Oklahoma State University Athletics
Six Cowgirls Named ITA Scholar Athletes
July 25, 2017 | Cowgirl Tennis
STILLWATER – Six members of the Oklahoma State women's tennis team were named Scholar Athletes, while the program was honored as an All-Academic Team, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced on Tuesday. In all, 720 teams and 3,908 student-athletes across all five divisions of college tennis were honored.
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Cowgirls Vladica Babic, Sofia Blanco, Aliona Bolsova, Viktoriya Lushkova, Lena Ruppert and Katarina Stresnakova were recognized as ITA Scholar Athletes. Lushkova will finish her career as a three-time recipient of the Scholar Athlete award. Babic, Blanco and Stresnakova are each earning the honor for the second time in their careers, while Ruppert and Bolsova are both first-time honorees.
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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 varsity letter winners were factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year (including fall 2016 and spring 2017).
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In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status a player must meet the following criteria: 1.) be a varsity letter winner, 2.) have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year, and 3.) have been enrolled at their present school for at least 2 semesters (including freshman through senior year).
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Cowgirls Vladica Babic, Sofia Blanco, Aliona Bolsova, Viktoriya Lushkova, Lena Ruppert and Katarina Stresnakova were recognized as ITA Scholar Athletes. Lushkova will finish her career as a three-time recipient of the Scholar Athlete award. Babic, Blanco and Stresnakova are each earning the honor for the second time in their careers, while Ruppert and Bolsova are both first-time honorees.
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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 varsity letter winners were factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year (including fall 2016 and spring 2017).
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In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status a player must meet the following criteria: 1.) be a varsity letter winner, 2.) have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year, and 3.) have been enrolled at their present school for at least 2 semesters (including freshman through senior year).
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