Aleksandar Grabovac, Miguel Uzcategui Earn CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District Honors
WASHINGTON, DC - Senior Aleksandar Grabovac and junior Miguel Uzcategui of the University of the District of Columbia men's tennis team were both selected to the Capital One Academic All-District 1 First Team as chosen by the College Sports Information Directors (CoSIDA) on Friday afternoon. Both are now eligible for Academic All-American honors.
The East Coast Conference Player of the Year, Grabovac led District of Columbia to an ECC regular season title and an at-large NCAA Tournament bid. He finished with an overall singles record of 13-5 (11-4 in dual matches at No. 1 spot) and a doubles record of 10-6. Grabovac is the No. 8 ranked singles player in the East Region according to ITA. He and doubles partner Simon Andersson rank the 9th best doubles team in the region.
A Ljubljana, Slovenia native, Grabovac has a 3.65 cumulative GPA as a Psychology major at University of the District of Columbia. He made the Dean's List in both the spring and fall of 2012.
A First Team All-ECC selection, Uzcategui earned an overall singles record of 10-4 and a very impressive 17-3 mark in doubles play. Playing primarily at the No. 3 singles spot, he was a perfect 4-0 against the ECC. Also, he teamed with Carlos Quiroga to win the ITA Regional Doubles "B" draw championship in the fall, and later with Ike Kiro to go 10-3 at No. 2 doubles in the spring.
A Valencia, Venezuela native, Uzcategui boasts a 3.95 cumulative GPA as an Electrical Engineering major. He earned a perfect 4.0 GPA in both the spring and fall of 2012, and he was recently selected for a prestigious internship with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute where he will work on a chemical sensors engineering project.
To qualify for Academic All-District, a student-athlete must maintain a cumulative grade-point average of 3.30 or higher, have reached sophomore academic and athletic standing at the institution and be nominated by the school's sports information director.