Kutztown

Local resident

receives ITA honors

Kutztown University men’s tennis was announced as a 2024 Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Academic Team for the third year in-a-row and nine student-athletes collected ITA Scholar-Athlete honors, including Gonzalo Barcelo of Kutztown.

The nine Golden Bears include Sebastian Arizpe, Gonzalo Barcelo, Lucas Cherniak, Neal Devkaren, Justin Gincauskas, Ethan Moyer, Dang Nguyen, Emmitt Robinson and Henrique Rocha.

Student-athletes must have a grade-point average of at least 3.5 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year to be considered for the ITA Scholar-Athlete award.

To be named an ITA All-Academic Team, programs must have a team grade-point average of 3.2 or above.

In 2024, 543 Division II Men’s student-athletes were named an ITA Scholar-Athlete, and 78 men’s tennis programs were awarded the All-Academic Team distinction.