AUSTIN, Texas – College Sports Communicators (CSC) announced Wednesday the 2023-24 Academic All-America® men's tennis teams for NCAA Division I-II-III and NAIA, which included Gonzaga's senior Matthew Hollingworth. He is the first student-athlete in Gonzaga men's tennis history to earn the honors as he has earned a 3.94 GPA with a major in Biochemistry.
The Academic All-American team is selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. To be nominated, the student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) for his/her career. No athlete is eligible until he/she has reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at his/her current institution (thus, true freshmen, red-shirt freshmen and ineligible transfers are not eligible). In the cases of transfers, graduate students and junior college graduates, the athlete must have completed one full academic year at the nominating institution to be eligible.
FIRST TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Eliot Spizzirri (1) University of Texas Sr. 3.71 Finance
Micah Braswell University of Texas Sr. 3.67 Sport Management
Robert Cash Ohio State University Sr. 3.58 Chemistry
Chris Rodesch University of Virginia Sr. 3.54 Foreign Affairs
Jonas Hartenstein University of North Florida Sr. 3.92 Communication
Ozan Baris Michigan State University So. 3.96 Communication
James Hopper University of Virginia Sr. 3.56/3.60 Biomedical Engineering (U) / Education (G)
SECOND TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Nishesh Basavareddy Stanford University So. 3.93 Undeclared
Cannon Kingsley (2) Ohio State University Gr. 3.52/3.50 Diversity Equity & Inclusion
Isaac Becroft (1) Oklahoma State University Sr. 3.77 Finance
Matthew Hollingworth Gonzaga University Gr. 3.94 Biochemistry
Alex Maggs (2) The University of New Mexico Gr. 4.00/3.83 Business Administration
Sam Sippel Boise State University Gr. 3.96/3.77 Business Administration (G)
Jeffrey von der Schulenburg University of Virginia Sr. 3.95 Global Studies
THIRD TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Lukas Engelhardt (3) Ole Miss Gr. 4.00/4.00 Business Administration (G)
Eli Herran Ball State University Gr. 4.00/4.00 Information & Communication Sciences
Zach Foster University of Alabama Jr. 4.00 Finance & Economics
Radu Papoe Cornell University Jr. 3.52 Economics
Neel Rajesh Stanford University Sr. 3.71 Management Science & Engineering
