TEMPE, Ariz. – The Spring Hill College (SHC) men and women's tennis programs have both earned recognition from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) as 2019 All-Academic Teams. Additionally, the Badgers had four women and seven men named to the prestigious ITA Scholar Athlete roster.
 
For the ladies, Madison Artigues (Sr.; New Orleans, La.), Brenda Carrada (Sr.; Mexico City, Mexico), Rebecca Pearlman (Jr.; Vestavia, Ala.) and Mary Grace Sullivan (Fr.; St. Louis, Mo.) each achieved the minimum 3.5 GPA for the individual honor.
 
On the men's side, Ferdinand Amanor (Sr.; Mobile, Ala.), Ulf Grosseloh (Jr.; Maximiliansau, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany), Chris Mines (Soph.; Birmingham, Ala.), Cedric Nitz (Soph.; Pfaffenhofen, Germany), Ricardo Pena (Soph.; Mexico City), Kurt Shiell (Jr., Mandeville, La.) and Til Behrendt (Fr.; Heidelberg, Germany) earned the national recognition.
 
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 varsity letter winners should be factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year (including fall 2018 and spring 2019).
 
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 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year, and 3.) have been enrolled at their present school for at least 2 semesters (including freshman through senior year).
 
SHC men finished the 2018 season with a 16-10 overall mark and a perfect 12-0 in Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) regular season play while the women wrapped up the year 9-15 overall and 7-3 in action.