July 17, 2026
Asbury Tennis Programs Earn ITA All-Academic Team Honors; 10 Student-Athletes Recognized
TEMPE, Ariz. --- The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) recently announced its men's and women's 2025-26 All-Academic Teams and Scholar-Athlete lists, honoring both the Asbury men's tennis and women's tennis programs.
AU men's and women's tennis were both named ITA All-Academic Teams, meeting the requirement of a team GPA of 3.2 or above for the 2025-26 school year. The ITA also tabbed 10 Asbury tennis student-athletes to the ITA Scholar-Athlete Lists, securing a 3.5 GPA or higher for the 2025-26 year.
2025-26 Asbury Women's ITA Scholar-Athletes
Cara Clark | Media Communication | Elizabethtown, Ky. | So.
Samantha Drye | Accounting | Downers Grove, Ill. | Fr.
Alexandra Garcia | Accounting | Point Saint Lucie, Fla. | Fr.
Olivia Mansfield | Art Education | Cicero, Ind. | Sr.
Isabella Sanchez | Biochemistry | Alajuela, Costa Rica | Fr.
Malory Watkins | Accounting | Lancaster, Ky. | Jr.
2025-26 Asbury Men's ITA Scholar-Athletes
Ignacio Ardiles | Business Administration | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Sr.
Alejo Britos | Sport Management | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Sr.
Ben Moore | Accounting | Winter Park, Fla. | Jr.
Franco Patino | Accounting | Santa Fe, Argentina | Sr.
About the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA)
Originally founded in 1956 by the legendary UCLA men's tennis coach, J. D. Morgan, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (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."
View the full 2026 Men's ITA Team Academic Award Release here.
View the full 2026 Women's ITA Team Academic Award Release here.
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