Blue Field Hockey Named NFHCA Academic Team

GENEVA, N.Y. - The Wellesley College field hockey team was recognized as a National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) 2022 National Academic Team on Tuesday, the 13th consecutive season the Blue have received the award.

The National Academic Team Award recognizes programs that earned a team grade-point average of 3.5 or higher during the fall semester of the current academic year. In total, 59 Division III programs earned the honor. 2022 marked the 17th year in program history that Wellesley has been a NFHCA National Academic Team.

The National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) is a nonprofit organization serving field hockey coaches and supporters of the game from across the United States. The mission of the organization is to stimulate the professional development of coaching leadership within the sport of field hockey. The NFHCA strives to cultivate and recognize the professional contributions of its membership and to foster and promote the growth of the sport. The NFHCA is responsible for providing a recognizable presence and voice in regard to legislation affecting the sport as well as interscholastic and intercollegiate programs.