ITA NCAA Div. III Women's Tennis Academic Release

The College of Wooster women's tennis team claimed another Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team award, while seven individuals were named ITA Scholar-Athletes. 

Qualifying by having at least a 3.5 GPA for the current academic year were Abby Aitken, Janaki Jagannathan, Katie Materick, Kim Nguyen, Sarah Mashaal, Margaret Steward, and Abby Williams. 

Jagannathan, Materick, and Nguyen were all named Academic All-District® by the College Sports Communicators (CSC) back in May. The three along with Aitken were also on the 2022-23 North Coast Athletic Conference Honor Roll. 

Materick becomes a four-time ITA Scholar-Athlete. She went 9-7 in singles competition this year with a 5-1 mark in the No. 5 flight and also had a team-best 12 wins in doubles play. 

The junior Nguyen, now a three-time winner of the award, led the Scots with 11 singles wins with a 4-0 slate at the No. 3 flight. She added five wins in doubles play, including going 2-0 with Charitha Patlolla.

Jagannathan, a two-time ITA Scholar-Athlete, earned All-NCAC honors, finishing with 10 wins in both singles and doubles play. She was 9-6 in the No. 2 singles flight and 8-9 when pairing with Otilia Oita in the No. 1 doubles slot. 

Aitken went 6-6 between matches in the No. 5 and No. 6 flights, including a win in the No. 6 flight against eventual OAC champ Otterbein University. 

Williams had the biggest impact among the first-years, going 7-9 in singles play with a 5-0 mark in the No. 4 flight. She logged 10 wins in doubles play as well.  

The first-year Mashaal saw limited action but did pick up a win in doubles play in the Kenyon Invitational, pairing with Aitken for an 8-5 win. Fellow first year Steward saw limited playing time as well and picked up a win in singles and doubles play for a combined 2-4 record. 

Wooster has earned 41 ITA Scholar-Athlete awards in the past five years. Teams must have a GPA of at least 3.2 for the current academic year. Over 1,200 NCAA Div. III student-athletes were honored as were 160 teams.