TEMPE, Ariz. – All 11 players for the Carleton College women's tennis program were recognized for their excellence in the classroom as each was named a Scholar-Athlete by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). Not surprisingly, the Knights collected their 24th consecutive team academic award from the ITA.
Given to ITA member programs with a cumulative team grade point average of 3.20 or higher, the All-Academic Team award recognizes outstanding academic achievement during the 2024-25 season.
Only one other MIAC women's program owns an active team award streak of more than three years.
The program-record 11 Knights who earned individual accolades owned at least a 3.50 GPA for the recently completed academic year. This is the sixth consecutive year with at least seven individual honorees for Carleton.
This year's group of individual winners are:
Amelia Asfaw '25,
Amanda Black '25,
Piper Brown '25,
Mariam Nechiporuk '25,
Zoe Rose '25,
Miriam Shteyman '25,
Ingrid Smith '25,
Ryann Witter '27,
Kiley Pickens '27,
Kat Smiricinschi '27, and
Clara Mast '28.
Brown, Nechiprouk, Rose, and Shteyman garnered Scholar-Athlete honors all four years at Carleton, while Asfaw, Pickens and Witter both took home second third awards. Black, Mast, Smiricinschi, and Smith received their first career academic awards from the ITA.
With the Carleton men also garnering the ITA's All-Academic Team Award, this marked the 14th straight year and the 22nd time over the last 24 seasons that both Knight tennis programs captured the ITA All-Academic Team Award.
The Carleton women's tennis program not only succeeded in the classroom but also excelled on the court during the 2024-25 campaign. The Knights were 15-4, advanced to the finals of the MIAC Playoffs, and finished the season ranked No. 30 in the nation by the ITA.
