MAC Tennis Programs, Student-Athletes Earn 2026 ITA Academic Awards

7/22/2026 3:32:37 PM

TEMPE, Ariz. (Men's & Women's Tennis) - The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) announced its 2026 Division III Men's and Women's ITA Scholar-Athletes and All-Academic Teams. The Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) combined for nine ITA All-Academic Team honors and 55 ITA Scholar-Athletes.

To be named an ITA All-Academic Team, a program must have a team grade point average of 3.2 or above (on a 4.00 scale), with all varsity letter winners factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year. To be named an ITA Scholar-Athlete, a student-athlete must have a grade point average of at least 3.5 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year and be listed on the institutional eligibility form.

The following MAC tennis programs were named 2026 ITA All-Academic Teams:

Men's Tennis
  • Arcadia University
  • King's College
  • Stevens Institute of Technology
  • Stevenson University
Women's Tennis
  • Arcadia University
  • DeSales University
  • King's College
  • Stevens Institute of Technology
  • Stevenson University
The following MAC student-athletes were named 2026 ITA Scholar-Athletes:

Arcadia
Stas Bazarov
Luis Figueiredo
Kevin McHale
Jason Small
Bernardo Figueiredo
Emma Chobert
Jessie Friel
Michelle Planita
Jaelyn DaSilva
Kaylee Higgins
Savannah Falk
Leah Hatcher

DeSales
Frank Boffa
Nia Tempest
Afaf Nazif
Noelle Holderith
Jessica Lin
Haley Maloney

King's
Tim John
Zackary Bedwell
Gavin Hall
Amir Samadian
William Savner
Logan Tomkins
Betsy Allen
Madeline Sirianni
Kimberly Dinh

Stevens Institute of Technology
Dhaivik Chenemilla
Samvid Andhare
Elias Alkio
Renat Kramin
Johnny Haase
Max-William Kanz
Alix Dry
Weiwei Lai
Aliona Heitz
Lorena Piegas 
Julia Chiovitti
Stephanie Untermeyer
Kaylee Hobbick

Stevenson
Evan DeVincent
Nathaniel Kelly
Christian Coulson
Brandon Nguyen
Quentin Melancon
Rachel Lubovsky
Sofia McCoy
Bethany Luckett
Tiffany Njemanze
Isatou Sallah
Georgia Ngang
Kara Chwang
Yana Vaiman
Emma Clayton
Ariella Stepleman