TEMPE, Ariz.- The Pacific University men's and women's tennis programs were named to the 2021 Division III Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team, announced Tuesday morning.
 
The men's tennis team posted a cumulative GPA of 3.614 while the women's team impressed with a team-GPA of 3.543 during Spring 2021 competition.
 
Nine members of the Boxer men's tennis squad earned ITA Scholar-Athlete recognition. This included Joey Balleweg (Senior/Temecula, Calif.), Quentin Gonzalez (Junior/Orange, Calif.), Joey Hu (Junior/Aiea, Hawaii), Jeffery Kubota (Sophomore/Pleasanton, Calif.) , Reyn Miyagawa (Junior/Kaneohe, Hawaii) , Rayden Murata (Senior/Kaimuki, Hawaii), Koby Murata (Junior/Kaimuki, Hawaii), Matt Weiler (Junio/Dundee, Ore.), and Garret Katayama (Senior/Boise, Ida.).
 
The Boxers had more men's tennis student-athletes recognized as an ITA Scholar-Athlete than any other team in the Northwest Conference (NWC).
 
Individual athletes must maintain a grade-point average (GPA) of 3.50 on a 4.0 scale to be named an ITA Scholar-Athlete, while a team must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or above to be named an ITA All-Academic Team.
 
In 2021, 592 Division III Men student-athletes were named an ITA Scholar-Athlete and 111 men's tennis programs were awarded the All-Academic Team distinction. On the women's side, 605 Division III Women student-athletes were named an ITA Scholar-Athlete and 144 women's tennis programs garnered the All-Academic Team honors.
 
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