GEORGETOWN, Texas – The Southwestern University women's tennis team earned the 2020 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team award, while nine Pirates earned ITA Scholar-Athlete accolades. The ITA announced the honors on Tuesday.
Women's tennis marked their sixth year making the ITA All-Academic Team. For the 2020 season, Isabel Candelario, Mary Cardone, Emma Kesterson, Alli Ziehm, Mariana Quetzeri, Nina Mitrofanova, Nina Elez, Chandler Vrba and Meeshti Shethia collected ITA Scholar-Athlete honors.
In order to be named an ITA Scholar-Athlete, a student-athlete must have a grade point average of at least 3.5 for the 2019-20 academic year. Additionally, in order for a team to garner ITA All-Academic Team honors, a program must have a team grade point average of 3.2 or above for 2019-20.
Southwestern was one of 175 Division III women's tennis teams to receive All-Academic Team distinction, while the nine individual Pirates were part of 1058 student-athletes recognized for their academic achievements.
Southwestern University 2020 ITA Scholar-Athletes
| Mary Cardone | Sr. |
| Isabel Candelario | Jr. |
| Mariana Quetzeri | Jr. |
| Nina Elez | So. |
| Meeshti Shethia | So. |
| Chandler Vrba | So. |
| Emma Kesterson | Fr. |
| Nina Mitrofanova, | Fr. |
| Alli Ziehm | Fr. |
Women's Tennis: Nine Pirates Earn @ITA_Tennis Scholar-Athlete Honors! pic.twitter.com/IxJOyTVXRU
— Southwestern Pirates (@SUPirates) July 31, 2020