ITA Announces the 2011 ITA All-Star Team along with the National Arthur Ashe, Jr. Leadership and Sportsmanship Award Winners

ITA Announces the 2011 ITA All-Star Team along with the National 
Arthur Ashe, Jr. Leadership and Sportsmanship Award Winners 

 

SKILLMAN, N.J. - The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) announced the 10 National winners of the 2011 Arthur Ashe, Jr. Leadership and Sportsmanship Award and the 28th edition of the ITA All-Star Team, which features the nation's top-ranked players and National Champions from the 2010-11 season.


These remarkable student-athletes will be treated by the ITA and United States Tennis Association (USTA) to a weekend in New York, highlighted by activities during Arthur Ashe Kids' Day at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Saturday, August 27th. The group will be honored at the ITA awards luncheon, hosted by the USTA in the President's Dining Room Suite. Jon Vegosen, Chairman of the Board and President of the USTA, David A Benjamin, ITA Executive Director, David Dinkins, former Mayor of New York City and a member of the USTA Board of Directors, are among those on hand to present the awards. 

 

The ITA/Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award recognizes outstanding individuals in all divisions at the regional and national level. This award which dates back to 1982, goes to NCAA Divisions I, II and III, NAIA and JuCo men's and women's players who have exhibited outstanding sportsmanship and leadership as well as scholastic, extracurricular and tennis achievements. The 2011 recipients include:
  

This 28th edition of the ITA Collegiate All-Star Team includes the nation's top-ranked men's and women's tennis players from the season-ending Campbell/ITA College Tennis Rankings at the NCAA Divisions I, II and III, NAIA and NJCAA levels, as well as champions from the 2010 USTA/ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships and 2011 NCAA Championships. Highlighting this year's team are the Campbell/ITA National Players of the Year: Steve Johnson of the University of Southern California and Jana Juricova of the University of California-Berkeley. 

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