Hannah Kassaie Wins Elite Scholar-Athlete Award for NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis

Case Western Reserve University graduate student Hannah Kassaie is the recipient of the Elite Scholar-Athlete Award for the 2026 NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis Championship. Kassaie, a medical school student at CWRU, carried a 4.0 cumulative grade point average as an undergraduate student at the University. She was presented with the award prior to the start of the NCAA Individual Championships on Friday morning at the Champions Club in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Elite Scholar-Athlete Award (formerly the Elite 90 Award) was the third of Kassaie’s career, putting her in rare territory. She is the first women’s tennis player at any…