ORLANDO, Fla. (UCFKnights.com) – The UCF men's tennis team was named an Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team on Tuesday afternoon. The Knights were among 735 programs across collegiate tennis to earn the honor with a 3.44 GPA for the year.
Vasyl Kiselyov, Alan Rubio, Mikhail Sokolovsky and Eero Vasa received ITA Scholar-Athlete honors after recording a GPA above 3.50 during the 2017-18 academic year.
The Knights went 11-10 during the 2018 campaign, reaching the semifinals of the American Athletic Conference Tournament. Duo Korey Lovett and Eero Vasa were tabbed to The American Doubles All-Conference honors. The tandem became the first All-Americans in program history, as they punched their ticket to the NCAA Men's Tennis Doubles Championship.
The ITA All-Academic Team award is open to any ITA program that has a cumulative team grade point average of 3.20 or above (on a 4.00 scale). All varsity letter winners were factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year (including fall 2017 and spring 2018).
In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status a player must meet the following criteria: 1.) be a varsity letter winner, 2.) have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year, and 3.) have been enrolled at their present school for at least 2 semesters (including freshman through senior year).
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