Lyon Tennis Pipers and Scots named to ITA All-Academic Team

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 eligible student-athletes whose names appear on the NCAA/NAIA/NJCAA eligibility form and have competed in one or more varsity matches must average into the GPA for the current academic year.

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 for the current academic year, and 3) have been enrolled at their present school for at least 2 semesters.

Lyon was only one of 23 NAIA women’s teams to be named to the ITA All-Academic Team.  Berry College was the only other Transouth Athletic Conference school that was named to the team.  This is the Pipers second consecutive year to be named ITA All-Academic team.  The following Pipers were named ITA Scholar-Athletes:

            Laura Megan Osborn

            Reagan Greeno

            Susie Scanlan

            Paulette Pearson

The Lyon men were one of only 12 NAIA men’s teams and the only Transouth Athletic Conference team to be named as an ITA All-Academic Team.  This is the Scots fourth consecutive year to be named an ITA All-Academic team.  The following Scots were named ITA Scholar-Athletes:

            Mujahid Khan

            William Reed

            Juan Herrera

            Tony Fortune