BALTIMORE, MD – The Johns Hopkins field hockey team earned numerous academic honors from the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) it was announced recently. Hopkins earned National Academic Team honors, 22 Blue Jays were named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad and eight were named Scholars of Distinction.
The Division III National Academic Squad program honors student-athletes who have achieved a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or higher through the first semester of the academic year. The Scholars of Distinction program recognizes student-athletes who have achieved a cumulative grade-point average of 3.9 or higher through the first semester of the academic year. The Blue Jays have now produced 191 national academic squad selections and 35 Scholars of Distinction under head coach
Jane Wells.
Hopkins' 22 selections to the academic squad rank in the top-five in Division III this season. In addition, the eight Scholars of Distinction are the second most in program history.
The NFHCA National Academic Team Award recognizes programs that earned a team grade-point average of 3.5 or higher during the fall semester of the academic year. Hopkins had an impressive 3.74 team GPA in the fall of 2024.
NFHCA Academic Team (Scholars of Distinction in bold)
Sophia Albano **
Emily Amsden***
Ava Balacek ****
Megan Chang***
Mia Edmonds ***
Ada Farmer
Leah Froemming
S
ophie Gomez ***
Emi Hakutani **
Jenna Halpin ****
Zoya Iyer
Aubrey Kilgore **
Jessica Lapidus
Grace Nockolds ****
Courtney Piper ****
Caeli Robinson **
Rosie Rockell
Emma Rose ****
An Tran
Eliza Vander
Grace Waldeck***
Julia Widen
**** four-time selection
*** three-time selection
** two-time selection