July 25, 2018
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. â€" The Penn State Women's Tennis squad has been named an Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Academic Team, while five Nittany Lions earned Scholar-Athlete honors, the ITA announced Tuesday.
Senior Bennett Dunn (Orlando, Fla.), sophomore Shannon Hanley (Kensington, Md.), senior Hannah Kratky (Greenwich, Conn.), sophomore Samantha Smith (Cary, N.C.) and senior Liyin Xu (Chengdu, China) were the five Nittany Lions to earn the ITA Scholar-Athlete honors.
In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status a player must be a varsity letter winner, have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year, and have been enrolled at their present school for at least two semesters.
The Nittany Lions, led by head coach Chris Cagle, were also honored as an All-Academic Team thanks to their strong overall team performance in the classroom. 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 are factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year.
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