NORFOLK, Va. – The Norfolk State tennis programs were named to the 2013 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic teams. In addition to the overall program being named to the all-academic team, six players were also named ITA scholar-athletes.

It marks the first time the men's program has ever won the ITA All-Academic Team award. It is the third year in a row that the women's team has earned the award.

Two members of the women's program were named ITA Scholar Athletes including sophomore Andrea Macchiavello and departed senior Rebecca Graff, who won the award for the third consecutive year.

On the men's senior Kent Austin, juniors Igor Braga and Daniel Grauel and sophomore Dzmitry Zyhmantovich were selected as ITA Scholar Athletes. In order to qualify as an ITA Scholar Athlete, players must have a GPA of 3.50 or better.

The ITA All-Academic Team award is open to any ITA program that has a cumulative team grade point average of 3.20 or above (on a 4.00 scale). All eligible student-athletes whose names appear on the NCAA eligibility form and have competed in one or more varsity matches must average into the GPA for the current academic year (including fall 2012 and spring 2013).

Click here to access the list of all of the ITA's All-Academic teams and Scholar Athletes.