GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- The Tusculum University men's tennis team has received academic recognition from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association for the 2022-23 season.

Tusculum was one of 64 men's tennis programs honored by the ITA as an Division II All-Academic Team, with nine of the team's players receiving Scholar-Athlete accolades. The Tusculum men's tennis team GPA of 3.53 is sixth-highest among Pioneer athletic programs.

ITA Scholar-Athletes must have a grade-point average of at least 3.5 for the current academic year, while ITA All-Academic Team recognition is based on a team GPA of 3.2 or above. Nationally, there were 468 men honored as ITA Division II Scholar-Athletes for the 2022-23 season.

Tusculum men named to the ITA Division II All-Academic Team were graduate students Rhodri Atkinson, Frank Bonacia and Kenta Kondou, junior Nemanja Subanovic, and sophomores Yuki Ikeda, Marco Jalalian, Nathan Matsuguma, Felipe Velasquez Quintana and Nathan West.

The Pioneers finished the 2022-23 season ranked 28th in Division II by the ITA, ending with a 17-7 overall record and in second place in the South Atlantic Conference with a 11-1 league mark.