Miyoshi Secures CSC Academic All-America Second Team Honors

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – For the second consecutive season, Illinois' Kenta Miyoshi was named an Academic All-American by College Sports Communicators, the organization announced on Wednesday.

After being tabbed as a CSC First Team Academic All-American in 2025, Miyoshi earned Second Team honors in 2026. He is the second student-athlete in program history to be a two-time Academic All-American, joining Chris Martin, who secured Academic All-America Second Team status for three consecutive years from 2003-05.

A native of Tokyo, Japan, Miyoshi was one of 18 Division I student-athletes who received CSC Academic All-America status in 2026. He was the lone Big Ten student-athlete to earn a spot on either the first or second teams, while four other student-athletes from the conference were selected to the third team: Ozan Baris (Michigan State), Alexander Bernard (Ohio State), Aidan Kim (Ohio State), and Mert Oral (Michigan).

Miyoshi finished his Illini career with 100 total singles victories and earned unanimous All-Big Ten First Team recognition in back-to-back seasons during the 2025 and 2026 campaigns. Named the 2025 Big Ten Player of the Year, Miyoshi went 26-11 on the singles courts in 2026 while finishing with a career Big Ten singles record of 22-4.

Climbing as high as No. 6 in the ITA singles rankings and No. 2 in the ITA doubles rankings, Miyoshi was a two-time ITA Singles All-American with the Orange and Blue and completed his degree in strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship in May.

Illinois' Academic All-America History

1987: Andrew Lobb (Second Team)
1999: Oliver Freelove (Second Team)
1999: Jakub Teply (Second Team)
2003: Chris Martin (Second Team)
2004: Chris Martin (Second Team)
2005: Chris Martin (Second Team)
2013: Bruno Abdelnour (Second Team)
2025: Kenta Miyoshi (First Team)
2026: Kenta Miyoshi (Second Team)

CSC Academic All-America Teams

First Team
Duncan Chan, TCU
Dylan Dietrich, Virginia
Jay Friend, Arizona
Sebastian Gorzny, Texas
Petar Jovanovic, Mississippi State
Michael Zheng, Columbia

Second Team
Martin Borisiouk, NC State
Kenta Miyoshi, Illinois
Cosme Rolland de Ravel, TCU
Benito Sanchez Martinez, Mississippi State
Piet Steveker, Old Dominion
Trevor Svajda, SMU

Third Team
Ozan Baris, Michigan State
Alexander Bernard, Ohio State
Alex Chang, Stanford
Manfredi Graziani, Penn
Aidan Kim, Ohio State
Mert Oral, Michigan

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