ITA Honors Women’s Tennis as All-Academic Team; Nine Named Scholar Athletes

(TEMPE, Ariz.) – The Carnegie Mellon University women's tennis team was honored for the 13th straight season and 20th time in the last 21 years by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) as an ITA All-Academic Team. In addition, nine players were named ITA Scholar Athletes.

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 during the last academic year and the women's team achieved a cumulative average of 3.38 for the year.

In addition to the team honor, seniors Victoria Chang (Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Jerome), Lindy Cornwall (Poway, Calif./Poway), Ola Wojciak (Holmdel, N.J./Holmdel), and Janabelle Wu (San Jose, Calif./Lynbrook), junior Bin Zheng (Miami, Fla./Doral Academy), and first-year athletes Zoe Angell (Midland, Mich. / H.H. Dow), Simran Bedi (Pittsburgh, Pa. / Sewickley Academy), Ava Givone (Delray Beach, Fla. / Oxbridge Academy) and Sarah Yang (Alpharetta, Ga. / Northview) were honored as ITA Scholar Athletes.

In order to be eligible to be an ITA Scholar-Athlete, a player must have an academic year GPA of at least 3.50 and be listed on the institutional eligibility form.