The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) released its 2020 Division I Scholar-Athletes and All-Academic Teams on Monday, and the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) saw a combined 32 student-athletes and eight programs honored.
Listed below are the MEAC's honorees.
Men's Scholar-Athletes
Eliott Ekindi, Florida A&M
Roger Lyn, Howard
Romani Mayers, Howard
Sagar Raju, Howard
Oguzhan Ceylan, Morgan State
Cem Erturk, Morgan State
Serhii Kharchev, Morgan State
Sebastian Lopez, Morgan State
Nihit Rawal, Morgan State
Amit Baran, North Carolina Central
Sebastian Bromley, North Carolina Central
Gary Campbell, North Carolina Central
Miles Clark, North Carolina Central
Christos Dagklis, North Carolina Central
Pablo Torres, North Carolina Central
Thanos Spyropoulos, North Carolina Central
Women's Scholar-Athletes
Aylen Hubeaut, Florida A&M
Arielle Nealy, Florida A&M
Haleigh Porter, Florida A&M
Karen Machisa, Florida A&M
Kendall Addison, Howard
Alexandra Blackwell, Howard
Hana el Sherif, Howard
Oluwaymisi Ifederu, Howard
Dominique Jackson, Howard
Aria Ragas, Howard
Emnet Simunyola, Howard
Kourtni Stewart, Howard
Sydney Taylor, Howard
Ana-Lei Kalawe, Morgan State
Guntra Upeniece, Morgan State
Jourdan Wallace, Morgan State
Men's All-Academic Teams
Florida A&M
Howard
Morgan State
Norrth Carolina Central
Women's All-Academic Teams
Florida A&M
Howard
Morgan State
North Carolina Central
In 2020, 979 Div. I men student-athletes and 1,430 Div. I women student-athletes were named an ITA Scholar-Athlete. In addition, 186 men’s programs and 244 women's programs were awarded the All-Academic Team distinction.
To be named an ITA Scholar-Athlete, one must meet the following requirements:
- have a grade point average of at least 3.5 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year
- be listed on the institutional eligibility form
To be named an ITA All-Academic Team, programs must meet the following requirements:
- have a team grade point average of 3.2 or above (on a 4.00 scale),
- all student-athletes included should be listed on the institutional eligibility form, and
- all varsity letter winners should be factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year