SALT LAKE CITY-Tuesday, University of Utah men’s tennis capped off a successful on-court season by setting a new program record for academic achievement.
The Utes placed seven student-athletes on the Pac-12 All-Academic squads, showing the Utes can both ace the textbooks as well as their competition.
Senior Egbert Weverink of Amsterdam, The Netherlands became the second Ute in program history to earn 1st team Pac-12 all-academic honors in consecutive seasons.
Furthermore, Slava Shainyan, a sophomore from Moscow, Russia was selected to the all-Pac-12 first team, his first honor as a Ute.
Making the second team was senior Santiago Sierra of Mexico City, Mexico as he joined current Utes’ assistant Matt Cowley as the only Ute in program history to earn Pac-12 all-academic honors in three consecutive seasons. Joining Sierra on the second team were junior Dan Allen of London, England, junior Joe Woolley of Boston, England and junior David Micevski of Skopje, Macedonia.
Earning honorable mention honors for the Utes was redshirt sophomore Azat Hankuliyev of Salt Lake City. This was his first postseason recognition from the Pac-12.
Since joining the Pac-12 in 2012, Utah men’s tennis has had 17 student-athletes earn 31 Pac-12 all-academic honors.
In order to eligible for selection to the Pac-12’s all-academic squad, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.0 GPA and compete in at least 50 percent of his team’s matches in men’s tennis.
