BAHADURALI LADHANI AND BRUNO NAMED TO CACC MTEN ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

May 23, 2024

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New Haven, Conn. (5/23/24) Sixteen (16) student-athletes on Thursday were named to the 2023-24 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Men's Tennis All-Academic Team, as announced by Commissioner Dan Mara. All four CACC schools that compete in the sport were represented on the All-Academic Team.

CACC Division finalist Chestnut Hill College led the way with seven honorees on the squad.

Dominican University New York had two players named to the team as Qalib Bahadurali Ladhani (Guelph, Ontario) was named to the team for the third time and John Bruno (Middleburgh, N.Y.) made his first appearance on the team.

NOTES ON ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
♦ CHC's Joao Sousa was the lone student-athlete on the team to post a GPA of 3.90 or higher as he had a mark of 3.94.

♦ Sousa was joined by Dominican University's Qalib Bahadurali Ladhani, Thomas Jefferson University's Hannibal Borg and Post University's Jose Nunez as student-athletes to make the team for a third time in their respective careers.

♦ CHC's Noah Cutting, Jefferson's Enrique Soto Ballester and Post's Daniel Cristobal Cervantes were named to the unit for the second time in their respective careers.

♦ The three teams to qualify for the CACC divisional post-season tournament combined to have 14 honorees make the all-academic team.

To be eligible for CACC All-Academic status, a student-athlete must: a) Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 at the end of immediate preceding term (may include summer for fall sport participants); b) Minimum of two semesters enrolled as full-time student at member institution; c) Student-athlete must be second year student-athlete at member institution (both academically and athletically).

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement. Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world. Dominican also sponsors 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.