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Eight Blue Devils Selected ITA Scholar-Athletes
7/12/2021 2:37:00 PM | Men's Tennis
DURHAM, N.C. – The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) announced Monday that eight Blue Devils were named ITA Scholar-Athletes.
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Seniors Edu Güell and Sean Sculley, sophomores Michael Heller, Samuel Rubell and Andrew Zhang and freshmen Andrew Dale, Faris Khan and Niroop Vallabhaneni were all selected to the exclusive list.
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Sculley was named an ITA Scholar-Athlete for the third consecutive season, while Güell, Rubell and Zhang are back on the list for the second time. It also continues a strong run of academic success, with Sculley and Zhang being named to the 2021 All-ACC Academic Team earlier this summer.
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Duke as a team was also acknowledged by the organization after being named to the 2021 ITA All-Academic Team.
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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 letterwinners were factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year.
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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).
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Seniors Edu Güell and Sean Sculley, sophomores Michael Heller, Samuel Rubell and Andrew Zhang and freshmen Andrew Dale, Faris Khan and Niroop Vallabhaneni were all selected to the exclusive list.
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Sculley was named an ITA Scholar-Athlete for the third consecutive season, while Güell, Rubell and Zhang are back on the list for the second time. It also continues a strong run of academic success, with Sculley and Zhang being named to the 2021 All-ACC Academic Team earlier this summer.
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Duke as a team was also acknowledged by the organization after being named to the 2021 ITA All-Academic Team.
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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 letterwinners were factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year.
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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).
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#GoDuke
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