IWLCA Announces 2009 Division III Academic Squads

IWLCA Announces Division III Academic Squads

62 teams earn distinction; three named Merit Squads

10 August 2009

     The IWLCA has announced that 62 institutions in Division II have earned Academic Squad honors, including three that have been named Merit Squads. Teams that have a collective GPA of 3.0 or greater earn the distinction of Academic Squad; the squads with the three highest team GPAs earned the honor of being named a Merit Squad. Vassar led all schools with a team GPA of 3.474 and was named a Merit Squad, as were the College of Notre Dame and Washington & Lee. National champion Franklin & Marshall earned Academic Squad honors as did national semifinalists Gettysburg and Hamilton. Thirteen of the NCAA participants earned Academic Squad honors.

2009 IWLCA Merit Squads (Team GPA)

Vassar                  3.474 GPA

College of Notre Dame   3.443 GPA

Washington & Lee        3.438 GPA

2009 IWLCA Academic Squads

Allegheny

Alvernia

Amherst

Bates

Bowdoin

Bridgewater

Bryn Mawr

Buffalo State

Catholic

Colby

Connecticut

Denison

Drew

Eastern

Elmira

Elms

Franklin & Marshall

Gettysburg

Goucher

Hamilton 

Haverford

Hollins

Manhattanville

McDaniel

Messiah

Middlebury

Misericordia

Mount Holyoke

Nazareth

Neumann

University of New England

TCNJ

North Central

College of Notre Dame

Oberlin

Oswego

Redlands

RPI

RIT

Rowan

St. Lawrence

St. Mary's

Saint Vincent

Smith

Stevens

Swarthmore

Trine

Trinity College

Tufts

Ursinus

Vassar

Virginia Wesleyan

Washington and Lee 

Wellesley

Wesleyan

Western Connecticut State

William Smith

Williams

Wooster