Nichelle Heard & Jasmine Riddick Named ITA Scholar-Athletes
JCSU Sports Information
Charlotte, N.C. (July 16, 2015) – Two players from the Johnson C. Smith University women's tennis team were named scholar-athletes by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).
Recent graduate
Nichelle Heard (Douglasville, Ga.) and senior
Jasmine Riddick (Atlanta, Ga.) earned the honors. Heard graduated in May with a degree in Business Administration. Riddick is majoring in Social Work.
They were the only two CIAA student-athletes to earn the honor.
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 thorough senior year).
About the ITA Awards program: As the governing body of collegiate tennis, the ITA promotes both the athletic and academic achievements of varsity collegiate tennis players. The ITA, which is comprised of nearly 1,700 men's and women's varsity coaches and 20,000 student-athletes from over 1,200 institutions, has a comprehensive awards program for players and coaches to honor excellence in academics, leadership, sportsmanship and athletic performance. The ITA annually recognizes over 3,000 student-athletes on an individual and team basis from over 500 different varsity tennis programs. For more information on the ITA Awards program, please visit
http://www.itatennis.com/AboutITA/AbouttheITA.htm.
