BROCKPORT, N.Y. – For the 25th consecutive season, the Kenyon College Ladies were named a winner of  the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) National Academic Team Award.

The NFHCA National Academic Team Award recognizes programs that earned a team grade point average of 3.0 or better during the fall semester of the current academic year. The 2021 Ladies easily surpassed that mark, posting a combined grade point average of 3.59. 

Prior to earning the team award, the Ladies had 23 players named to the 2021 NFHCA National Academic Squad, which honors individuals with a grade point average of 3.30 or better. Seven of those 23 went on to be named NFHCA Scholars of Distinction for possessing a grade point average of 3.9 or better.