BREVARD, N.C. – Brevard College Women's Tennis student-athletes Carmen Boone, Margaret Correll, and Eleanor Flannery – along with BC alumna Kelsey Kushner – were named Intercollegiate Tennis Association's (ITA) All-Academic Scholar-Athlete honorees. The announcement adds to Brevard College Athletics' impressive summer of academic awards.

In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status, a player must meet the following criteria:

1.) be a varsity letter winner,

2.) have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year, and

3.) have been enrolled at their present school for at least two semesters (including freshman through senior year).

BC's 2019 class of four ITA All-Academic Scholar-Athlete honorees join two previous classes of Brevard College Women's Tennis athletes to be honored by the ITA. Six Tornados were selected as 2016 All-Academic Scholar-Athlete selections, while two garnered honors in 2017, including alumna Kushner '18. Kushner is now Brevard's only women's tennis student-athlete to garner multiple ITA All-Academic Scholar-Athlete honors.

Brevard College Women's Tennis 2018-19 ITA All-Academic selections:

Carmen Boone, rising Senior, Hudson, N.C.

Margaret Correll, rising Junior, Salisbury, N.C.

Eleanor Flannery, rising Sophomore, Mulberry, Fla.

Kelsey Kushner, Class of 2018, Tampa, Fla.

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