Williamsburg, KY – Coming off of a strong season on the court in which the Patriots posted the most wins in a season in the past decade, the UC men's tennis teams earned a pair of ITA NAIA Men's Academic Awards, announced by ITA officials on Thursday.  Cumberlands had 12 student-athletes be named an ITA Scholar-Athlete, while the team was one of 30 NAIA schools that earned ITA All-Academic Team.

The Patriots 12 academic recipients, were the second most in the NAIA this season.   Earning the honors were Trendon Ball, Joshua Carey, Peyton Hamlin, Mattis Le Montagner, Luis Montull, Martin Muller, Patrick Oliveira Pereira, Saleem Salleh, Quentin Villetorte, Thibault Villetorte, and Hung-Ju Wu.

UC went 23-6 overall on the season with a 9-1 record in conference play.  The Patriots tallied a program record 20 sweeps on the year, including a 7-0 win over NCAA D1 Austin Peay, and advanced to the second round of the NAIA National Tournament for the third straight season.

To qualify for Scholar-Athlete must have a GPA of 3.5 for the current academic year as Scholar-Teams must have a team GPA of 3.2 or higher.

Across the NAIA, 226 NAIA men's tennis student-athletes earned this distinction.  Cumberlands was one of four Mid-South schools to garner ITA Scholar-Team honors.

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