Frog Men's Tennis Earns ITA Academic Award
8/17/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Aug. 17, 2010
ITA ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM & SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AWARDS
FORT WORTH - The TCU men's tennis team was honored with the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's (ITA) All-Academic Team Award Monday. In addition to the team milestone, three Horned Frogs were named ITA Scholar-Athletes for standout work in the classroom.
TCU received the ITA's All-Academic Team Award for the second straight year, and only the second time in program history, after exceeding the minimum cumulative team grade-point average requirement of 3.20 (on a 4.00 scale) during the fall 2009 and spring 2010 semesters. All eligible student-athletes who competed in at least one varsity match during the academic year factored into the team GPA figure.
Leading TCU's academic efforts were three student-athletes named ITA Scholar-Athletes in Paul Chappell, Kelubia Mabatah and Cameron Nash. The honor was awarded to only those players who posted a cumulative GPA of at least 3.5 over the two semesters while earning a varsity letter. The Frogs also boasted three Scholar-Athletes in 2009.
Each of the three Frogs are accomplished in the classroom, having also been honored by the Mountain West Conference earlier this summer with academic honors. Nash added the prestigious Clark Scholarship to his resume in the spring, an honor given to only three TCU students each year.
