IWLCA Announces 2009 Division I Academic Squads

IWLCA Announces Division I Academic Squads

49 teams earn distinction; three named Merit Squads

10 August 2009

The IWLCA has announced that 49 institutions in Division I 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. Wagner led all schools with a team GPA of 3.53 and was named a Merit Squad, as were Stanford and Hofstra. National Champion Northwestern earned Academic Squad honors, as did national semifinalists Maryland and Penn. Eleven of the 16 schools that played in the NCAA Championships were named Academic Squads.

2009 IWLCA Merit Squads (Team GPA)

Wagner    3.53 GPA

Stanford 3.523 GPA

Hofstra   3.50 GPA

2009 IWLCA Academic Squads

Albany

American

Binghamton

Boston College

Brown

Canisius

Cincinnati

Columbia

Cornell

Dartmouth

Drexel

Duke

Duquesne

Fairfield

Fresno State

George Washington

Georgetown

Harvard

Hofstra

James Madison

La Salle

Lafayette

Lehigh

Long Island

Manhattan

Maryland

New Hampshire

Northwestern

Notre Dame

Ohio State

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Princeton

Quinnipiac

Robert Morris

Rutgers

Sacred Heart

Saint Francis

Saint Joseph's

Siena

Stanford

Syracuse

Temple

Towson

Vanderbilt

Vermont

Villanova

Wagner

William and Mary