Alvarez Named to Academic All-District Team

NORMAN -- Oklahoma men's tennis student-athlete Luis Alvarez was named to the College Sports Communicators' NCAA Division I Academic All-District Team for the second year in a row. The honor awards student-athletes with outstanding performance on the court and in the classroom.

Alvarez qualified for the honor by being a sophomore both academically and athletically while maintaining a 3.50 GPA on a 4.0 scale and competing in at least 70 percent of Oklahoma's team scoring matches.

The junior international business major competed in every match for the Sooners in the 2025 season and tallied a 16-6 overall record and a 9-2 record in conference play. He picked up two ranked wins on the season, including a 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 win over Georgia's then-No. 25 Thomas Paulsell. Alvarez clinched back-to-back road wins for the Sooners against Ole Miss (4-3) and Alabama (4-3), both of which went into third-set tie breaks, seeing Alvarez as the winner and later earning him his first SEC Player of the Week honor (April 2). The junior held an eight-match win streak in conference play, providing the Sooners eight points in SEC competitions.

Alvarez was chosen as an Academic All-America finalist and will advance to the national ballot. Results of the vote will be announced on June 4, 2025.

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