Four Named ITA Scholar-Athletes, Women Receive All-Academic Team Distinction
TEMPE, Ariz. — The Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced the 2018 All-Academic Teams and Scholar-Athletes earlier today with St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) student-athletes Isabella Benitez, Shivam Ghai, Denise Trerotola, and Valentina Velez Valencia each earning scholar-athlete distinction maintaining a 3.5 grade point average for the 2017-18 academic year.
Trerotola, a two-time First-Team All-Skyline selection, receives the academic accolade for the second straight year. In addition, the women's tennis team was also tabbed as an ITA All-Academic Team for the second consecutive season after collectively maintaining a combined grade point average greater than 3.2.
In all, 735 teams and 4,328 student-athletes across all five divisions of college tennis (DI, DII, DIII, NAIA, JUCO) were honored.
Congratulations to the Bears ITA Scholar-Athletes:
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Women's Tennis |
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| Isabella Benitez | Fr. | New York, N.Y./Manhattan Bridges |
| Denise Trerotola * | Jr. | Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Saviour |
| Valentina Velez Valencia | So. | Brooklyn, N.Y./Bishop Kearney |
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Men's Tennis |
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| Shivam Ghai | Jr. | Nairobi, Kenya/International School of Kenya |
* Named ITA Scholar-Athlete in 2017
2018 ITA All-Academic Teams and Scholar-Athletes
SJC Brooklyn Award Winners 2017-18