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Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Division I National Academic Team Awards Announced
CHANDLER, Ariz. – The Zag Field Hockey/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division I
National Academic Team Awards were announced on Wednesday with 76 squads earning recognition.
The National Academic Team Award recognizes those institutions that achieved a minimum team gradepoint average of 3.0 during the first semester of the 2016-17 academic year.
Brown posted the top team GPA in the first semester with a mark of 3.78. Hofstra (3.67), Virginia
Commonwealth (3.58) and Bryant (3.57) followed in the team GPA rankings while American, Ball State
and Temple each shared fifth place with a mark of 3.56.
The full listing of Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Division I National Academic Team Award recipients is
included below.
Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Division I National Academic Team Awards
Top Five Performers
1. Brown University
2. Hofstra University
3. Virginia Commonwealth University
4. Bryant University
5. American University
Ball State University
Temple University
Team GPA
3.78
3.67
3.58
3.57
3.56
3.56
3.56
National Academic Team Award - Programs with a Team GPA of 3.0 or Higher
University at Albany
American University
Appalachian State University
Ball State University
Boston College
Boston University
Brown University
Bryant University
Bucknell University
University of California
University of California Davis
Central Michigan University
Colgate University
Columbia University
University of Connecticut
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
University of Delaware
Drexel University
Duke University
Fairfield University
Georgetown University
Harvard University
Hofstra University
College of Holy Cross
Indiana University
Kent State University
La Salle University
Lafayette College
Lehigh University
Liberty University
LIU Brooklyn
Lock Haven University
Longwood University
University of Louisville
University of Maine
University of Maryland
University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Miami University
Michigan State University
University of Michigan
Missouri State University
Monmouth University
University of New Hampshire
University of North Carolina
Northeastern University
Northwestern University
Ohio State University
Ohio University
Old Dominion University
University of the Pacific
Penn State University
University of Pennsylvania
Princeton University
Providence College
Quinnipiac University
University of Richmond
Rider University
Rutgers University
Sacred Heart University
Saint Francis University
Saint Joseph’s University
Saint Louis University
Siena College
Stanford University
Syracuse University
Temple University
Towson University
University of Vermont
Villanova University
Virginia Commonwealth University
University of Virginia
Wake Forest University
College of William & Mary
Yale University