KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association announced its academic awards for the 2026 women's tennis season. Forty NCAA Division II student-athletes from all ten MIAA women's tennis member institutions were honored by the Association for their work in the classroom this season. There were also 13 women's tennis players named MIAA Scholar-Athletes and only three who earned the league's Academic Excellence award.
The prestigious MIAA Academic Excellence award was achieved by just three women's tennis players. An Academic Excellence award recipient must have a grade point average used by the institution for purposes of NCAA academic certification of at least 4.00 at the certifying member institution. The honoree also must have at least two terms of grades reported at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms.
The Scholar-Athlete award distinction also went to 13 student-athletes who excelled in the classroom and on the court. In the classroom, a Scholar-Athlete is an individual that has a grade point average used by the institution for purposes of NCAA academic certification of 3.50 or better at the certifying member institution and have at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution. Student-athletes must also receive All-MIAA honors in the 2026 season to achieve the full Scholar-Athlete status.
Sixty women's tennis student-athletes were named to the 2026 MIAA Academic Honor Roll. To be recognized on the Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must have a grade point average used by the institution for purposes of NCAA academic certification of 3.00 or above at the certifying member institution. The individual must also have at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms.
Only one women's tennis player earned all three of the Association's academic honors — Washburn University's Saajida Razick. Razick is a sophomore All-MIAA tennis player with a 4.0 GPA as a psychology major.
Click here to view all 40 MIAA women's tennis student-athletes who earned academic honors in the 2026 season.
These women's tennis academic awards do not include first year student-athletes or first-year transfers. The MIAA will release separate academic awards for its 2025-26 newcomers at the end of June.