TEMPE, ARIZ. – The 2016-17 University of Missouri-St. Louis men's and women's tennis teams have been honored for excellence in the classroom by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). The women's team received the ITA All-Academic Team award and had six individuals named ITA Scholar-Athlete, while the the men had three ITA Scholar-Athletes.
 
The ITA All-Academic Team award is given to any ITA program that has a cumulative team grade point average of 3.20 or higher (based on a 4.00 scale). All student-athletes who are NCAA eligible and have appeared in one or more varsity matches must average into the GPA for the academic year, which included the fall 2016 and spring 2017 semesters.

In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status a player must meet the following criteria: 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 (including freshman thorough senior year).

The women's team posted a cumulative GPA of 3.65 and individually was represented by graduate students Kristine Lindal and Carlota Trevino, junior Patricia Maya, sophomore Jennifer Hauer and freshmen Janet Auclair and Marina Prediger as ITA Scholar-Athlete honorees.
 
The men's team was represented by junior Kristoffer Lindal, sophomore Lucas Lobao and freshman Ben-Hur Kasprzak as ITA Scholar-Athletes.