{"id":803992,"date":"2026-07-16T13:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/803992\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T13:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:19:09","slug":"nineteen-dutch-tennis-players-on-ita-academic-list-knia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/803992\/","title":{"rendered":"Nineteen Dutch Tennis Players on ITA Academic List | KNIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/central-womens-tennis-kennedy-harms.webp\" class=\"alignleft full-img-class wp-post-image\" alt=\"central-womens-tennis-kennedy-harms\" wpb-att-id=\"700783\" wpb-att-extension=\"jpg\" data-wpbsize=\"full\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Intercollegiate Tennis Association released its academic awards Wednesday and both the Central College men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams were honored alongside 19 individual student-athletes who earned Scholar-Athlete recognition.<\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s squad posted a 3.64 combined team grade point average (4.0 scale) and posted a 8-11 overall record. The Dutch men tallied a 3.35 GPA and had a 5-17 mark. The women were fifth in the American Rivers Conference and the men tied for fifth.<\/p>\n<p>To receive the team distinction, a squad\u2019s combined GPA must be a 3.2 or above. Nine men and 10 women were named Scholar-Athletes. To qualify for the individual honor a student-athlete must achieve a 3.5 or higher GPA for the academic year and be listed on the institutional eligibility form.<\/p>\n<p>Central\u2019s 2025-26 ITA Scholar-Athletes:<\/p>\n<p>Gentry Brown, so., Andover, Kan.\/Andover HS, chemistry\/biology, 3.51<br \/>Ernest Alvarez-Chedzoy, jr., Kerrville, Texas\/Tivy HS, accounting, 3.74<br \/>Nile Christensen, jr., Marshalltown, Iowa\/Marshalltown HS, kinesiology, 3.88<br \/>^Quin Hull, sr., Ottumwa, Iowa\/Ottumwa HS, music education-vocal, 3.80<br \/>Gavin Jablonski, jr., Marshalltown, Iowa\/Marshalltown HS, engineering\/physics, 4.00<br \/>Donovan Klish, so., Liberty, Mo.\/North HS, political science\/sociology, 3.88<br \/>Hayden Sinclair, jr., Ames, Iowa\/Ames HS, mathematics\/business management, 3.77<br \/>Alex Slaymaker, jr., Geneseo, Ill.\/Geneseo HS, mathematics\/business management, 3.77<br \/>Cashen Thompson, jr., Pella, Iowa\/Pella HS, communication studies, 3.83<br \/>Paige Benson, fr., Newton, Iowa\/Newton HS, undeclared, 4.00<br \/>Emily Blom, so., Pella, Iowa\/Pella HS, elementary education, 3.83<br \/>Rebekah Christensen, jr., Marshalltown, Iowa\/Marshalltown HS, 3.55<br \/>Lauren Gano, jr., Johnston, Iowa\/Johnston HS, kinesiology, 3.73<br \/>Kennedy Harms, fr. Grinnell, Iowa\/Grinnell HS, undeclared, 4.00<br \/>Hannah Nielsen, so., Postville, Iowa\/Postville HS, physics, 3.77<br \/>Emma Murphy, jr., Liberty, Mo.\/Liberty HS, elementary education, 3.93<br \/>Sidney Peterson, fr., Johnston, Iowa\/Johnston HS, psychology\/sociology, 4.00<br \/>Claire Smock, fr., Pella, Iowa\/Pella HS, elementary education, 3.88<br \/>Madi Whalen, sr., Kansas City, Mo.\/Park Hill HS, environmental &amp; sustainability studies\/biology, 3.78<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Intercollegiate Tennis Association released its academic awards Wednesday and both the Central College men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":803993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-803992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/803993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}