Women's Tennis Recognized for Academic Success

College of William & Mary

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The William & Mary women's tennis team received academic recognition from Intercollegiate Tennis Association, the organization announced. As a team, the Green and Gold earned the ITA All-Academic Team honor for the fourth straight season, while a program-record six players, senior Marie Faure, juniors Maria Groner, Olivia Thaler and Cecily Wuenscher, sophomore Lauren Goodman and freshman Rosie Cheng, garnered ITA Scholar-Athlete accolades. 
W&M received the team award for the eighth time overall and seventh in the last nine years by sporting a 3.43 cumulative team GPA. Individually, it was the third award for both Groener and Thaler, while Wuenscher garnered the distinction of the second time. The accolades were the first for Faure, Goodman and Cheng. 
Since 2002, W&M has generated a total of 38 ITA Scholar-Athletes. In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status, a player must meet the following criteria: be a varsity letter winner; have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year; and have been enrolled at their present school for at least 2 semesters (including freshman through senior year). Over the last five seasons under head coach Tyler Thomson, W&M produced 20 ITA Scholar-Athletes. During his coaching career, Thomson-coached players have been named an ITA Scholar-Athlete for their success in the classroom on 64 occasions with his squads earning 15 ITA All-Academic Team awards. W&M tied for 26th nationally in Scholar-Athlete honorees. The Tribe was one of seven CAA programs, five within the state of Virginia and 190 Division I programs to earn the team academic honor. 
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