For the eighth straight season the University of Northern Iowa women's tennis team has earned the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's All-Academic team honor.

Head coach Laia Gonzalez-Garrido, Jessica Kunzelmann, Chelsea Moore and Stefannia Sampaio all earned individual academic honors from the ITA.

It marks the third straight season that Gonzalez-Garrido has earned the ITA's individual academic honor. It is the second time in as many seasons that Kunzelmann has attained the academic honor.

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). All eligible student-athletes whose names appear on the NCAA/NAIA/NJCAA/CA JUCO eligibility form and have competed in one or more varsity matches must average into the GPA for the current academic year (including fall 2010 and spring 2011).

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).