PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A total of 21 Little East Conference (LEC) student-athletes and three teams were recently named recipients of academic honors from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) for the 2025-26 academic year.

The women’s programs from UMass Dartmouth, Salem State University and the University of Southern Maine earned the ITA All-Academic Team Award. To be named an ITA All-Academic Team, programs must meet the following requirements:

• Have a team grade point average of 3.2 or above (on a 4.00 scale),
• All student-athletes included should 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 named an ITA Scholar-Athlete, one must meet the following requirements:

• Have a grade point average of at least 3.5 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year
• Be listed on the institutional eligibility form

The LEC’s ITA Scholar Athlete recipients are listed below. In addition to the individual award requirements listed above, the institution must be a dues-paying member of the ITA. 

UMass Dartmouth
Ava Aguair
Lauren Burgess
Saige Croce
Gianna Doiron
Maddie Gonzalez
Kayli Langan
Alyson Tobias
Zuri Walters

Southern Maine
Bowdoin Allen
Katherine Dallaire
Abby Emerson
Alexis Hayward
Samantha Tenney
Payton Thibodeau
Aiden Urbahn

Salem State
Samantha Bidzerkowny
Delaney Cox
Michael Muttiah
Samantha Tenney
Ryann Tripp
Mark Wood