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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
For Georgiev and McDonald this was their second academic award of the season after earning the All-ACC Academic Team honors.
