Kennesaw State University Athletics

KENNESAW, Ga. – The Kennesaw State men’s tennis team had five players earn academic honors as the Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced its 2008-09 NCAA Division I Scholar Athletes.

“Having five players from Kennesaw State earn this honor not only excites me,” said men’s head coach Brandon Padgett. “But, it also makes me very proud to be a part of this program.”

Simon Janik, Michael Langel, Justin Suesserman, Denis Sergeychik and Lawrence Washington were all named scholar athletes after meeting the requirements of having at least a 3.5 grade point average as well as earning a varsity letter for the 2008-09 season.

The men’s team was one of only 20 teams honored by the ITA for team academic excellence. The Owls 3.25 team overall grade point average surpassed the cumulative 3.2 minimum required by the ITA.

“Combined with the on-court success we had during our first year as a program, it is even more pleasing to see how successful we were in the classroom,” added Padgett.

Kennesaw State was one of three Atlantic Sun Conference teams to make the prestigious list that also included Belmont and Stetson. The Ivy League also had three members on the list: Harvard, Princeton and Yale.

Kennesaw State ITA NCAA Division I Men’s Scholar Athletes
Simon Janik
Michael Langel
Justin Suesserman
Denis Sergeychik
Lawrence Washington

ITA BCAA Division I Men’s All-Academic Teams
Alabama, Belmont, Coastal Carolina, Cleveland State, Creighton, DePaul, Farleigh Dickinson, Gardner-Webb, Harvard, Indiana University-Purdue, Fort Wayne (IPFW)
Kennesaw State, Lafayette, Marist, Ohio State, Princeton, Stetson, Stony Brook, Tennessee, Winthrop, Yale