.
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\nIn order to be named ITA Scholar-Athlete, a player must have a grade-point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year and be listed on his\/her school’s institutional eligibility form.
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