SKILLMAN, N.J. – Northwest's women's and men's tennis teams, under the direction of Troy Howell, were both represented on the 2017 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Academic Honor Roll announced Tuesday. 

For the fourth consecutive season, the Lady Rangers earned ITA All-Academic Team recognition with a 3.32 grade-point average, while the Ranger men are represented for the third straight year after posting a 3.57, leading all Northwest athletic programs for 2016-17.

Five players were named ITA Scholar-Athletes for posting a 3.5 GPA or better, including sophomores Emily Standard (3.84), Zak Harbin (3.97), Dalton Young (3.87) and freshmen Harlie Ray (3.92) and Joshua Stephenson (3.62).

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.