THE FLATS – Five Georgia Tech women’s tennis student-athletes were named 2026 ITA Scholar-Athletes Monday, with the program earning an All-Academic Team honor.
The Yellow Jackets’ 3.53 team GPA earned the program’s 12th ITA All-Academic Team award and seventh-straight under head coach Rodney Harmon. Olivia Carneiro, Alejandra Cruz, Sabritt Dozier, Taly Licht and Given Roach were awarded the ITA Scholar-Athlete honor. All five student-athletes were also named to the ACC All-Academic Team.
Carneiro won eight singles matches this season and five in doubles action. She won the first three doubles matches of the spring while teamed with Licht, defeating squads from LSU, Iowa State and Ole Miss. In the spring, she picked up two-set victories in singles competition against foes from Georgia State, Chattanooga, Jacksonville State and Kennesaw State. Carneiro earns her second-straight ITA Scholar-Athlete honor.
Cruz, a member of the 2026 All-ACC Third Team, was a court one mainstay for the Jackets this season where she finished 13-7 in singles action. She was ranked in every ITA ranking of the spring, soaring as high as No. 47. She started off the season 4-0 with victories over No. 7 Aysegul Mert (Georgia) and No. 15 DJ Bennett (Auburn). This marks Cruz’s second ITA Scholar-Athlete award.
Dozier earned 11 singles wins and 12 in doubles this season. The freshman started off the fall with three singles victories over opponents from Kentucky, Wake Forest and Furman. Teamed with Licht, the duo posted a 7-3 record in doubles action from Feb. 20 through March 27.
Licht went 14-11 this season in singles action including a 10-8 record on court two this spring. She ended the spring with back-to-back wins including an impressive rally against Florida State in the ACC Tournament. In decisions on home court this spring, she posted a 7-1 record with just three unfinished matches. This is Licht’s second-straight ITA Scholar-Athlete award.
Roach posted a 12-8 record this season including seven wins in the spring. She shined in ACC doubles action, securing an 8-5 record. Teamed with Eleni Karantali, the duo won 10 of 12 decisions from Feb. 1 to March 22. She only lost one singles match on home court this spring in 13 contests. The honor marks the second-straight ITA All-Academic honor for Roach.
Cruz, Licht and Roach were all named to the 2026 CSC Academic All-District Team in May. 2026 marks the sixth-straight year Georgia Tech women’s tennis has had at least five named ITA Scholar-Athletes.
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Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.
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