SKILLMAN, N.J. – Northwest's women's and men's tennis teams, under the direction of Troy Howell, were both represented on the 2015 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Academic Honor Roll announced Thursday. 

The women earned ITA All-Academic Team recognition for a second consecutive season with a 3.51 grade-point average while the Ranger men are represented for a first time after posting a 3.32 GPA.

Six players were named ITA Scholar-Athletes for posting a 3.5 GPA or better, including freshmen Kendall McCoy, Kaylan Cooper and Noah Dunlap as well as sophomores Jon Morgan Bell, Joseph Shidler and Madison Jarrell.

The ITA All-Academic Team award is open to any ITA program that has a cumulative team grade point average of 3.20 or above (on a 4.00 scale). All varsity letterwinners should be factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year.

In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status a player must meet the following criteria: 1.) be a varsity letterwinner, 2.) have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year and 3.) have been enrolled at their present school for at least 2 semesters.