TEMPE, AZ – The Fairleigh Dickinson men's and women's tennis received individual and team academic awards from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).

"Coach Caceres and I are extremely proud of how hard our teams work in the classroom, while maintaining a high level of performance and focus on the court," said head coach Jeff Brandes.

In order to qualify as an ITA All-Academic Team, a program must have compiled a 3.20 GPA or higher over the course of the 2019-20 academic year. The Knights were one of five NEC schools that received the All-Academic Team honor.

Both programs earned the ITA All-Academic Team Award for the fourth straight year. The men's program finished the 2019-20 academic campaign with a team GPA of 3.65. The women's program ended the year with a 3.81 team GPA.

The Knights also had 17 members between both programs earn ITA Scholar-Athlete Awards. A student-athlete must retain a GPA of 3.50 or higher to earn individual accolades. The eight men honored included juniors Maciej Autuch, Moric Budinszky, Eduardo Cabral, Andris Gudins, sophomores Mehdi Dhouib and Niclas Pietsch, and freshmen Andrei Oprisor and Teodors Pukse. The nine women recognized are seniors Patricia Eftenoiu, Tatiana Eftenoiu, juniors Aishwarya Gandotra and Anamaria Vladescu, sophomores Isabelle Ismanescu, Smriti Singh, and Aleksandra Vorozheikina, and freshmen Shreya Gulia and Alena Kubanova.

In Division I, 244 women's tennis programs and 186 men's teams earned All-Academic Team accolades. There were also 1,430 Division I women student-athletes and 979 male student-athletes recognized as Scholar-Athletes.

"The time commitment needed to excel academically and athletically is tremendous. It great to see them recognized."