KUTZTOWN, Pa. – Kutztown field hockey was named one of just 19 programs in the country to earn the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division II National Academic Team Award.
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The NFHCA National Academic Team Award recognizes programs that earned a team GPA of 3.5 or higher during the fall semester of the current academic year.
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Last week, the Golden Bears saw 20 members announced as NFHCA National Academic Squad members, including
Paige Bucher (Lebanon, Pa./Cedar Crest),
Marlee Fetrow (Birdsboro, Pa./Daniel Boone),
Kiera Gallagher (Quakertown, Pa./Quakertown),
Grace Harrold (York, Pa./Central York),
Olivia Kirkpatrick (Annville, Pa./Palmyra),
Emma Koehler (Lancaster, Pa./Penn Manor),
Katie Lawless (Malvern, Pa./Great Valley),
Lorelai Lehenky (Coatesville, Pa./Coatesville),
Meryl Mesenbrink (Hartland, Wis./Arrowhead),
Ellie Myers (Denver, Pa./Cocalico),
Marissa Rice (Lancaster, Pa./Lampeter-Strasburg),
Hannah Shiffer (Millerstown, Pa./Greenwood),
Jordan Stroup (Millerstown, Pa./Greenwood),
Bella Thompson (Red Lion, Pa./Red Lion),
Jade Traynor (Pennsburg, Pa./Upper Perkiomen),
Jessica Traynor (Pennsburg, Pa./Upper Perkiomen),
Julia Traynor (Pennsburg, Pa./Upper Perkiomen),
Taylor Vaccaro (Oley, Pa./Oley Valley),
Evie Wolters (Spring City, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) and
Kaylee Zellers (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin).
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A program-record 10 of them earned Scholars of Distinction recognition, including Fetrow, Gallagher, Kirkpatrick, Koehler, Lawless, Lehenky, Stroup, Thompson, Traynor and Vaccaro.
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