Field Hockey

12 Field Hockey Players Claim National Academic Honors

Posted: Mar 16, 2020

GILBERT, Ariz. — This year, 1,944 student-athletes from 157 Division III institutions earned recognition on the 2019 Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Division III National Academic Squad.

The Division III National Academic Squad program honors student-athletes who have achieved a cumulative grade-point average of 3.3 or higher through the first semester of the 2019-2020 academic year.

A total of 12 Saint Joseph's College players have earned the high academic honor, as senior Kylee Veilleux (Sabattus, Maine), juniors Alexis Charles (Fryeburg, Maine) and Alexandria Simpson (Pascoag, R.I.), sophomores Isabella Anton (Mount Vernon, N.H.), Olivia Esposito (North Reading, Mass.), and Emma Dubuc (Burlington, Vt.) and freshmen Megan Quirion (Oakland, Maine), Cailin Seavey (Dover-Foxcroft, Maine), Kristina Smith (Somersworth, N.H.), Emma Sullivan (Manchester, N.H.), Anna Walker (Scarborough, Maine), and Molly McCluskey (Orono, Maine) are among the individuals listed on the 2019 Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Division III National Academic Squad.

Wesleyan University led all institutions with the most National Academic Squad selections, placing 25 student-athletes on the list. Johns Hopkins University and Williams College tied for the second-most honorees — each institution had 24 student-athletes recognized.

2019 DIVISION III NATIONAL ACADEMIC SQUAD

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.