HOUGHTON, N.Y. — Eleven members of the Houghton field hockey program have been named to the 2021 National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III National Academic Squad.

In addition, three Highlanders were named to the NFHCA Scholars of Distinction program for maintaining a cumulative GPA over 3.9 through the fall semester and the Houghton team is one of 148 Division III programs that earned the 2021 NFHCA Division III National Academic Team Award. The NFHCA National Academic Team Award recognizes programs that earned a team grade-point average of 3.0 or higher during the fall semester of the current academic year.

The NFHCA National Academic Squad program, sponsored by OPA Winning Teams, honors collegiate student-athletes who have achieved a cumulative grade-point average of 3.3 or higher through the first semester of the current academic year, and were nominated by their NFHCA member coach. Over 2,300 student-athletes from 161 Division III institutions earned the honor.

Appearing on the list for the fourth time are 323 student-athletes — seniors or fifth-year student-athletes who are four-year honorees have been distinguished in the award listing.

Following are Houghton's honorees:

Molly Brizzell (Scholar of Distinction; fourth year recipient)
Sara Carter
Deborah Cross (Scholar of Distinction)
Rebekah Davie
Sofia Gildemeister
Ciciley Haslem (Scholar of Distinction)
Jace Hunzinger
Zoey Kasper
Katherine Manley
Sarah Retz
Kelsey Villatoro

Read the full NFHCA release.