TEMPE, Ariz. – Fourteen members of the Saint Joseph's men's and women's tennis programs earned 2025-26 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete honors on Monday.  In addition, both squads earned ITA All-Academic Team recognition as well.

For the women's team, junior Victoria Tracey was honored for the second consecutive year, while junior Brooke Tackett earned the honor for the first time.  Joining the pair on the list are seven other first-time honorees: sophomores Amari O'Brien, Claudia Perez-Garcia, and Gisele Tang, and freshmen Valeria Casusol, Elena Fleming, Evelyn Mejia, and June Tronhus.

On the men's squad, senior John Butler claimed his fourth consecutive ITA Scholar-Athlete honor; classmate Mark Rubin was honored for the third year in a row, as was junior Othman Bezzaz.  Earning accolades for the first time were freshmen Davi Carlos and Jakob Gaudreau Barnes.

In order to qualify as an ITA Scholar-Athlete, a student-athlete must achieve at least a 3.5 grade point average over the course of the academic year.  To qualify for All-Academic Team status, a team must have a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or better for the year.