Sixty Three CAC Standouts Earn NFHCA National Academic Squad Honors
GILBERT, Ariz. — This year, 1,943 student-athletes from 157 Division III institutions earned recognition on the 2019 Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Division III National Academic Squad. A total of 63 student-athletes from the Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) earned this high honor.
Christopher Newport led the league with 15 honorees, while York (Pa.) produced 12 recipients with St. Mary's not far behind at 11. Mary Washington collected nine award winners along with Salisbury and Southern Virginia who each saw eight student-athletes earn recognition.
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.
The 2019 honorees appear below, they are listed alphabetically by school. Student-athletes who have received National Academic Squad recognition for four years have been marked with an asterisk. Find an archive of past honorees here.
Two Division III academic awards remain to be announced — the Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Scholars of Distinction will be announced on March 25 and the Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA National Scholar-Athlete will be released on April 2. The Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA National Academic Team Award was announced on March 5.
| Christopher Newport University (15) |
| Abigail Asuncion |
| Samuel Brady |
| Rachel Cooke* |
| Sarah Coon |
| Isabella Diz |
| Angelica Florendo |
| Madison Hodges |
| Jacqueline Kotoriy |
| Nyla Lewis |
| Madison McGowan* |
| Madison Miller |
| Rachel Pabon |
| Ariana Samuel |
| Alora Sharron |
| Mauri Ware |
| University of Mary Washington (9) |
| Alyssa Bilkovski |
| Lydia Bryant |
| Zoe Hammond |
| Sydney Keating |
| Meredith LeBel* |
| Callie Poole |
| Jessica Smith |
| Jackie Smith |
| Bella Urcia |
| St. Mary's College of Maryland (11) |
| Sarah Baker |
| Sophie Carlson |
| Gabrielle Corder |
| Alyssa Demski |
| Hannah Dietrich |
| Kelbey Egerland * |
| Kelly Emge |
| Margaret Howells |
| Celina Kaufman |
| Rachel Lansbury |
| Emily Pulkowski |
| Salisbury University (8) |
| Mackenzie Dinopoulos |
| Rachel Domanico* |
| Lindsey Elgin* |
| Grayson Fipps |
| Jillian Hughes* |
| Sarah Jackson* |
| McKenzie Jamison |
| Arielle Johnston* |
| Southern Virginia University (8) |
| Paige Anderson |
| Grace DeGruccio |
| EmmaLee Erekson |
| Laken Hostetter |
| Ashley Morin |
| Kyla Nase |
| Karenna Olson |
| Whitney Victory |
| York College (12) |
| Sarah Burton |
| Sam Collis |
| Jeannine Demarzo |
| Sarah Harburda |
| Meghan Heary* |
| Sam Keating* |
| Dana Meehling |
| Abby Piotrowski |
| Carrie Shuey |
| Hayley Taylor |
| Kristin Varilla |
| Kaitlyn Wallace |