BOURBONNAIS, Ill. – The Olivet Nazarene University men's and women's tennis teams were recognized for their performances in the classroom as four total student-athletes were named NAIA Scholar-Athletes, the league office announced Monday.
Nicholas Bailey and Timothy Hidalgo were named NAIA Scholar-Athletes from the men's team. Chieh-Yu Chen and Nirva Patel, who were both named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Women's Tennis Team last week, were both named Scholar-Athletes by the NAIA on the women's side.
In order to qualify for the honor, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale. Click HERE for the full men's list and HERE for the full women's list.
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*Contact: Evan Wild, Sports Information Director, ewwild@olivet.edu