Women's Lacrosse

Saint Joseph's Listed as 2022 IWLCA Academic Honor Squad

Posted: Aug 01, 2022

STANDISH, Maine – The 2022 Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Association (IWLCA) Division I, II, III, and NAIA Academic Honor Squads have been announced and Saint Joseph's College is among the 400 institutions across the country to earn the accolade.

To qualify for this prestigious honor, the women's lacrosse team must have posted a 3.2 or higher team GPA for the academic year.

Saint Joseph's is one of six Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) institutions to earn the 2022 IWLCA Academic Honor Squad award as the Monks are joined by Colby-Sawyer College, Dean College, Emmanuel College, Lasell University, and Simmons University on the esteemed list.

Last week the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll was announced and three SJC players were honored after posting a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or better. Grad student Lydia Dexter (Oakland, Maine) and rising seniors Hannah Flaherty (Waltham, Mass.) and Tara Powers (Tyngsboro, Mass.) earned the high academic accolade.

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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.