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University of Massachusets Athletics
ITA Salutes UMass For Academic Excellence
July 28, 2004 | Tennis
July 28, 2004
AMHERST, Mass. - For the fifth time in the last six years, the University of Massachusetts women's tennis team has been selected as an All-Academic Team by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). In addition, four Minutewomen have earned Scholar Athlete honors from the ITA.
UMass was one of 83 Division I women's programs to earn All-Academic honors from the ITA this year. In order to qualify for the award, a program must have had a team grade point average of 3.20 or above (on a 4.00 scale) for the entire 2003-2004 academic year.
Minutewomen selected as ITA Scholar Athletes were junior Sasha Edelstein (Haifa, Israel), senior Susan Hyams (Cincinnati, Ohio), freshman Christine Liehr (Stuttgard, Germany) and junior Stephanie Price (Columbia, Md.). In order to qualify as an ITA Scholar Athlete, an individual must be a varsity letterwinner with a grade point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale), and must have been enrolled at her present school for at least two semesters. A total of 416 women from Division I programs across the country were honored this year.
During the 2003-2004 season, the Minutewomen posted an overall record of 9-13, while advancing to the semifinals of the Atlantic 10 Championship. UMass will begin its 2004 fall schedule on September 17, when it opens play at the Eastern Collegiate Invitational, to be held in West Point, N.Y.
