Six Hope College men's tennis student-athletes have been selected as Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athletes for the 2025-26 season: recent graduate Hunter Napieralski, juniors Ned Curley and Cooper Nugent, sophomore Karsten Patel, and freshmen Owen Jackson and Ian Williams.
The ITA recognized student-athletes who have a grade point average of at least 3.5 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year. Hope's selections are among 1,151 NCAA Division III recipients nationally.
Napieralski (Chelsea, Michigan / Chelsea HS) majored in biology.
Curley is a business major and an All-MIAA Second Team selection from Plymouth, Michigan (Detroit Catholic Central HS).
Nugent is a German and exercise science major from Rochester Hills, Michigan (Rochester Adams HS) who repeated as an All-MIAA First Team honoree this season.
Patel is a psychology major and an All-MIAA Second Team recipient from Birmingham, Michigan (Seaholm HS).
Jackson is from Traverse City, Michigan (St. Francis HS).
Williams is from Lincolnshire, Illinois (Adlai E. Stevenson HS).