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Catanzarite, Staker Named to CSC Academic All-District Team

May 15, 2024 | Women's Tennis

NORMAN – The Oklahoma women's tennis duo of Ava Catanzarite and Emma Staker were named to the College Sports Communicators' NCAA Division I Academic All-District Team for its combined efforts on the courts and in the classroom, CSC announced Tuesday. Both earn the honor for the second-straight year. 
  
To achieve CSC Academic All-District and Academic All-America status, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically, and an undergraduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale. As a tennis nominee, a student-athlete must have played in at least 70 percent of her team's scoring competitions. 
  
Catanzarite is pursuing an undergraduate degree in journalism. On the court, she posted a 5-6 overall singles record and also went 9-3 in doubles play. The junior transfer finished her first season with the Sooners as the Big 12's Champion at the No. 3 doubles position with partner Chloé Noël.   
 
Going 16-2 in singles her junior season to become the Big 12's Co-Champion at the No. 6 position, Staker recorded the team's highest win percentage (.889). The Tulsa, Okla., native is pursuing an undergraduate degree in economics.  
  
Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced June 4. 

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