LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The New Mexico State men's and women's tennis programs had seven combined players named Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar Athletes Tuesday afternoon. In addition, both men's and women's teams earned All-Academic Team accolades.
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The Aggie women have now earned ITA All-Academic Team honors for the 14th-consecutive year while the men were honored for the fifth-straight season.
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On the men's side,
Stijn de Haan (aerospace engineering) and
Enrique Asmar (civil engineering) both earned their second-straight ITA Scholar-Athlete recognition while
Luis Flores (finance) and
Luis Garza (genetics and biotechnology) claimed their first since joining NM State last season. This is the fifth-consecutive season the Aggies have had four or more student-athletes earn this honor.
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On the women's side,
Rimpledeep Kaur (finance) collected her third scholar-athlete award in as many years while
Lindsay Harlas (biology) has earned the award back-to-back years.
Rebecca Keijzerwaard (journalism), who was a freshman last season for NM State, received her first scholar-athlete honor in her first year eligible.
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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 were factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year (including fall 2016 and spring 2017).
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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).
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