August 2, 2018 Article from GOBLUERAIDERS.COM
Men’s Tennis receives C-USA Academic Award
IRVING, Texas - Middle Tennessee's men's tennis team boasted Conference USA's best team grade point average in their sport for the 2017-18 academic year, the conference office announced today.
The team, led by head coach Jimmy Borendame, posted a 3.779 GPA in the last academic year. Nine out of the ten Blue Raiders on the 2017-18 squad earned a spot on the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll, with five players also claiming a C-USA Academic Medal.
Recently, eight of the team members were all named ITA Scholar Athletes, and the team received All-Academic Team honors. Miguel Negre Fernandez was also named to the C-USA Men's Tennis All-Academic team in April.
Sport | Recipient (*repeat winner) |
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Baseball | UAB |
Men's Basketball | *Florida Atlantic |
Women's Basketball | UAB |
Men's Cross Country | Louisiana Tech |
Women's Cross Country | *Rice |
Football | *Rice |
Men's Golf | *Rice |
Women's Golf | *UTSA |
Men's Soccer | *South Carolina # |
Women's Soccer | *Rice |
Softball | *Charlotte |
Women's Swimming | Rice |
Men's Tennis | *Middle Tennessee |
Women's Tennis | FIU |
Men's Track & Field | *Rice |
Women's Track & Field | *Rice |
Women's Volleyball | WKU |