MOBILE, Ala. — College Sports Communicators announced its 2024 Academic All-District Teams for men’s and women’s tennis Tuesday naming Spring Hill’s
Tom Gutermann,
Paul-Phillip Kern,
Paola Marin Sabao, and
Emma Pager to its list of honorees.
The CSC Academic All-District program honors the nation's top student-athletes for combined performances in their respective sports and the classroom. Selected student-athletes must be starters and maintain a minimum 3.50 GPA on a 4.0 scale to qualify for the CSC All-District Team.
Men's and women's tennis student-athletes must compete in 70% of the team's matches that include team scoring.
SIAC HONOREES
Tom Gutermann holds a 3.69 GPA as a business administration major. The sophomore earned 2024 SIAC All-Conference Singles and Doubles Team honors and was named to the 2024 SIAC All-Tournament Singles and Doubles Teams. Gutermann posted an 11-0 singles record in conference play (16-8 overall) and secured an 8-1 finish in conference doubles (14-10 overall).
Redshirt junior Paul-Phillip Kern boasts a 3.91 GPA while pursuing his degree in international business. The 2023-24 SHC Male Scholar Athlete was named to the 2024 SIAC All-Conference Doubles Team and secured 2024 SIAC All-Tournament Doubles Team honors. Kern went 10-0 in conference singles (13-9 overall) and 8-1 in conference doubles play (14-10 overall) alongside Gutermann.
Sophomore Paola Marin Sabao earned a 3.92 GPA while pursuing a degree in actuarial mathematics. On the season, the Cadiz native went 3-1 in conference doubles play (3-2 overall).
Junior Emma Pager, a transfer from Coastal Alabama Community College, holds a 3.88 GPA while majoring in management information systems. The Spanish Fort native went 9-7 in conference singles (10-18 overall) and 6-8 in conference doubles play (9-17 overall).
Gutermann, Kern, Marin Sabao and Pager advance to the 2024 CSC Academic All-America ballot. College Sports Communicators will announce its first-, second-, and third-team Academic All-America honorees June 4-5, 2024, beginning with women's tennis.
About the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC)
The SIAC is a NCAA athletic conference consisting primarily of historically black colleges and universities with headquarters in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The SIAC includes 15 member institutions (Albany State University, Allen University, Benedict College, Central State University, Clark Atlanta University, Edward Waters University, Fort Valley State University, Kentucky State University, Lane College, LeMoyne-Owen College, Miles College, Morehouse College, Savannah State University, Spring Hill College, and Tuskegee University), which are located within a contiguous seven-state footprint (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Ohio). The SIAC sponsors seven men's and six women's sports and is a proud member of the NCAA Division II. For more information, visit
www.thesiac.com.