GILBERT, Ariz. – Both the Barton College men's and women's tennis teams earned 2026 ITA NCAA Division II All-Academic Team accolades. ITA is the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.
To be named an ITA All-Academic Team, programs must meet the following requirements:
- Have a team grade point average of 3.2 or above (on a 4.00 scale),
- All student-athletes included should be listed on the institutional eligibility form, and
- All varsity letter winners should be factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year
In addition, a total of 14 Bulldog student-athletes – seven men's players and seven women's players – earned 2026 ITA D-II Scholar-Athlete honors.
To be named an ITA Scholar-Athlete, one must meet the following requirements:
- Have a grade point average of at least 3.5 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year
- Be listed on the institutional eligibility form
The Barton men's players who earned this prestigious honor were the following: sophomore
Juliann Starland (Senlis, FRANCE), junior
Fredrik Foss (Oslo, NORWAY), senior
Diego Rodriguez (Caracas, VENEZUELA), senior
Aditya Chauhan (Chandigarh, INDIA), redshirt freshman
William Drake (Walstonburg, N.C.), senior
Filip Forsberg (Vallentuna, SWEDEN) and senior
Hampus Wik (Gnosjo, SWEDEN).
The Bulldogs' women's players include sophomore
Alejandra Carmona Garcia (Fraga, SPAIN), junior
Courtney-Kai Chin (Kingston, JAMAICA), junior
Claudia Zaratiegui Marquez (Barcelona, SPAIN), senior
Leonie Hellum-Lilleengen (Bekkestua, NORWAY), senior
Irma Granstam (Linkoping, SWEDEN), senior
Eulalia Pascual Biosca (Albatarrec, SPAIN) and senior
Alexandra Saez Lozano (Begur, SPAIN).
