ST. LOUIS – The University of Missouri-St. Louis men's and women's tennis teams were each named an Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team. Additionally, six men and all seven women were named ITA Scholar-Athletes.

To be named an ITA All-Academic Team, the program must have a team grade-point average (GPA) of 3.2 or above. To be named an ITA Scholar-Athlete, an individual must have a GPA of 3.5 or above.

Men
The men's tennis team finished the year with a 3.64 GPA.

Individually, the six men honored with the award were Andrew Bower, Karl Heinrichs, Ben-Hur Kasprzak, Raphael Kerndl, Jose Mayorga and Marcos Navas.

Women
The women's team posted a 3.91 GPA for the 2020-21 academic year, which led all teams at UMSL and was the second highest among all athletic programs in the GLVC.

All seven student-athletes, including Odette Beagrie, Clara Lopez Bueno, Anna Domingo, Tara Erler, Maja Lietzau, Leticia Lunge and Marina Prediger earned the individual ITA Scholar-Athlete honor.

Each of the seven far exceeded the 3.2 GPA cut off, all registering a 3.69 GPA or higher.