NORFOLK, Va. – The Old Dominion men’s tennis squad was named an All-Academic Team by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association on Tuesday afternoon, while Justin Herrera and Jacob Nicolussi garnered Scholar-Athlete recognition.
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 (on a 4.00 scale). All varsity letter winners were factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year (including fall 2016 and spring 2017).
In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status a player must meet the following criteria: 1.) be a varsity letter winner, 2.) have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year, and 3.) have been enrolled at their present school for at least 2 semesters (including freshman through senior year).
In all, 720 teams and 3,908 student-athletes across all five divisions of college tennis were honored.
For a complete look at the teams, as well as players honored by the ITA, please CLICK HERE.