Morgan Shaffer, Katherine Hui, Valerie Glozman, Emma Sun, Chidimma OkparaMorgan Shaffer, Katherine Hui, Valerie Glozman, Emma Sun, Chidimma Okpara
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Women's Tennis

Nine Receive ITA Scholar-Athlete Distinction

Entire roster recognized; program also selected as ITA All-Academic Team

STANFORD, Calif. – All nine Stanford women’s tennis student-athletes were named ITA Scholar-Athletes when the Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced its academic awards on Monday. In addition, the collective group earned distinction as an ITA All-Academic Team.

In order to qualify for the honor, athletes needed to maintain a 3.5 GPA or higher during the current academic year. To be named an ITA All-Academic Team, the programs needed to have a 3.2 grade point average or higher.

The Cardinal finished its season, the first under Peter and Helen Bing Director of Women’s Tennis Frankie Brennan, with a 17-9 record, its 43rd consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and its 42nd trip to the Round of 16.

The full list of Cardinal honorees is as follows:

Caroline Driscoll, Stanford, Jr., Political Science
Valerie Glozman, Stanford, Fr., Undeclared
Katherine Hui, Stanford, So., Undeclared
Connie Ma, Stanford, Sr., Human Biology
Chidimma Okpara, Stanford, Grad., Community Health & Prevention Research
Morgan Shaffer, Stanford, Fr., Undeclared
Emma Sun, Stanford, Jr., Computer Science
Valencia Xu, Stanford, Sr., International Relations
Alexandra Yepifanova, Stanford, Sr., Science Technology & Society