CANTON, Ga. - The College Sports Communicators announced the Academic All-District Teams for men and women's tennis this afternoon, featuring 27 Southern Athletic Association Athletes.
The 2025-26 Academic All-District® Men’s and Women's Tennis teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes men’s tennis honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.
Academic All-District® honorees were considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot.
Student-athletes selected as CSC Academic All-America® finalists are denoted with an asterisk and will advance to the national ballot to be voted on by CSC members. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced June 2-3, 2026
SAA Men Honorees (13):
Aiden Benoualid (Berry)
Jace Goode (Berry)
Jake Chapman (Berry)
Sebastian Gonzalez (Millsaps)
Ollie Bonovich (Rhodes)
Paul Fridman (Rhodes)
Christian Mainella (Rhodes)
Drew Rukavina (Sewanee)
Parth Patel (Southwestern)
Ashton Ellis (Southwestern)
Christopher Langford (Southwestern)
Bernardo Clemente (Southwestern)
Aashish Dhanani (Trinity)
SAA Women Honorees (14):
Maggie Cox (Berry)
Charlee Eidson (Berry)
Paige Evans (Berry)
Carolina Hanson (Berry)
Malakie Smith (Millsaps)
Lilly Higgins (Rhodes)
Gracie Rask (Rhodes)
Harper High (Sewanee)
Ivy Wilson (Sewanee)
Mariella Congeni* (Sewanee)
?Lexi Barbee (Sewanee)
Daryl Locke (Southwestern)
Kimberly Duncan (Southwestern)
Lilly Perkins (Southwestern)
The Division II and III CSC Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2025-26 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA governance structure.
For more information about CSC Academic All-District® and Academic All-America® Teams program, visit
AcademicAllAmerica.com.
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