FH: Lasell earns academic honors from NFHCA
NEWTON, Mass. – The Lasell University field hockey team has been honored by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) for its outstanding work in the classroom in 2020-21.
The Lasers are recipients of the NFHCA Division III National Academic Team Award, which recognizes programs that earned a team grade point average of 3.00 or higher during the fall semester of the 2020-21 school year. Lasell was one of 147 programs nationwide to receive the honor.
Six members of the Lasers were honored as NFHCA Division III Scholars of Distinction, which recognizes student-athletes who have achieved a cumulative grade-point average of 3.9 or higher through the first semester of the 2020-21 academic year. The six Lasers are among the more than 450 students nationwide to be recognized as Scholars of Distinction. Lasell's honorees are seniors Megan Horrigan (Wakefield, Mass.) and Sydney Pignone (Ipswich, Mass.), junior Kaitlyn Duarte (Fairhaven, Mass.) and Grace Marc-Aurele (Leicester, Mass.), and freshmen Jessica Gurney (Raynham, Mass./Bridgewater-Raynham) and Johanna Snyder (Somerset, Mass./Somerset).
Seventeen members of the Lasers were honored by being named to the NFHCA Division III National Academic Squad, which honors student-athletes who have achieved a cumulative grade-point average of 3.3 or higher through the first semester of the 2020-2021 academic year. This year, more than 2,050 student-athletes from 140 Division III institutions earned recognition on the Division III National Academic Squad.
Lasell's 2020 honorees appear below. Student-athletes who have received National Academic Squad recognition for four years have been marked with an asterisk.
| Julie Auld | Fr. | Concord, N.H./Concord |
| Kait Bedell | Fr. | Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry |
| Jackie Cordeiro | Jr. | Peabody, Mass./Veterans Memorial |
| Sage Dodier | So. | Amesbury, Mass./Amesbury |
| Kaitlyn Duarte | Jr. | Fairhaven, Mass./Fairhaven |
| Rebecca Duke | Sr. | Ijamsville, Md./Urbana |
| Kaylie Gonya | So. | Uxbridge, Mass./Uxbridge |
| Jessica Gurney | Fr. | Raynham, Mass./Bridgewater-Raynham |
| Megan Horrigan* | Sr. | Wakefield, Mass./Wakefield |
| Katie Johnson | So. | Auburn, Mass./Auburn |
| Kensie Lennon | So. | Jamestown, R.I./North Kingstown |
| Grace Marc-Aurele | Jr. | Leicester, Mass./Leicester |
| Emelia Mulligan | Fr. | Hollis, N.H./Hollis-Brookline |
| Lisa Ortiz | Fr. | Lincoln, R.I./Lincoln |
| Sydney Pignone* | Sr. | Ipswich, Mass./Ipswich |
| Sofia Rodriguez | Jr. | Peabody, Mass./Veterans Memorial |
| Johanna Snyder | Fr. | Somerset, Mass./Somerset |
The full list of National Academic Team Award honorees is online at 2020 NFHCA Division III National Academic Team Award.
The complete listing of the Scholars of Distinction is online at 2020 NFHCA Division III Scholars of Distinction
The full list of members of the National Academic Squad is online at 2020 NFHCA Division III National Academic Squad.
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