Tempe, AZ – The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (“ITA”) recently announced the 2024 Division I Women’s ITA Scholar-Athletes and All-Academic Teams and the Gardner-Webb women’s tennis team was named to the 17th…^th Time in 18 seasons under head coach Jim Corn.

To be named an ITA Scholar-Athlete, a student-athlete must have a grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.5 (on a 4.00 scale) in the current academic year.

The ITA All-Academic Team requires a team grade point average of 3.2 or higher (on a 4.00 scale) for a program.

The Runnin’ Bulldogs earned a team grade-point average of 3.77 and six players received ITA Scholar-Athlete Honors for the 2023-24 academic year.

Second semester Emma Shasteen (Floda, Sweden), Junior Emilia Roslund (Lund, Sweden), first semester Milica Prokic (Belgrade, Serbia), second year student Valeria Lloclla (Lima, Peru),
senior Katie Watts (Haslet, Texas) and graduate Courtney Fyvie (Durbam, South Africa) were all honored by the ITA for their academic achievements.


Academics remain an integral part of college tennis and contribute to the unique student-athlete experience found on college campuses across the country.


In tennis, the student athletes continue to shine in the classroom and on the court.

In 2024, 1,573 Division I student-athletes were named ITA Scholar-Athletes and 255 women’s tennis programs received All-Academic Team honors.

“I am so proud of my girls’ efforts both on the court and in the classroom,” Corn said. “We have six ITA scholarship recipients and our team GPA is 3.77. In today’s world of NIL, it is so nice to see that there are still true student-athletes out there. These girls have truly achieved academic excellence.”