University of North Texas Athletics
Tennis Team, Three Players Grab ITA All-Academic Honors
8/9/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Emi Itabashi, Samantha Moreton and Mary Poe were named ITA Scholar-Athletes, powering the Mean Green tennis program to an overall grade point average of 3.27 tops among all teams at
"Our mission from day one has been to strive for academic and athletic excellence,” said head tennis coach Sujay Lama. “This is a tremendous honor for our tennis program and I am very proud of the accomplishment of our student athletes.”
The ITA All-Academic Team award is given to a program that has a cumulative team grade point average of 3.20 or above, and any player that maintains a grade point average of at least 3.50.
North Texas joins fellow Sun Belt squads
Mean Green tennis is slated to open the season at home with the Mean Green Invitational on Sept. 14 at the new Waranch Tennis Complex.
