The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) announced the 2020 Division II Men's ITA Scholar-Athletes and All-Academic Teams on Tuesday morning, with the Tiffin men earning the team award and six Dragons receiving individual honors. 

In 2020, 593 Division II Men student-athletes were named an ITA Scholar-Athlete, and 95 men's tennis programs were awarded the All-Academic Team distinction.

Individually, the six Dragons honored were Ryan Gase, Michael Gurtner, Austin Mohamedali, Nikita Parfenov, Matthew Telford, and Benjamin Szarek. Walsh led the way in the GMAC with eight honorees, followed by Tiffin and Hillsdale with six apiece and Findlay with five.

Tiffin was also one of four GMAC programs to earn the team honor, joining Findlay, Hillsdale, and Walsh. 

To be named an ITA Scholar-Athlete, one must meet the following requirements:

• have a grade point average of at least 3.5 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year
• be listed on the institutional eligibility form

To be named an ITA All-Academic Team, programs must meet the following requirements:

• have a team grade point average of 3.2 or above (on a 4.00 scale),
• all student-athletes included should be listed on the institutional eligibility form, and
• all varsity letter winners should be factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year