MCC Tennis Earns Academic Honors

From School Reports

The Meridian Community College tennis enjoyed another banner season in 2016 with a pair of MACJC/Region 23 Championships, but the program can now add more success of the court. The Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced its 2016 Academic Awards on Thursday and MCC was represented extremely well among the best in the nation. More than 4,200 scholar-athletes were recognized across all divisions, along with over 700 all-academic teams.

The MCC women’s tennis team was named an All-Academic Team according to the ITA and six members of the team were recognized individually for their academic accomplishments. The members of the MCC women’s team that were named to the All-Academic Team included: Paige Gibson, Hayden Hill, Kyra Holway, Jordyn Hull, Taylor Miller, and Shelby Zachry.

The MCC men were also named an All-Academic Team by the ITA and five members of the team included: John Taylor Champion, Walt Herrington, Noah James, Jason Pimenta, and Alexander Vaughn.

The ITA All-Academic Team award is open to any ITA program that has a cumulative team grade point average of 3.20 or above (on a 4.00 scale). All varsity letter winners should be factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year (including fall 2015 and spring 2016).