Men's Tennis | 7/24/2019 10:42:00 AM

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Each of Barry University's tennis teams have earned All-Academic Team honors from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. The women have done it now in back-to-back years.  Additionally, 12 student-athletes were named ITA Scholar Athletes. Six from the men's side and six from the women's side.

In order to qualify for the All-Academic Team award, a team must compile a grade point average of 3.2 or higher on a 4.0 scale for the academic year. In order to qualify as a Scholar Athlete, a student-athlete must post a GPA of 3.5 or better during the school year, and be a varsity letter winner.

On the women's side, Eleonore Barrere, Carla Davila, Zuza Maciejewska. Verena Schmid, Carolin Schmidt and Hannah Seizer were recognized for their academic efforts. Maciejewska has now been recognized by the ITA for the third consecutive year.

"We're very honored to receive these academic awards," women's head coach Avi Kigel said. "We put an emphasis on being a student first and excelling in the classroom as well as on the tennis courts. This is another great honor for our program," Kigel added.

On the men's side Blake Bayldon, Ignasi Forcano, Flavio Matteoli, Daniel Ventura, Vivien Versier and Filip Zupancic qualified for the award. Matteoli, a senior earned the award every year during his career with the Bucs. Ventura earns his third straight ITA scholar athlete award.

"We are very proud to have them recognized from an academic standpoint as well. I think it's a big part of our recruiting. We don't just look for the top athletes, we look for great students with good habits in the classroom. It's a great honor to see them achieve these awards," men's head coach George Samuel said.

For more information on the ITA All-Academic Awards, click here.