Five GSW student-athletes earn ITA All-Academic Team honors

Published 6:13 pm Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Five members of the GSW women’s tennis team, Alexandria Rhodes, Hannah Hogg, Andrea Cervantes, Carla Sorroche and Sophia Winters, were each awarded with the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Scholar-Athlete Award for their performances in the classroom. Photo by Chris Fenn
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By Keith Michlig

 

AMERICUS – The Georgia Southwestern State University women’s tennis team earned Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team distinction for the third consecutive year as the Lady Hurricanes placed five student-athletes on the Scholar-Athlete list revealed today by the ITA for the 2019-20 season.

Senior Alexandria Rhodes finished the year with a perfect 4.00 grade point average to earn her second ITA Scholar-Athlete award. Hannah Hogg completed her academic requirements a year early and joined Rhodes with back-to-back Scholar-Athlete recognition. Newcomers Andrea Cervantes and Carla Sorroche earned the distinction in their first season and sophomore Sophia Winters picked up her first ITA award. The Scholar-Athlete award is given to all varsity letter winners with at least a 3.5 grade point average (on a 4.00 scale) for the academic year.

GSW was one of seven Peach Belt programs to earn the All-Academic Team recognition, joining Augusta University, Columbus State University, Francis Marion University, Georgia College, the University of North Georgia and Young Harris College. The Lady Hurricanes posted a team grade point average of 3.586.

The ITA All-Academic Team award is open to any ITA program that has a cumulative team GPA of 3.20 or above (on a 4.00 scale). All varsity letter winners are factored into the cumulative team GPA for the academic year (including fall 2019 and spring 2020).