TEMPE, Ariz. – The University of Wisconsin-Superior men's and women's tennis teams received academic recognition from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA), the organization revealed.
 
Two members of the Yellowjacket men claimed scholar-athlete honors, while the Yellowjacket women picked up an all-academic team selection and slated seven to the scholar-athlete list.
 
To be eligible for an all-academic team citation, programs must have a team grade point average of 3.2 or above (on a 4.0 scale) for the academic year, student-athletes must be listed on the institutional eligibility form, and all varsity letter winners should be factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year.
 
To be eligible for a scholar-athlete distinction, student-athletes must have a grade point average of 3.5 or above (on a 4.0 scale) for the academic year and must be listed on the institutional eligibility form.
 
The Yellowjacket women capped the year with a cumulative grade point average of 3.572.
 
In 2024, 1,079 NCAA Division III men's student-athletes were named scholar athletes, while 1,271 women's student-athletes claimed the honor.
 
A list of individual honorees is below:
 
Men's Tennis (2)
Brandon Chu (Rogers, Minn./Rogers)
Vitor Sakakibara (São Paulo, Brazil/Colégio Saber)
 
Women's Tennis (7)
Daylyn Drew (Negaunee, Mich./Negaunee)
Giulia Araujo De Barros (Curitiba, Brazil/Colegio Sabre)
Hailey Bault (Saukville, Wis./Grafton Senior)
Jessi Kukowski (Duluth, Minn./Hermantown)
Kate Jonas (Annandale, Minn./Annandale)
Kylie Coel (Pulaski, Wis./Pulaski)
Maya Haupt (Nuertingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg/Hoelderlin Gymnasium Nuertingen)