Tennis Gets Two on RMAC All-Academic Team

DENVER – A pair of Montana State Billings tennis players earned Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference All-Academic honors for the 2010 season the conference office announced Wednesday. Sophomore’s Travis Lehman and Ana Juarez both earned the honor for their work in the classroom and on the tennis court.

Lehman was one of six players to earn first team honors as the conference chose first and second teams. A Billings native, Lehman had a 3.46 cumulative GPA as a Biology major at MSUB.

A Villahermosa, Tobasco, Mexico native, Juarez earned second team honors. She carried a 3.32 GPA in Business Administration at MSUB.

In order to be considered for the honor, student-athletes must carry a 3.30 grade point average, be a starter or reserve, and they must have completed two consecutive semesters or three quarters at their institution. The GPA is what the student-athlete had earned prior to the beginning of the tennis season.

2010 RMAC Men’s Tennis All-Academic Teams
First Team
Jordan Chomko, Mesa State (unanimous first team selection, player of the year)
Ricardo Oaxaca, CSU-Pueblo (unanimous first team selection)
Mattia Ferrari, Metro State (unanimous first team selection)
Sean MacIndoe, CSU-Pueblo
Travis Lehman, MSU Billings
Andrew Wren, Colorado Christian

Second Team
Andrew Rogers, CSU-Pueblo
Logan Moody, Colorado Christian
Matt Cooper, CCU

2010 RMAC Women’s Tennis All-Academic Teams
First Team
Katie-Mary Outhwaite, UNK (unanimous first team selection, player of the year)
Morgan Forsyth, CSU-Pueblo (unanimous first team selection)
April Hirad, Metro State (unanimous first team selection)
Mizuki Takahashi, UNK
Cyndle Curfman, Mesa State
Valerie Boughton, CSU-Pueblo

Second Team
Nikolina Vukadin, Western New Mexico
Claire Bryan, Nebraska-Kearney
Emily Lampman, Western New Mexico
Ana Juarez, MSU Billings
Andrea Ortiz, CSU-Pueblo