Field Hockey

McCluskey, Veilleux, & Seavey Named as Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Scholars of Distinction

Posted: Mar 27, 2020

GILBERT, Ariz. – Saint Joseph's College senior Kylee Veilleux (Sabattus, Maine), freshman Cailin Seavey (Dover-Foxcroft, Maine), and Molly McCluskey (Orono, Maine) have earned Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Division III Scholars of Distinction accolades.

The Division III Scholars of Distinction program recognizes student-athletes who have achieved a cumulative grade-point average of 3.9 or higher through the first semester of the 2019-20 academic year. Overall, 321 student-athletes claimed the high academic honor this year.

Veilleux, a Secondary Educations/Mathematics major, has collected the national academic award for the third-consecutive season and is one of just 59 NCAA DIII players across the country to have claimed the high honor in each of the last three seasons.

As a freshman Medical Biology/Pre-PA major, Seavey and as freshman nursing major, McCluskey are first-time Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Division III Scholars of Distinction recipients.

The complete listing of the 2019 Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Division III Scholars of Distinction can be found HERE — honorees are listed alphabetically according to their last name. Past award winners are archived HERE.

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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.