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NFHCA Proudly Announces 2024 Division III National Team Academic Awards

Feb 18, 2025 | 2024-2025, Division III, News

Photo credit: Shenandoah University Athletic Communications

MANAHAWKIN, NJ—The NFHCA proudly announces that it has honored 69 Division III teams with the esteemed 2024 National Academic Team Award.

This prestigious acknowledgment is granted to programs that have achieved an exceptional team grade-point average of 3.5 or higher during the fall semester of the current academic year.

Shenandoah University turned in the highest GPA in all of Division III, securing the top spot with an overall 3.83. Close behind, Haverford College landed in second place with a collective team GPA of 3.81. Clark University claimed the third team spot with a 3.80.

Top Five Performers

1. Shenandoah University, 3.83  
2. Haverford College, 3.81  
3. Clark University, 3.80  
4. Swarthmore College, 3.78  
5 (tie). Amherst College, Arcadia University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 3.77  

The full list of National Academic Team Award honorees is below in alphabetical order.

2024 NFHCA Division III National Academic Team Award

Amherst College
Arcadia University
Bates College
Bowdoin College
Bridgewater State University
Clark University
Colby College
Connecticut College
Dickinson College
Eastern University
Elizabethtown College
Endicott College
Franklin & Marshall College
Gettysburg College
Hamilton College
Haverford College
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Houghton University
Husson University
Ithaca College
Johns Hopkins University
Juniata College
Kenyon College
King’s College
Lancaster Bible College
Lasell University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Middlebury College
Montclair State University
Mount Holyoke College
Muhlenberg College
Nichols College
Oberlin College
Randolph-Macon College
Roanoke College
Rowan University
Russell Sage College
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
Stockton University
SUNY New Paltz
Susquehanna University
Swarthmore College
Thomas College
Tufts University
Union College
University of Lynchburg
University of Maine at Farmington
University of Rochester
University of Saint Joseph
Ursinus College
Vassar College
Virginia Wesleyan University
Washington and Lee University
Washington College
Wellesley College
Wesleyan University
Wheaton College
Widener University
Williams College
Wilson College
York College of Pennsylvania

One prestigious Division III academic award is yet to be unveiled  — the National Scholar-Athlete on February 20. The Division III National Academic Squad and Scholars of Distinction were announced earlier this month.

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