GILBERT, Ariz. — The National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) is proud to announce that 147 programs have earned the 2019 Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Division III National Academic Team Award.
The Division III National Academic Team Award recognizes programs that earned a team grade-point average of 3.0 or higher during the fall semester of the 2019-2020 school year.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the highest team GPA with a mark of 3.84. Second on the top-five list was William Paterson University with a 3.75 team GPA. Coming in third were the 2019 NCAA Division III National Champions, Middlebury College, with a 3.71. Wells College and Alvernia University rounded out the top-five performers with team GPAs of 3.69 and 3.66, respectively.
The full list of National Academic Team Award honorees is below in alphabetical order.
Three Division III academic awards remain to be announced — the Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA National Academic Squad will be announced on March 12, the Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Scholars of Distinction on March 25, and the Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA National Scholar-Athlete on April 2.
Top Five Performers
| 1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3.84 |
| 2. William Paterson University | 3.75 |
| 3. Middlebury College | 3.71 |
| 4. Wells College | 3.69 |
| 5. Alvernia University | 3.66 |
2019 Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Division III National Academic Team Award
| Albertus Magnus College |
| Albright College |
| Allegheny College |
| Alvernia University |
| Amherst College |
| Arcadia University |
| Babson College |
| Bates College |
| Becker College |
| Bowdoin College |
| Bridgewater College |
| Bridgewater State University |
| Bryn Mawr College |
| Cabrini University |
| Castleton University |
| Catholic University |
| Centre College |
| Christopher Newport University |
| Colby College |
| Colby-Sawyer College |
| Concordia University Wisconsin |
| Connecticut College |
| Dean College |
| Denison University |
| DePauw University |
| DeSales University |
| Dickinson College |
| Drew University |
| Earlham College |
| Eastern Connecticut State University |
| Eastern Mennonite University |
| Eastern University |
| Elizabethtown College |
| Elmira College |
| Elms College |
| Endicott College |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University |
| Fitchburg State University |
| Franklin & Marshall |
| Gettysburg College |
| Goucher College |
| Gwynedd Mercy University |
| Hamilton College |
| Hartwick College |
| Haverford College |
| Hood College |
| Houghton College |
| Husson University |
| Immaculata University |
| Ithaca College |
| Johns Hopkins University |
| Johnson & Wales University |
| Juniata College |
| Kean University |
| Keene State College |
| Kenyon College |
| Keuka College |
| Keystone College |
| King’s College |
| Lancaster Bible College |
| Lasell University |
| Lebanon Valley College |
| Manhattanville College |
| Marywood University |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Messiah College |
| Middlebury College |
| Misericordia University |
| Montclair State University |
| Moravian College |
| Mount Holyoke College |
| Muhlenberg College |
| Nazareth College |
| Neumann University |
| New England College |
| Nichols College |
| Notre Dame of Maryland |
| Oberlin College |
| Ohio Wesleyan University |
| Plymouth State University |
| Ramapo College |
| Randolph-Macon College |
| Regis College |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| Rhodes College |
| Roger Williams University |
| Rowan University |
| Saint Joseph’s College of Maine |
| Salisbury University |
| Salve Regina University |
| Sewanee: The University of the South |
| Shenandoah University |
| Simmons University |
| Skidmore College |
| Smith College |
| Springfield College |
| St. John Fisher College |
| St. Lawrence University |
| St. Mary’s College of Maryland |
| Stevens Institute of Technology |
| Stevenson University |
| Stockton University |
| SUNY Brockport |
| SUNY Geneseo |
| SUNY Morrisville |
| SUNY Oneonta |
| SUNY Oswego |
| Susquehanna University |
| Swarthmore College |
| The College of New Jersey |
| The College of Wooster |
| The Sage Colleges |
| Thomas College |
| Transylvania University |
| Trinity College |
| Tufts University |
| Union College |
| University of Lynchburg |
| University of Maine at Farmington |
| University of Mary Washington |
| University of New England |
| University of Rochester |
| University of Scranton |
| University of Southern Maine |
| Ursinus College |
| Utica College |
| Vassar College |
| Virginia Wesleyan University |
| Washington & Jefferson College |
| Washington and Lee University |
| Washington College |
| Wellesley College |
| Wells College |
| Wesleyan University |
| Western Connecticut State University |
| Western New England University |
| Westfield State University |
| Wheaton College |
| Widener University |
| Wilkes University |
| William Paterson University |
| William Smith College |
| Williams College |
| Wittenberg University |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Worcester State University |
| York College |