Bolivar, Mo. – Eight Bearcat tennis student-athletes earned an ITA Scholar Athlete Award as announced by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. The award is given to all student-athletes who earned a 3.5 or greater during the 2022-23 academic school year. The eight Bearcats were among 991 other Division II students to earn this award. These Bearcats are as follows:
 
Lola Cincunegui
Leticia Luiz
Elsa Pascual
Polina Paunova
Alvaro Nunez
Makary Adamek
Bryson Crowell
Alex Crawford
 
On top of the individual awards, the women's tennis team earned an ITA All-Academic team award. This award is given to a team that earned a 3.2 GPA or above. The bearcats were one of the 97 other Division II programs to earn this award.