TEMPE, AZ – Johns Hopkins had 14 Blue Jays named Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Scholar-Athletes it was announced today. JHU also earned ITA Academic Team honors for the 15^th consecutive season.
 
Hopkins has now produced 176 ITA Scholar-Athletes since 2007 and has had at least eight Scholar-Athletes every year since 2012.
 
Graduate student Hanyu Liu earns the honor for the third time as a Blue Jay and fourth time in his career. Graduate student Daniel Ardila is the 13^th Blue Jay to be named an ITA Scholar-Athlete four times. Senior Marco Azar and juniors Pranav Gadiraju and Allen Gong earn the honor for the third time in their career.
 
To be named an ITA Scholar-Athlete, one must meet the following requirements: have a grade point average of at least 3.5 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year; be listed on the institutional eligibility form. To be named an ITA All-Academic Team, programs must meet the following requirements: have a team grade point average of 3.2 or above (on a 4.00 scale), all student-athletes included should be listed on the institutional eligibility form, and all varsity letter winners should be factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year.
 
Johns Hopkins ITA Scholar-Athletes
Owen Akers (Fr.) • Computer Science
Daniel Ardila (Gr.) • Engineering Management ****
Marco Azar (Sr.) • Computer Engineering ***
Dylan Blenkiron (Fr.) • Applied Mathematics & Statistics
Mukundh Boopathi (Fr.) • Molecular & Cellular Biology
Pranav Gadiraju (Jr.) • Computer Science ***
Allen Gong (Jr.) • Computer Science ***
Joshua Kim (Jr.) • Computer Science
Jason Li (Fr.) • Neuroscience
Hanyu Liu (Gr.) • Geography & Environmental Engineering ****
Chakor Rajendra (So.) • Economics
Zahari Stoimenov (Sr.) • Mechanical Engineering **
Brian Yi (Fr.) • Neuroscience
Andy Zhu (Fr.) • Mechanical Engineering
 
** Two-time selection
*** Three-time selection
**** Four-time selection