Three Named ITA Collegiate All-Stars

NCAA Doubles champions Makenna Jones and Elizabeth Scotty and ITA National Fall Championships Singles champion Alexa Graham of the North Carolina women's tennis program have been named to the 2021 ITA Collegiate All-Star Team.

Jones and Scotty became just the second doubles team at Carolina to win the NCAA title when the duo captured the crown in late May, while Graham made it back-to-back national championships for the Tar Heels at the fall event. Classmate Sara Daavettila won the event in 2019.

The ITA Collegiate All-Star Team recognition honors the top student-athletes of the 2020-2021 season across all divisions of college tennis.

The NCAA Division I recognition features the nation's top-ranked men's and women's players from the year-end ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings, in addition to the winner of the ITA National Fall Championships as well as the finalist and semifinalist of the NCAA Tennis Championships in singles and doubles. The NCAA Division II recognition features the top-ranked men's and women's players from the year-end ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings, while the NCAA Division III recognition consists of the finalist and semifinalist in singles and doubles at the NCAA Tennis Championships. The NAIA and Junior College recognitions feature the top-ranked men's & women's players from the year-end ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings in singles and doubles.

The 2021 ITA Collegiate All-Star Team

Division I Men

NCAA Singles Champion:
- Sam Riffice (University of Florida)
NCAA Singles Runner-Up:
- Daniel Rodrigues (University of South Carolina)
ITA National Fall Championships Singles Champion:
- Trey Hilderbrand (UCF)
No. 1 Ranked Singles:
- Liam Draxl (University of Kentucky)
NCAA Doubles Champions:
- Adam Walton & Pat Harper (University of Tennessee)
NCAA Doubles Runner-Up:
- Finn Murgett & Tad Maclean (University of Auburn)
ITA National Fall Championships Doubles Champion:
- None
  - Due to the challenges surrounding COVID, doubles play was eliminated from the 2020 event.

Division I Women

NCAA Singles Champion:
- Emma Navarro (University of Virginia)
NCAA Singles Runner-Up:
- Estela Perez-Somarriba (University of Miami)
ITA National Fall Championships Singles Champion:
- Alexa Graham (University of North Carolina)
No. 1 Ranked Singles:
- Estela Perez-Somarriba (University of Miami)
NCAA Doubles Champions:
- Makenna Jones & Elizabeth Scotty (University of North Carolina)
NCAA Doubles Runner-Up:
- Kylie Collins & Lulu Sun (University of Texas)
ITA National Fall Championships Doubles Champion:
- None

Due to the challenges surrounding COVID, doubles play was eliminated from the 2020 event.

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University of North Carolina Athletics

Players Mentioned

Sara Daavettila

Alexa Graham

Makenna Jones

Elizabeth Scotty

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