SAN RAFAEL, Calif. – Dominican women's tennis was awarded its sixth consecutive ITA All-Academic Team award while five players were named 2022 Division II Women ITA Scholar-Athletes.
The Penguins finished the year with a 3.503 team GPA to earn the programs' ninth ITA All-Academic Team award during Dominican's NCAA Division II era. In 2022, 110 women's tennis programs were awarded the All-Academic Team distinction.
Haley Garcia and
Antoinette Schreiber each earned their third ITA Scholar-Athlete award to lead the Penguins.
Gigi Alajeely earned her first such honor as a Penguin after transferring from Concordia University Irvine as did freshmen
Gina Dudley and
Julia Rydel. In total, 715 Division II Women's student-athletes were named an ITA Scholar-Athletes in NCAA Division II.
To be named an ITA Scholar-Athlete, one must meet the following requirements:
- have a grade point average of at least 3.5 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year
- be listed on the institutional eligibility form
To be named an ITA All-Academic Team, programs must meet the following requirements:
- have a team grade point average of 3.2 or above (on a 4.00 scale),
- all student-athletes included should be listed on the institutional eligibility form, and
- all varsity letter winners should be factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year
