Emory University women's tennis senior Alexa Goetz was honored by the College Sports Communicators (CSC) organization Thursday afternoon by being tabbed as a member of the Academic All-America First Team.
This is the first time Goetz has earned a spot on the CSC (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-America team and becomes the 13th women's tennis player to earn the honor, the first since Zahra Dawson in 2012.
Goetz is the 11th Emory Eagle to be selected as a CSC Academic All-American this academic calendar and brings the total to 209 Academic All-Americans in the history of the Athletics department.
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In her final season at Emory, Goetz became a huge part of the team making it to the national semifinals recording a team-best 18 wins in doubles and fourth on the team with 11 singles wins. She took two doubles wins in the conference tournament and earned All-UAA Second Team honors for her impressive doubles season. At the ITA South Regionals in the fall, Goetz took a win in both singles and doubles and had wins against DI programs at the Elon Fall Invitational.
In her career, Goetz holds a 40-22 record in singles and a 45-23 mark in doubles. In her freshman year, she became an ITA All-American in singles and doubles as well as All-American honors in doubles her junior year.
Alongside Goetz, teammate Eliza McPherron was also named to the CSC Academic All-District Team earlier this month and proceeded to be placed on the All-America ballot for voting. CSC Academic All-America Teams are nominated and voted on by College Sport Communicators and Sports Information Directors across all Division III institutions.
The CSC Academic All-America team recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. To be nominated, student-athletes must be a key member of their respective teams, maintain a 3.50 grade point average, be of sophomore standing or higher, and have attended their current institutions for at least one year.