WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – For the third straight year, the Lycoming College women's tennis program earned the International Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team award while a school-record nine student-athletes, sophomore
Addison Angstadt (Mohrsville, Pa./Schuylkill Valley), junior
Nonni Human (Philadelphia, Pa./KIPP DuBois), junior
Hiyori Iai (Zushi, Japan/Yokohama Science Frontier), first-year
Emma Kelchner (Nescopeck, Pa./Central Columbia), first-year
Greta Kimble (South Williamsport, Pa./South Williamsport Area), sophomore
Rei Saar (Montoursville, Pa./Montoursville Area), junior
Haley Seebold (New Columbia, Pa./Milton Area), junior
Hannah Seebold (New Columbia Pa./Milton Area), and sophomore
Sarah Lanphear (Chittenango, Ny./Chittenango) earned ITA Scholar-Athlete status, the organization announced.
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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 eligible student-athletes whose names appear on the team's roster and have competed in one or more varsity matches were included in the team GPA. In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status a player must be 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 have been enrolled at their present school for at least two semesters.Â
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This is the 15th straight year that a student-athlete from the women's tennis program earned ITA Scholar-Athlete honors. Hannah and
Haley Seebold, junior twins, earned the honor for the third straight year. Angstadt, Lanphear and Saar earned the award for a second time and Human, Iai, Kelchner and Kimble are first-time awardees.
In 2023, 1,204 Division III Women's student-athletes were named an ITA Scholar-Athlete, and 160 women's tennis programs were awarded the All-Academic Team distinction. DeSales, FDU-Florham, King's joined Lycoming in the group of teams from the MAC Freedom to earn the All-Academic Team award.
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The Warriors reached the MAC Freedom Championship as the No. 4 seed entering the tournament, finishing 8-9 under first-year head coach
Joel Reid.
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