Tigers Claim NFHCA Zag National Academic Honors
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 |