MORGANTOWN, W.Va – Six members of the West Virginia University women’s tennis team were named ITA Scholar-Athletes and the Mountaineers were named an All-Academic team for the fourth consecutive year as announced by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).
Graduate Kaja Mrgole (sport and exercise psychology), senior Yvon Martinez (engineering), redshirt junior Makenzie Stolar (criminology), juniors Paula Goetz (industrial engineering) and Abigail Rosiello (pre-medicine) and former Mountaineer Habiba Shaker were all recognized by the ITA for their outstanding work in the classroom.
“I am very happy for the recognition that these young ladies have earned,” Coach Miha Lisac said of the announcement. “ITA Scholar-Athletes and the ITA All-Academic Team Award, speak to the dedication of the student-athletes to their academic success. A lot of people do not understand that being a student-athlete is like balancing two full-time jobs and is not easy by any means.”
“The credit goes to the student-athletes for their academic success and the academic support staff for providing outstanding resources to allow our team to excel,” Lisac continued. “We work with great people and dedicated student-athletes and it makes success like this possible.”
To be named a scholar-athlete by the ITA, a student-athlete must meet a set of academic and athletic standards that consist of: being named a varsity letter winner, have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year and must be enrolled at their present school for at least two semesters.
