NFHCA 2025 Division III National Team Academic Awards
Photo credit: Ithaca College Athletic Communications
COLORADO SPRINGS —The NFHCA celebrates the 78 Division III 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.
Middlebury College turned in the highest GPA in all of Division III, securing the top spot with an overall 3.90. Close behind, Swarthmore College landed in second place with a collective team GPA of 3.86. Shenandoah claimed the third team spot with a 3.84.
Top Five Performers
| 1. Middlebury College, 3.90 | |
| 2. Swarthmore College, 3.86 | |
| 3. Shenandoah University, 3.84 | |
| 4. Ithaca College, 3.82 | |
| 5. Tufts University, 3.80 |
The full list of National Academic Team Award honorees is below in alphabetical order.
2025 NFHCA Division III National Academic Team Award
| Amherst College |
| Bates College |
| Bowdoin College |
| Bridgewater College |
| Bridgewater State University |
| Bryn Mawr College |
| Cedar Crest College |
| Christopher Newport University |
| Clark University |
| Colby College |
| Concordia University Wisconsin |
| Connecticut College |
| Dickinson College |
| Eastern University |
| Elms College |
| Endicott College |
| Franklin & Marshall College |
| Gettysburg College |
| Hamilton College |
| Haverford College |
| Hobart and William Smith Colleges |
| Husson University |
| Ithaca College |
| Johns Hopkins University |
| Juniata College |
| Kean University |
| Kenyon College |
| King’s College |
| Lancaster Bible College |
| Lebanon Valley College |
| Marian University |
| Messiah University |
| Middlebury College |
| Misericordia University |
| Montclair State University |
| Mount Holyoke College |
| Muhlenberg College |
| Nazareth University |
| New England College |
| Nichols College |
| Ohio Wesleyan University |
| Rivier University |
| Roanoke College |
| Roger Williams University |
| Saint Joseph’s College of Maine |
| Salve Regina University |
| Shenandoah University |
| Skidmore College |
| Smith College |
| Springfield College |
| St. John Fisher College |
| St. Mary’s College of Maryland |
| Stevens Institute of Technology |
| Stevenson University |
| SUNY New Paltz |
| Susquehanna University |
| Swarthmore College |
| The College of Wooster |
| Thomas College |
| Trinity College |
| Tufts University |
| University of Hartford |
| University of Lynchburg |
| University of Mary Washington |
| University of Rochester |
| University of Saint Joseph |
| Ursinus College |
| Vassar College |
| Washington and Jefferson College |
| Washington and Lee University |
| Washington College |
| Wellesley College |
| Wesleyan University |
| Wheaton College |
| Williams College |
| Wilson College |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| York College of Pennsylvania |
The final NFHCA academic award — the National Scholar-Athlete — will be released on February 19.
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