University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
Women's Tennis Quartet Earns Pac-12 Academic Honors
June 08, 2020 | Women's Tennis
SAN FRANCISCO โ A quartet of UCLA women's tennis student-athletes were named to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll, the conference announced Monday.
Juniors Abi Altick and Sophie Bendetti and sophomores Elysia Bolton and Taylor Johnson earned the accolades. Any student-athlete on his or her respective team roster with a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or above, and who has served at least one year in residence at the institution, is eligible for recognition. Altick is the only one of the four who previously earned a Pac-12 All-Academic selection.
Altick, a sociology major who made the conference's All-Academic Second Team in 2019, was recently named to the UCLA All-Academic Team for the second year in a row after posting the highest GPA on her team. She is also an eight-time member of the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll. On the court, Altick recorded an 11-3 singles record (7-1 in dual matches) and a 14-4 doubles mark (10-1) over the course of the shortened season. She earned the second Pac-12 Player of the Week award of her career after the Bruins swept rivals USC and Pepperdine.
A seven-time member of the AD's Honor Roll, Bendetti (sociology) teamed with freshman Sasha Vagramov for a pair of doubles wins at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships. Bendetti's off-court honors also include being twice named an ITA Scholar-Athlete.
Bolton (political science) adds an academic award to her already-decorated sophomore campaign. She was named the ITA National Player to Watch after finishing the season atop the ITA doubles rankings with redshirt senior Jada Hart. Bolton qualified for an ITA All-America selection behind strong singles and doubles play, registering records of 11-5 (6-3) and 18-3 (10-1), respectively. She is a three-time AD's Honor Roll member.
Johnson (communications) was an ITA Scholar-Athlete in 2019 and has been named to the AD's Honor Roll on four occasions. A doubles standout, she advanced to the final round of the ITA Southwest Regional Championships with Altick and posted a 12-5 record (5-2). Johnson also went 8-5 in singles play and clinched UCLA's ITA Kick-Off Weekend first-round win versus Minnesota in her only dual-match action.
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