Gilbert, Ariz. - Illinois Tech men's and women's tennis were recipients of both ITA Team Academic and ITA Scholar Athlete honors for the 2025-26 NCAA Division III academic season, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced on Wednesday.

Both men's and women's tennis were recipients of ITA Team Academic honors. Eligible teams had to have a 2025-26 academic year grade point average of 3.20 or higher to qualify. Men's tennis had a 3.72 GPA while women's tennis had a 3.54 GPA.

In addition, 13 student-athletes earned ITA Scholar Athlete honors for achieving 3.50 GPAs or higher during the 2025-26 academic season. 

On the men's side, Pedro Caro-Accino Roca, Pol Dueso Guell, Alexander Feher, Hozumi Tada, Tanay Sharma, Tejas Sheth, Nicolas Altimiras Gil and Joseph Au earned Scholar Athlete honors, while Angelica Conwell, Paige Geiger, Maddalena Elisa Rosati Dumangane, Maia Lecuona Ramos and Leah Guest earned Scholar Athlete honors on the women's side.

About the 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."