SMU Named ITA All-Academic, Six Mustangs Earn Scholar Athlete Honors
Jul 13 | Men's Tennis
TEMPE, Ariz. (SMU) – SMU Men's Tennis was named Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Academic Team and six team members earned ITA Scholar-Athlete honors as announced by the association on Monday.
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To earn the ITA All-Academic Team distinction, a team must have a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or over for the entire 2025-26 academic year.
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Along with the team award, eight Mustangs were named 2026 Division I Men's ITA Scholar-Athletes based on their athletic and academic achievements. The Mustangs receiving individual awards are Jerry Barton, Alex Finkelstein, Georgi Georgiev, Vikas Deo, Matthew Faraci and Alex Stafford.
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To earn the ITA Scholar-Athlete honors, student-athletes must have a grade point average of at least 3.5 (on a 4.00 scale) for the entire academic year.
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This award is Barton and Deo's third academic honor of the season. They were named CSC Academic All-District Team in May before earning All-ACC Academic Team honors earlier this month.
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For Georgiev and McDonald this was their second academic award of the season after earning the All-ACC Academic Team honors.
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To earn the ITA All-Academic Team distinction, a team must have a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or over for the entire 2025-26 academic year.
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Along with the team award, eight Mustangs were named 2026 Division I Men's ITA Scholar-Athletes based on their athletic and academic achievements. The Mustangs receiving individual awards are Jerry Barton, Alex Finkelstein, Georgi Georgiev, Vikas Deo, Matthew Faraci and Alex Stafford.
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To earn the ITA Scholar-Athlete honors, student-athletes must have a grade point average of at least 3.5 (on a 4.00 scale) for the entire academic year.
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This award is Barton and Deo's third academic honor of the season. They were named CSC Academic All-District Team in May before earning All-ACC Academic Team honors earlier this month.
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For Georgiev and McDonald this was their second academic award of the season after earning the All-ACC Academic Team honors.
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