MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – Both Wesleyan men's and women's tennis teams were honored by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) on Wednesday with both Scholar-Athlete awards and All-Academic Team honors.
Making the 2026 ITA Scholar-Athlete list on the men's side are
Chase Burke '29,
Harry Collomb '26,
Chase Kasday '26,
Brett Keeling '27,
Tai MacDonald '26,
Max Litton '26, and
Ryuto Saito '29 while the women's team saw
Lara Afolayanka '29,
Alexandra Burnett '27,
Lane Durkin '27,
Leila Epstein '26,
Lucinda Gatsiounis '28, Agnes Guggenheim '29,
Mariia Kornilova '29,
Natalia Leroy '28,
Kendall Smith '29, and
Sarah Youngberg '26 earn the distinction.
In 2026, 1,151 Division III male student-athletes and 1,309 female student-athletes were named an ITA Scholar-Athlete while 147 men's tennis programs and 177 women's tennis programs were awarded the All-Academic Team distinction. To be named an ITA Scholar-Athlete, a student-athlete must have a grade point average of at least 3.5 (on a 4.0 scale) for the 2025-26 academic year. To be named an ITA All-Academic Team, programs must have a team cumulative GPA of 3.2 or above.
