TUSKEGEE, Ala. — The Tuskegee women's tennis program has been named to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Academic Team, while five Golden Tigers earned spots on the ITA Scholar-Athlete list, the association announced Tuesday, July 23.
To earn a spot on the ITA Scholar-Athlete list, student-athletes must have a grade-point average (GPA) of at least 3.5 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year and be listed on the institutional eligibility form.
To be named an ITA All-Academic Team, the team GPA must be 3.2 or above (on a 4.00 scale), all student-athletes must have been listed on the institutional eligibility form and all varsity letterwinners should be factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year.
Not only did the Golden Tigers earn the team accolade for the 2023-24 academic year, the program also had five members of the team earn individual honors, including sophomores
Taylor Ford,
Chloe Griffin-Harrington,
Jera Hargrove,
Tanyaradzwa Kaome, and junior
Landry Samuels, each earning the prestigious recognition for the first time. Tuskegee's five honorees were the most in the SIAC, just ahead of four student-athletes from Benedict.
Within the sport of tennis, student-athletes continue to exceed expectations in the classroom and on the court. In 2024, 759 Division II women's student-athletes were named an ITA Scholar-Athlete, and 112 women's tennis programs were awarded the All-Academic Team distinction.
ABOUT THE ITA
Originally founded in 1956 by the legendary UCLA men's tennis coach, J. D. Morgan, the ITA is the governing body of college tennis, overseeing men's and women's varsity tennis at all levels – NCAA Divisions I, II and III, NAIA and Junior/Community College. Officially incorporated in 1978 as the Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches Association (ITCA), for over the past four decades the ITA has worked hard to achieve its charter goals: (1) "To foster and encourage the playing of intercollegiate tennis in accordance with the highest tradition of sportsmanship and consistent with the general objectives of higher education." (2) "To develop among the intercollegiate coaches a deeper sense of responsibility in teaching, promoting, maintaining, and conducting the game of tennis." And, (3) "To educate and serve those individuals and groups who are involved in collegiate tennis: junior and college players, their coaches and parents, and the at-large tennis public."
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