TEMPE, Ariz. – On Thursday the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) named Western Michigan men's tennis an All-Academic Team while seven individuals were named Scholar Athletes in Lenhard Haupt, Kristofer Knof, Peter Kuszynski, Kennosuke Nouchi, Eric Olivarez, Jannik Opitz and Matej Svjetlicic.

It's the fifth year in a row the WMU men's tennis team has earned the ITA All-Academic honor. The Broncos along with Ball State are the only two schools from the Mid-American Conference to earn the All-Academic team award.

Seven Western Michigan men's tennis student-athletes were recognized as ITA Scholar Athletes, the most in program history. Senior Eric Olivarez and junior Jannik Opitz earned the academic honor for the third time while senior Lenhard Haupt and junior Kennosuke Nouchi earned the honor for the second year in a row.

Senior Kris Knof, freshman Peter Kuszynski and senior Matej Svjetlicic were named ITA scholar athletes for the first time in their careers.

On the court in 2019, the Brown & Gold captured its 25^th MAC regular season and 13^th MAC tournament title after posting an undefeated conference record of 7-0 and an overall record of 18-9.  

The ITA All-Academic Team award is open to any ITA program that has a cumulative team grade point average of 3.20 or above (on a 4.00 scale). In order to earn ITA Scholar Athlete status, a player must meet the following criteria: 1.) be a varsity letter winner, 2.) have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year, and 3.) have been enrolled at their present school for at least 2 semesters (including freshman through senior year).