THREE LADY CHARGERS EARN CACC WTEN ALL-ACADEMIC HONORS

May 23, 2024

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New Haven, Conn. (5/23/24) Thirty-three (33) student-athletes on Thursday were named to the 2023-24 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Women's Tennis All-Academic Team, as announced by Commissioner Dan Mara. All six CACC schools that compete in the sport were represented on the All-Academic Team.

CACC playoff participants Post University and Thomas Jefferson University led the way with seven honorees apiece. Defending conference champ Wilmington University was next six and playoff-qualifying team Chestnut Hill College also had six honorees.

Dominican University New York had three players named to the team. Rupkatha Mukherjee (Kolkata, India) and Ava O'Brien (Melbourne, Australia) made their second appearance on the team, while Bipasha Mehn (Hyderabad, India) earns her first CACC All-Academic honors in 2024.

NOTES ON ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
♦ Ten (10) student-athletes to make the squad posted perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point averages.

♦ Eighteen (18) student-athletes notched GPAs of 3.90 or higher.

♦ WilmU's Valentina Ivankovic and Larize Nel each earned all-academic status for the fourth time in their respective careers.

♦ CHC's Lottie Allin, Nele Haag, Jefferson's Stanislava Norets, Manni Zhang and WilmU's Fenna Swaan were named to the team for the third time.

♦ Seven were named to the unit for the second time in their respective careers.

♦ The four teams to qualify for the CACC post-season tournament combined to have 26 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.

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.