The Webster University women's tennis team earned the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) 2016-17 All-Academic Team award, while eight team members were named 2017 ITA Scholar Athletes.  It was the fourth straight year the team was so honored. 

The women's tennis team had an excellent 3.70 team grade point average (GPA) for the 2016-17 year, just a shade under the team's 3.71 GPA for 2015-16.  To qualify for the ITA All-Academic Team Award, full team rosters must maintain a 3.2 GPA for the academic year.

The Webster women's ITA Scholar Athletes all earned the awards by maintaining 3.5 or higher GPAs for the 2015-16 academic year.  In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status a player must also be a varsity letter winner and have been enrolled at their school for at least two semesters.  The eight individual recipients is the most recognized in a single year in team history, tying with last year's squad at eight as well.

Those qualifying for Webster were:

Chelsea Foster, SR, St. Louis, MO (McCluer North HS
Stephanie Lass, JR, Lake Villa, IL (Lakes Community HS)
Brianna Pagan, JR, St. Louis, MO (Washington HS)
Sara Rice, SO, Mahomet, IL (Mahomet-Seymour HS)
Jesse Steffens-Willis, JR, St. Louis, MO (Rockwood Summit HS)
Jordan Struckman, JR, O'Fallon, MO (Francis Howell HS)
Madison Watts, SO, Rogersville, MO (Logan-Rogersville HS)
Jessica Wright, SR, Orange, Australia (Webster Geneva)

Lass was an ITA Scholar Athlete for a third straight year, and Rice, Steffens-Willis, Struckman, and Watts earned their second straight award.  Webster has earned the All-Academic Team Award six of the past eight seasons.  The Gorloks were one of three St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference teams to qualify for the award in 2017, with Fontbonne University and Principia College joining them.

Congratulations to the Webster women's tennis team and its honored members!