SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Four UCLA men’s tennis players earned Pac-12 All-Academic honors, the conference announced Thursday morning. Sophomore Martin Redlicki was selected to the First Team, while juniors Mackenzie McDonald and Gage Brymer made the Second Team. Sophomore Austin Rapp received an honorable mention nod.
Redlicki, who recently won the NCAA Doubles title with McDonald, leads the Bruins with a 3.70 GPA. The sophomore is majoring in political science. Redlicki ended the season ranked No. 1 (with McDonald) in the final ITA Doubles Rankings and checked in at No. 35 in the final ITA Singles Rankings. The Bruin compiled a 30-9 overall record in singles and a 22-8 mark in doubles. This is his first Pac-12 All-Academic honor.
The 2016 NCAA Singles and Doubles Champion, McDonald boasts a 3.47 GPA as a political science major. The junior finished the season as the top-ranked player and top-ranked doubles team (with Redlicki) in the nation. McDonald posted a 22-1 overall singles record and a 19-6 doubles mark. He was 19-1 against ranked opponents this season. As a sophomore, McDonald earned ITA Scholar-Athlete and Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention honors.
Brymer, a sociology major, owns a 3.46 GPA. The junior ended the season with a 20-8 overall singles record and checked in at No. 63 in the final ITA Singles Rankings. Brymer was the singles runner up at the 2016 Sherwood Collegiate Cup, where he also won the doubles consolation final with Rapp. This is Brymer’s first Pac-12 All-Academic honor.
An undeclared major, Rapp has a 3.37 GPA. He posted a 7-9 overall singles record and a 14-7 doubles mark, teaming mostly with Brymer for an 8-2 dual match record. This is Rapp’s first Pac-12 All-Academic honor.
To be eligible for selection to the academic team, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average and compete in at least 50 percent of the team’s matches.
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