Six Rams, Men’s Tennis Recognized for Academics by ITA
The Suffolk men’s tennis team and six players – Henry Blanchard, Christian Gardner, Sein Kim, Mehdi Mered, Abhi Patel and Jason Yany – picked up academic accolades from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). The Rams were named an All-Academic Team, while the six student-athletes earned Scholar-Athlete distinction, the national organization announced Wednesday.
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TEMPE, Ariz. – The Suffolk men's tennis team and six players – Henry Blanchard, Christian Gardner, Sein Kim, Mehdi Mered, Abhi Patel and Jason Yany – picked up academic accolades from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). The Rams were named an All-Academic Team, while the six student-athletes earned Scholar-Athlete distinction, the national organization announced Wednesday.
Each season the ITA recognizes students who maintain a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale and earn varsity letter status.
Suffolk saw six honorees for the second straight season, which is a program-best for the blue-and-gold. Kim was a repeat honoree, while Blanchard, Gardner, Mered, Patel and Yany scooped up the distinction for the first time in their collegiate careers. Overall, the blue-and-gold has seen 30 student-athletes combine for 31 ITA Scholar-Athlete awards in its history book and has had a Ram take home the feat in each of the last seven seasons.
In 2025, 1,115 Division III men's student-athletes were named ITA Scholar-Athletes including 16 representatives from the Conference of New England (CNE) with Roger Williams (4), the University of Saint Joseph (3) and Western New England (3) joining the conference-best six Suffolk student-athletes on the national list. To view a complete list of 2024-25 ITA Scholar-Athletes, click here.
Team wise, the Rams' rackets picked up the program academic accolade for the second straight season and fifth time overall.
To be named an ITA All-Academic Team, programs must have a team grade point average of 3.2 or above on a 4.0 scale and all varsity letterwinners should be factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year. Suffolk's nine-player roster compiled a 3.431 GPA.
Suffolk is the only CNE squads to be acknowledged for its academic excellence on the 135-school list of NCAA DIII men's squads that received the recognition this year. For a complete list of 2024-25 honorees click here.