ACC Tennis Academic Excellence
Georgia Tech Tennis Teams Lead ACC with Nine All-Academic Honors, Joined by Florida State and Louisville
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Christophe Clement, a Court 1 mainstay for Georgia Tech, finished with 10 singles wins and eight doubles wins in his final season, including a seven-match unbeaten stretch and an 11-for-11 record in finished non-conference sets, earning ACC All-Academic Team honors for a second straight year.
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Georgia Tech senior Alejandra Cruz was 13-7 in singles, ranked in every ITA spring ranking with a peak at No. 47, and has now earned ACC All-Academic Team honors each year of her Tech career.
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Florida State's Kristyna Lavickova earned her second career All-ACC Academic Team nod and finished her collegiate career with 51 combined victories.
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Florida State's Laura Putz collected her third consecutive All-ACC Academic Team honor, while Eva Shaw led the Seminoles with 13 singles victories and finished No. 103 in the final ITA singles rankings.
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Louisville announced four players named to the All-ACC Women's Tennis Academic Team, with eligibility criteria noted (minimum 3.0 GPA for the previous semester and cumulative 3.0, plus at least 50 percent of team contests competed).
The ACC honored nine Georgia Tech tennis players on June 26, 2026, giving the Yellow Jackets five women's and four men's selections on the 2025-26 All-ACC Academic Team — one of the conference's largest hauls that day. A total of 78 women and 65 men across the ACC earned the distinction, according to GT Athletics.
To qualify, players must carry at least a 3.0 GPA for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative GPA, and compete in at least half their team's scheduled matches. Florida State and Louisville also landed multiple honorees, underscoring a broader push across the conference to pair classroom performance with on-court results.
Georgia Tech Women Lead With Four-Year Academic Streak
Senior Alejandra Cruz headlines the Tech women's contingent. She went 13-7 in singles, peaked at No. 47 in the ITA national rankings in early February, and earned All-ACC Academic Team honors for every year of her Tech career, according to GT Athletics. She also racked up 76 career singles wins.
Joining Cruz were Carneiro, Dozier, Licht, and Roach. Head coach Rodney Harmon's program now holds its 23rd All-ACC postseason academic honor in 24 years, GT Athletics reported. That kind of consistency signals a recruiting model built to last in the NIL era.
Clement Caps Final Season With Perfect Non-Conference Record
On the men's side, senior Christophe Clement earned the honor for the second straight year. He finished 10-7 in singles and 8-something in doubles, including a seven-match unbeaten run. Most striking: he went 11-for-11 in finished non-conference sets, never dropping a single frame, per GT Athletics.
Clement was joined by Irwanto, Schoenmakers, and Shokry. Head coach Kenny Thorne's squad has now placed at least three players on the All-Academic list for five straight seasons, GT Athletics noted. That run shows the men's program treats the classroom as a non-negotiable part of its identity.
Florida State's Shaw and Putz Drive Five-Player Seminole Class
Florida State matched Tech with five women's honorees: Deatherage, Putz, Shaw, Li, and Lavickova. Junior Eva Shaw led the Seminoles with 13 singles wins and finished No. 103 in the final ITA singles rankings. Junior Laura Putz collected her third straight All-ACC Academic Team honor, per Seminoles.com.
Senior Kristyna Lavickova closed out her college career with 51 combined victories before earning her second career academic nod. FSU also placed four athletes on the CSC Academic All-District Teams in May, Seminoles.com reported — a recruiting signal aimed squarely at international players seeking elite education alongside Power 4 competition.
Louisville Finds a Silver Lining After Early ACC Exit
Louisville named four women to the All-ACC Academic Team, according to GoCards.com. The Cardinals were eliminated in the first round of the ACC Tournament by Virginia Tech on April 15-19 in Cary, NC. On-court results were mixed, but the academic honors signal a culture still taking shape under head coach Mark Beckham.
Senior Alice Otis stood out competitively, recording 10 singles wins including an upset over No. 16-ranked Johanne Svendsen of Cal. Louisville started the 2026 season 5-0 before conference play tightened the schedule, GoCards.com noted. For a program still building, four academic honorees alongside that early run suggests Beckham's model is gaining traction.
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