North Carolina State University Athletics
Hande Named to Capital One Academic All-District Team
5/14/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Hande recently graduated with a 4.0 GPA in economics
RALEIGH, N.C.- Senior Elisha Hande of the NC State women's tennis team has been named to the 2014-15 Capital One Academic All-District® Women's At-Large Team, as announced by CoSIDA on Thursday.
For her combined performances athletically and in the classroom, Hande is one of 12 in the third district to be named to the Division I first team.
In the classroom, the Cheltenham, England, native recently graduated with an economics major and minor in German, holding a cumulative 4.0 GPA.
A four-year starter for the Pack, Hande finished her career with 38 doubles wins, which ranks as the ninth-highest career total in program history. Her senior campaign was highlighted by a singles win over No. 67 Linn Timmermann of Georgia State and a doubles win with teammate Joanna Nalborska over the 41st-ranked pair of Rasheeda McAdoo and Alexis Prokopuik of Georgia Tech.
She also helped her team clinch a 4-3 win over Wake Forest in the first round of the ACC Championship tournament.
To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director. Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 20,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.
All first-team Academic All-District honorees advance to the Capital One Academic All-America Team ballot, where first, second and third team All-America honorees will be selected later this month.
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