NFHCA 2025 Division I National Team Academic Awards
Photo credit: Georgetown University Athletic Communications
COLORADO SPRINGS —The NFHCA celebrates the 60 Division I teams with the esteemed 2025 National Academic Team Award.
This prestigious acknowledgment is granted to programs that have achieved an exceptional team grade-point average of 3.50 or higher during the fall semester of the current academic year.
The University of Maine squad turned in the highest GPA in all of Division I, securing the top spot with an overall 3.89. American University and Monmouth University tied for second place with a 3.77 team GPA in the fall.
Top Performers
| 1. University of Maine, 3.89 | |
| 2.(tied) American University, 3.77 | |
| 2.(tied) Monmouth University, 3.77 | |
| 3.(tied) Bellarmine University, 3.76 | |
| 3.(tied) Virginia Commonwealth University, 3.76 |
The full list of National Academic Team Award honorees is below in alphabetical order.
2025 NFHCA Division I National Academic Team Award
| American University |
| Appalachian State University |
| Ball State University |
| Bellarmine University |
| Brown University |
| Bucknell University |
| Central Michigan University |
| Colgate University |
| College of the Holy Cross |
| Columbia University |
| Dartmouth College |
| Davidson College |
| Drexel University |
| Duke University |
| Fairfield University |
| Georgetown University |
| Hofstra University |
| Indiana University |
| James Madison University |
| Kent State University |
| Lafayette College |
| Lehigh University |
| Long Island University |
| Mercyhurst University |
| Merrimack College |
| Miami University |
| Michigan State University |
| Monmouth University |
| Northeastern University |
| Northwestern University |
| Ohio State University |
| Old Dominion University |
| Pennsylvania State University |
| Princeton University |
| Providence College |
| Queens University of Charlotte |
| Quinnipiac University |
| Rider University |
| Sacred Heart University |
| Saint Louis University |
| Stanford University |
| Stonehill College |
| Temple University |
| University at Albany |
| University of California Davis |
| University of Connecticut |
| University of Iowa |
| University of Louisville |
| University of Maine |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| University of Massachusetts Lowell |
| University of New Haven |
| University of Pennsylvania |
| University of Richmond |
| University of Vermont |
| Villanova University |
| Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Wagner College |
| Wake Forest University |
| Yale University |
The final NFHCA academic award — the National Scholar-Athlete — will be released on February 19.
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