ST. LOUIS, MO. – The 2018-19 University of Missouri-St. Louis men's and women's tennis teams not only excelled on the court, but in the classroom as the Tritons were well represented on the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) list of academic awards.
 
Both squads received the ITA All-Academic Team award, while a combined 10 student-athletes earned ITA Scholar-Athlete status.
 
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 varsity letter winners were factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year (including fall 2018 and spring 2019).
 
In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status a player must meet the following criteria: 1.) be a varsity letter winner, 2.) have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year, and 3.) have been enrolled at their present school for at least 2 semesters (including freshman through senior year).
 
The men's team posted a cumulative GPA of 3.545. Their Scholar-Athletes included freshmen Adrian Lessing, juniors Ben-Hur Kasprzak and Milan Kovacs and senior Rob White.  

The women's team recorded a 3.73 GPA and their Scholar-Athletes included its entire team of freshmen Odette Beagrie and Clara Lopez Bueno, sophomore Leticia Lunge, juniors Bianca Buie and Marina Prediger and senior Salome Bleuler.