Cowgirls Earn ITA Team Academic Award
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Seven named ITA Scholar-Athletes
GILBERT, Ariz. (July 15, 2026) – For the 14th time under Head Coach Dean Clower, the Wyoming Cowgirl tennis squad was named an Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team. In addition, seven Cowgirls were named ITA Scholar-Athletes.
In order to receive the team award, a team must have a cumulative GPA of 3.2. To be named a scholar-athlete the student-athlete must have at least a 3.5 GPA for the academic year. As a team, the Cowgirls had a 3.6 GPA for 2025-26 while Serina Abriola, Violetta Borodina, Silver Bijlsma, Eugenia Ceinos, Anastasiia Kochelaevskaia , Dilnaz Mashabayeva and Madlena Orlova all received scholar-athlete recognition.
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