Women’s Tennis Named ITA All-Academic Team, All Nine Honored as Scholar-Athletes

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – All nine Fighting Illini women’s tennis student-athletes and the team as a whole were honored by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) for their work in the classroom during the 2023-24 academic year, the organization announced on Monday.

Illinois owned a combined team GPA of 3.89 during the fall semester and 3.75 most recently in the spring term, exceeding the 3.2 GPA necessary to qualify for the ITA All-Academic Team award.

All nine Fighting Illini student-athletes surpassed the 3.5 GPA required to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete honors for the 2023-24 campaign.

 In 2024, 1,573 Division I women’s student-athletes were named an ITA Scholar-Athlete, and 255 women’s tennis programs were awarded the All-Academic Team distinction.

Josie Frazier closed her career as a five-time ITA Scholar-Athlete followed by Kida Ferrari, Megan Heuser, Kasia Treiber as three-time honorees, Kate Duong earned the recognition twice, while McKenna Schaefbauer, Rosie Seccia, and Alice Xu each earned their first honors.

Additional academic honors collected by head coach Evan Clark‘s squad this past season included Duong earning a Big Ten Postgraduate Scholarship most recently. Ferrari, Frazier, and Heuser were tabbed Big Ten Distinguished Scholars. Prior to that, Duong, Ferrari, Frazier, Heuser, Martinez, and Treiber were all named to the Big Ten Spring Academic All-Big Ten list. In mid-May, Frazier, Ferrari, Heuser, and Schaefbauer were named to the CSC Academic All-District Team.