Murray State University Athletics
Three Women?s Tennis Players Honored as ITA Scholar Athletes
9/17/2008 5:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Three Murray State women's tennis players were honored by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association as Adriana Alvarez, Katelyn Fulcher and Anne Pennington were named ITA Scholar-Athletes. Alvarez and Pennington are honored for the third-straight season.
In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status a player must 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.
"These girls are very dedicated to their studies," said head coach Connie Keasling. "What a tremendous pride it brings to our program to have players earn these type of academic recognitions."
Alvarez (Durango, Mexico) maintains a 3.52 GPA in accounting and is on pace to graduate in December. She plans on immediately starting on her MBA. On the court, Alvarez was a second-team all-OVC selection after posting a 21-11 record in singles action, including going 9-1 in OVC matches.
Pennington (Indianapolis, Ind.) has a 3.75 GPA in political science. She will graduate in May and plans on attending law school. ON the court, Pennington teamed with Angela McGahee to put together one of the best single-season double's records in school-history as the duo went 20-3 overall and 16-2 in dual matches.
Fulcher (Henderson, Ky.) owns a 3.80 GPA in pre-med. The sophomore put together a strong freshman campaign as she went 9-5 in singles action teamed with Lynsey Bochenek to go 16-9 in doubles action.
The Racers open the 2008 Fall season on Sept. 19-21 as they travel to Chattanooga, Tenn. for the Steve Baras Fall Classic.
