Mical Earns America East All-Academic Team Honors
May 17, 2011 | Women's Tennis
May 17, 2011
America East All-Academic Team
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Boston University junior Monika Mical was named to her first America East Women's Tennis All-Academic Team, the league office announced Tuesday afternoon. One of six players on the squad, she currently maintains a 3.81 GPA while majoring in psychology.
Mical played a key role in helping the Terriers clinch the program's 18th straight America East title. During the semifinals against Stony Brook with the final point on the line, she rallied from a 4-2 deficit in the third set to pull out a 7-6(4), 1-6, 6-4 victory.
During the season, she teamed with senior Vanessa Steiner to earn second-team All-Conference honors in doubles. The pair posted a 12-5 record during the spring in the No. 3 slot for the Terriers.
The All-Academic squads are a product of the June 2005 Athletics Director meetings, where faculty representatives and athletics directors from each of the conference's nine member institutions decided to honor the league's top student-athletes, whom excel equally in the classroom as they do on the playing field.
For the third straight year, America East will select the All-Academic teams using CoSIDA's Academic All-America program as a model. Student-athletes worthy of consideration are nominated by member sports information directors and voted on by a committee of SIDs, academic advisors and faculty representatives from all nine member institutions.
All-Academic squads for team sports are based on the number of athletes that participate in a contest at one time, for example, six student-athletes in the sport of tennis. To be nominated for the distinction, student-athletes must be a starter or important reserve for their team and participate in at least 50 percent of their team's games or competitions. In the classroom, student-athletes must have a 3.30 GPA and have completed at least one calendar year at their institution. Freshmen are not eligible for consideration.
