BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— The Samford women's tennis team earned ITA All-Academic Team accolades, and six Bulldogs were named All-Academic Scholars, when the ITA released its academic awards Thursday.
 
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 2018 and spring 2019).

In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status a player must meet the following criteria: 1.) be a varsity letter winner, 2.) have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year, and 3.) have been enrolled at their present school for at least 2 semesters (including freshman through senior year).
 
The Samford women's players who were honored individually are Arianna Beltrame, Holly Horsfall, Amanda Kilduff, Mary Kathrine Lewis, Cindy Oest and Elsa Pool.