Women's tennis places 7 student-athletes on Pac-10 All-Academic team
<p>The Arizona State women's tennis team has placed seven student-athletes on the 2011 Pac-10 All-Academic tennis team, the conference announced.</p><separator></separator><p>The Sun Devils earned the most honors of any Pac-10 school on the list with seven.</p><separator></separator><p>Senior <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/mckenna_kelcy00.html&q…; mce_href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/mckenna_kelcy00.html">… McKenna</a> earned her third consecutive Pac-10 All-Academic first-team honor, graduating in December with a 3.86 GPA in elementary education. McKenna was also one one-hundredth of a point shy of holding the highest GPA in the Pac-10, coming second to Washington State's Elizabeth Fournier, who holds a 3.87 in economics.</p><separator></separator><p>Senior <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/hein_micaela00.html&qu…; mce_href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/hein_micaela00.html">M… Hein</a> and juniors <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/brycki_michelle00.html…; mce_href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/brycki_michelle00.html… Brycki</a>, <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/cienki_deirdre00.html&…; mce_href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/cienki_deirdre00.html"… Cienki</a>, and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/simmons_sianna00.html&…; mce_href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/simmons_sianna00.html"… Simmons</a> all earned second-team honors. Hein, who graduated in May, earned her third-consecutive second-team honor with a 3.47 GPA in communications at Arizona State. Sophomore <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/smith_nicole00.html&qu…; mce_href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/smith_nicole00.html">N… Smith</a> and senior <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/brown_ashlee00.html&qu…; mce_href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/brown_ashlee00.html">A… Brown</a> earned honorable mention accolades. </p><separator></separator><p>In May, the <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/spec-rel/051711aaa.html&qu…; mce_href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/spec-rel/051711aaa.html">N… recognized</a> the Arizona State women's tennis team for their continued commitment to academic excellence, recording a perfect 1000 score on the NCAA's Annual Progress Rate (APR) in the six years the measurement has been in existence.</p>