
Tiffin University's men's tennis team led Division II with 15 ITA Scholar Athletes, as the ITA announced its annual All Academic Teams.
Earning Scholar Athlete status for 2020-21 were Nair Adi, Gabriel de Oliveira, Tom Blaquiere, Cyrille Colomb, Joe Gilman, Michael Gurtner, Austin Mohamedali, Matt Saunders, Ben Szarek, Matt Telford, Ryan Gase, Alex Thatcher, Hayden Parisien, Devon Paige, and Hugo Chatras.
This marks the sixth consecutive year the men's tennis team has been honored by the ITA.
In 2021, 523 Division II Men student-athletes were named an ITA Scholar-Athlete, and 80 men's tennis programs were awarded the All-Academic Team distinction.
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