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.
 
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.
 
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).
 
A program-record 10 of them earned Scholars of Distinction recognition, including Fetrow, Gallagher, Kirkpatrick, Koehler, Lawless, Lehenky, Stroup, Thompson, Traynor and Vaccaro.