Open mobile menu

King, White Earn CoSIDA Academic All-District Honors

May 18, 2012

ATLANTA – Tennis and golf All-Americans Kevin King and James White each were named Friday to the Capitol One Academic All-District 4 Men’s At-Large team chosen by the College Sports Information Directors of America.

Complete Capitol One Academic All-District At-Large teams

Student-athletes are eligible for consideration in the sports of golf, tennis and swimming and diving if they maintain a minimum 3.2 grade-point average for their academic careers.

King, a senior from Peachtree City, Ga., has a 3.71 cumulative grade-point average in Mechanical Engineering and will graduate this summer. White, a senior from Acworth, Ga., has a 3.69 GPA in Management and graduated on May 5. Both student-athletes are now eligible for consideration for the Capital One Academic All-America At-Large team.

King, a three-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection and a 2011 All-American, is preparing to play in the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships next week in Athens, Ga.

King is currently No. 24 in the ITA rankings with a 27-9 singles record for the year and has been ranked as high as No. 7 this spring. He enjoyed a stellar fall in which he won the USTA/ITA Southeast Regional and advanced to the USTA/ITA National Indoor quarterfinals. The left-hander has a 79-40 career singles record, 26-15 in ACC matches. In doubles, he and partner Juan Spir are ranked No. 2 nationally and have a 65-21 career record.

White, the nation’s 19th-ranked player and the winner of the Byron Nelson Award, also is a three-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference honoree. He earned first-team All-America honors in 2011 and was named the ACC’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year in golf. This year, he has five top-10 finishes this year and a stroke average of 70.9, which ranks fourth in the ACC. He is currently leading the 9th-ranked Yellow Jackets in pursuit of a berth in the NCAA Championship finals.

RELATED HEADLINES

Men's Tennis Jackets Dominate Double Header

Jackets remain undefeated at home with wins over Boston College and Citadel

Jackets Dominate Double Header
Men's Tennis Tech to Host Boston College, The Citadel

Jackets host double header starting tomorrow at 1 p.m.

Tech to Host Boston College, The Citadel
Men's Tennis Jackets Take Down Tigers, 4-2

Krish Arora clinches match for Jackets

Jackets Take Down Tigers, 4-2
Partner of Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Legends Partner of Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Partner of Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Partner of Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets