GENEVA, N.Y. — Over 1,700 student-athletes from 157 Division III institutions, including 10 from Saint Joseph's College, have been named to the 2022 National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division III National Academic Squad.
Seniors Aimee Adams (Gardiner, Maine), Molly McCluskey (Orono, Maine), Megan Quirion (Oakland, Maine), and Anna Walker (Scarborough, Maine), sophomore Kassidy Collins (Gardiner, Maine), and freshmen Paige DeMascio (Greene, Maine), Emilia Galimberti (Wolfeboro, N.H.), Audra Gearin (Salisbury, Mass.), Kienna Haley (Scarborough, Maine), and Sadie Tirrell (Naples, Maine) have garnered NFHCA All-Academic Squad honors.
The NFHCA National Academic Squad program, sponsored by OPA Winning Teams, honors undergraduate collegiate student-athletes who have achieved a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or higher through the first semester of the current academic year, and were nominated by their NFHCA member coach.
Johns Hopkins University and Middlebury College had the most National Academic Squad selections this year with 24 student-athletes on the list.
Washington and Lee University had the second-most National Academic Squad selections this year, placing 23 student-athletes on the list while Smith College had the third-most with 22 student-athletes on the list.
Appearing on the list for the fourth time are 277 student-athletes — undergraduate four-year honorees have been distinguished in the award listing.
