Dartmouth Places 22 on NFHCA National Academic Squad; Five Named Scholars of Distinction

HANOVER, N.H. — Enjoying impressive success in the classroom, the Dartmouth field hockey team has placed 22 members onto the NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad, with five being named Scholars of Distinction. This year's academic squad total is tied with Louisville for first in the nation. It also marks the second straight year the Big Green have led the Ivy League in number of academic squad honorees.

Sponsored by OPA Winning Teams, the NFHCA National Academic Squad program exalts the academic brilliance of undergraduate collegiate student-athletes. This prestigious acknowledgment is reserved for individuals who have achieved an outstanding cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or higher through the fall semester of the current academic year, nominated by their devoted NFHCA member coaches.

Those Big Green recognized on the academic squad include four-year honorees Payton Altman, Meg Barnes, Lila Browne, Caroline Carr and Rory Williamson. Browne was also named Academic All-Ivy League following the fall season.

To be named a scholar of distinction, undergraduate student-athlete must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.9 or higher through the fall semester of the 2023-24 academic year. Those Big Green honored include Browne, sophomore Boau-Lilly Shepherd and first years Lucia Campaño, McLaine Leik and Kylie McKinley.

NFHCA National Academic Squad
Payton Altman*
Meg Barnes*
Bronwyn Bird
Ella Bowman
Gabriela Braceras
Lila Browne*
Lucia Campaño
Ava Carlson
Caroline Carr*
Riley Dumigan
Piper Edwards
Carolina Escribano Caceres
Olivia Galiotos
McLaine Leik
Kylie McKinley
Emma Reynolds
Zoe Schaffer
Alex Sewell
Boau-Lilly Shepherd
Florentina Terra
Rory Williamson*
Helen Young

*Four-year honorees

NFHCA Scholars of Distinction
Lila Browne
Lucia Campaño
McLaine Leik
Kylie McKinley
Boau-Lilly Shepherd

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