GILBERT, Ariz. — The National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) is proud to announce that 147 programs have earned the 2019 Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Division III National Academic Team Award.
The Division III National Academic Team Award recognizes programs that earned a team grade-point average of 3.0 or higher during the fall semester of the 2019-2020 school year.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the highest team GPA with a mark of 3.84. Second on the top-five list was William Paterson University with a 3.75 team GPA. Coming in third were the 2019 NCAA Division III National Champions, Middlebury College, with a 3.71. Wells College and Alvernia University rounded out the top-five performers with team GPAs of 3.69 and 3.66, respectively.
The full list of National Academic Team Award honorees is below in alphabetical order. A collection of past award winners can be found here.
Three Division III academic awards remain to be announced — the Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA National Academic Squad will be announced on March 12, the Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Scholars of Distinction on March 25, and the Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA National Scholar-Athlete on April 2.
Top Five Performers
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3.84 |
2. William Paterson University | 3.75 |
3. Middlebury College | 3.71 |
4. Wells College | 3.69 |
5. Alvernia University | 3.66 |
2019 Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Division III National Academic Team Award
Albertus Magnus College |
Albright College |
Allegheny College |
Alvernia University |
Amherst College |
Arcadia University |
Babson College |
Bates College |
Becker College |
Bowdoin College |
Bridgewater College |
Bridgewater State University |
Bryn Mawr College |
Cabrini University |
Castleton University |
Catholic University |
Centre College |
Christopher Newport University |
Colby College |
Colby-Sawyer College |
Concordia University Wisconsin |
Connecticut College |
Dean College |
Denison University |
DePauw University |
DeSales University |
Dickinson College |
Drew University |
Earlham College |
Eastern Connecticut State University |
Eastern Mennonite University |
Eastern University |
Elizabethtown College |
Elmira College |
Elms College |
Endicott College |
Fairleigh Dickinson University |
Fitchburg State University |
Franklin & Marshall |
Gettysburg College |
Goucher College |
Gwynedd Mercy University |
Hamilton College |
Hartwick College |
Haverford College |
Hood College |
Houghton College |
Husson University |
Immaculata University |
Ithaca College |
Johns Hopkins University |
Johnson & Wales University |
Juniata College |
Kean University |
Keene State College |
Kenyon College |
Keuka College |
Keystone College |
King's College |
Lancaster Bible College |
Lasell University |
Lebanon Valley College |
Manhattanville College |
Marywood University |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Messiah College |
Middlebury College |
Misericordia University |
Montclair State University |
Moravian College |
Mount Holyoke College |
Muhlenberg College |
Nazareth College |
Neumann University |
New England College |
Nichols College |
Notre Dame of Maryland |
Oberlin College |
Ohio Wesleyan University |
Plymouth State University |
Ramapo College |
Randolph-Macon College |
Regis College |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
Rhodes College |
Roger Williams University |
Rowan University |
Saint Joseph's College of Maine |
Salisbury University |
Salve Regina University |
Sewanee: The University of the South |
Shenandoah University |
Simmons University |
Skidmore College |
Smith College |
Springfield College |
St. John Fisher College |
St. Lawrence University |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
Stevens Institute of Technology |
Stevenson University |
Stockton University |
SUNY Brockport |
SUNY Geneseo |
SUNY Morrisville |
SUNY Oneonta |
SUNY Oswego |
Susquehanna University |
Swarthmore College |
The College of New Jersey |
The College of Wooster |
The Sage Colleges |
Thomas College |
Transylvania University |
Trinity College |
Tufts University |
Union College |
University of Lynchburg |
University of Maine at Farmington |
University of Mary Washington |
University of New England |
University of Rochester |
University of Scranton |
University of Southern Maine |
Ursinus College |
Utica College |
Vassar College |
Virginia Wesleyan University |
Washington & Jefferson College |
Washington and Lee University |
Washington College |
Wellesley College |
Wells College |
Wesleyan University |
Western Connecticut State University |
Western New England University |
Westfield State University |
Wheaton College |
Widener University |
Wilkes University |
William Paterson University |
William Smith College |
Williams College |
Wittenberg University |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
Worcester State University |
York College |