ITA Release

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – The 2020 Saint John's University tennis team and five of its student-athletes earned academic honors from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) on Wednesday, July 29. 

The 12 Johnnies combined for a 3.42 GPA during the 2019-20 academic year, which surpassed the 3.20 requirement to earn the ITA All-Academic Team award. 

Five Johnnies achieved ITA Scholar-Athlete distinction:

-Sophomore Hunter Fischer (Spicer, Minn./Willmar), a biology major (pre-medicine emphasis) with a 4.0 GPA;
-Sophomore Peyton Fischer (Spicer, Minn./Willmar), a biology major with a 3.91 GPA; 
-Sophomore Will Fischer (Spicer, Minn./Willmar), a history and political science double-major with a 4.0 GPA;
-Senior Thomas Gillach (Lindstrom, Minn./Chisago Lakes), a psychology major with a 3.96 GPA;
-Senior Nate Jordre (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech), a computer science major with a 3.88 GPA.

In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status, a player must be a varsity letter winner and have a grade-point average of 3.50 or better for the current academic year.

Gillach and Jordre earned their second consecutive Academic All-MIAC honor in June, while the Fischer triplets were ineligible for the award due to their status as freshmen in 2019-20. 

SJU started the 2020 season with seven consecutive wins and finished with a 7-3 (2-0 MIAC) record.