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Men's and Women's Tennis Players Earn Academic Honors From ITA
Women's tennis also named ITA All-Academic Team
BUFFALO, NY - Five University at Buffalo tennis players were named ITA Scholar-Athletes and
the UB women's tennis team was named an ITA All-Academic Team for the 2004-05 academic year,
as announced today by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).
 | | Kristen Ortman | On the women's side, Kristen Ortman (Amherst, NY/Amherst)
and Katrin Fischer (Ternitz,
Austria/Borg) were named ITA Scholar-Athletes for the second straight season. Ortman, an early
childhood education and sociology major with a 3.55 cumulative grade point average, was the Bulls'
Coaches' Award winner in 2004-05. She finished the season with a 12-11 singles record and a 15-9 doubles mark.
She is UB's Division I career leader in both singles (40) and doubles (40) victories entering her
senior season.
 | | Katrin Fischer | Fischer was the Bulls' Most Improved Player this past season after posting a 15-8 singles
record and a 10-11 doubles record during her sophomore campaign. She is an English major with a 3.716 GPA.
Ortman and Fischer helped the women's tennis team to a 3.268 team grade point average in
the fall semester - fourth-highest among all of Buffalo's varsity teams - and a 3.157 team GPA in the
spring semester - sixth highest among all teams. The Bulls were one of just four Mid-American
Conference women's teams (along with Ball State, Marshall and Western Michigan) to earn ITA All-Academic
Team distinction in 2004-05.
 | | Josh Liederman | On the men's side, Josh Liederman (Queens Village, NY/Benjamin
Cardozo) and Joe Popielarczyk (Buffalo,
NY/McKinley) were both named ITA Scholar-Athletes for the third year in
a row, while Mike Rockman (Toronto,
Ontario/Thornhill) earned the honor for the first time in
his career. Liederman is an economics major with a 3.815 grade point average who completed his
four-year career with 35 singles wins and 31 doubles victories.
 | | Joe Popielarczyk | Popielarczyk carries a 3.813 GPA as a
social sciences major. He had five singles wins and four doubles victories last season as a junior.
Rockman was an All-MAC Second Team selection in 2004-05 after leading the Bulls with a 27-12 singles
record and a 12-17 doubles mark. His 27 singles wins broke the UB Division I record for singles victories in
a season. He is a psychology major with a 3.503 grade point average.
 | | Mike Rockman | The ITA All-Academic Team award honors teams that have a cumulative team grade
point average of 3.20 or above for the academic year. Individual student-athletes earn ITA
Scholar-Athlete recognition by virtue of having a GPA over a 3.50 for the academic year. They must also earn a
varsity letter and have been enrolled at their current institution for at least two semesters.
07/19/2005
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Location: 163 Alumni |
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E-Mail:
ub-womenstennis@buffalo.edu |
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Phone: 716-645-6866 |
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Mailing Address:
University at Buffalo
Division of Athletics
Womens Tennis Office
163 Alumni Arena
Buffalo, NY 14260 |
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