Aug. 11, 2008

Skillman, N.J. - Stony Brook University's men's tennis squad earned a prestigious academic honor when the Intercollegiate Tennis Association named the Seawolves as a 2008 ITA All-Academic Team. Stony Brook is one of just 41 teams in the nation in Division I that earned the award, which goes to a team that posts a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 and above. The only America East Conference team to win the award for 2008, it is the third consecutive year that the Seawolves have won the honor.

In addition, three members of the team; senior Youssef Fassi-Fehri (Fes, Morocco), junior Ilan Shvartz (Haifa, Israel), and sophomore Ivan Rummel (Budapest, Hungary), all earned individual ITA Scholar-Athlete awards. In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status, a player must be a varsity letter winner and have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year. They also must have been enrolled at their present school for at least two semesters.