TEMPE, Ariz. – The St. Olaf College men's tennis team earned Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team honors and seven of its student-athletes gathered ITA Scholar-Athlete recognition, as announced on Wednesday.

In its final season under head coach Chris Kuna, St. Olaf collected ITA All-Academic Team honors for the eighth time in the last nine seasons. The accolade is awarded to teams that record a team grade-point average of 3.20 or higher for the academic year. St. Olaf was one of 125 men's programs nationwide to be named an ITA All-Academic Team for 2022-23.

Individually, rising senior Ben Anderson, rising junior David Azcona, rising senior Jakub Belik, rising senior Karsten Johnson, rising senior Max Loesch, recent graduate Henry Smith '23, and rising sophomore Bogdan Vizoli were all named ITA Scholar-Athletes, marking the fourth time in the last five seasons at least six Oles have been recognized with the honor. Smith earned the third ITA Scholar-Athlete accolade of his career, while Anderson, Belik, and Johnson picked up their second.

To be named an ITA Scholar-Athlete, a student-athlete must have a grade-point average of at least 3.5 (on a 4.0 scale) for the current academic year and be listed on the institutional eligibility form.