COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Tennis was named an ITA All-Academic Team on Tuesday, as announced by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.  Senior Kadi Fauble (Quincy, Ill.), senior Bea Machado Santos (Lisbon, Portugal), freshman Mackenzy Middlebrooks (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), junior Clare Raley (Atlanta, Ga.) and senior Cassidy Spearman (Laguna Niguel, Calif.) were also named ITA Scholar-Athletes for excellence in the classroom.

Mizzou exceeded the cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or above (on a 4.00 scale) required to earn All-Academic Team recognition.

In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status a player must be a varsity letter winner, have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year and have been enrolled at their present school for at least two semesters (including freshman through senior year). All five Tigers honored met those requirements.

Raley and Santos garnered ITA Scholar Athlete recognition for the second consecutive season, while Spearman, Fauble and Middlebrooks are first time honorees. All five were also named to the SEC Honor Roll after an outstanding year in the classroom.

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